Data Center Capacity Manager

Meta; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking a forward-thinking people manager to lead the Capacity Team responsible for rack receipts, moves, and decommissioning across Meta's global data centers. You will guide engineers to optimize capacity planning, automate workflows, and ensure reliable delivery while partnering with FieldOps, logistics, and facilities.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of direct experience managing engineers and organizations.
• 7+ years of work experience with designing and deploying large-scale data center connectivity infrastructure.
• Thorough knowledge of structured cabling and infrastructure, including design and installation best practices, industry standards, application, and limitations.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through partnership and driving large-scale data center or similar infrastructure design initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of the capacity function across multiple sites in a geographical area.
• Distribute the capacity workload based on projections, OKRs, and KPIs across skill-sets and priorities.
• Lead cross-functional stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery and rack SLAs across global sites.
• Create, maintain and enforce Standard Operating Procedures and runbooks for reliable capacity delivery.
• Lead strategic initiatives to improve efficiency, automation, and standardization of data center infrastructure.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Bash

Python

Perl

Job description

Meta is looking for a forward-thinking people manager to manage rack capacity planning and delivery, to join the Edge and Network Services (ENS) Foundation organization. In this role, you will lead engineers to improve efficiency, reliability, and risk management via process, systems, and data in some of the largest scale data centers in the world. The right candidate will thrive in a fast-moving organization and enjoy digging into complex operational and reliability challenges in order to implement process and technical system solutions at a global scale.This is a unique opportunity to build and scale a global team. You will develop talent, define operational guardrails, and shape a team centered around ownership, precision, and continuous improvement. In this role, you will own and shape the operations of Meta's next-generation compute infrastructure. This role has direct influence over how we design and deploy the environments that connect our global infrastructure. You will own high-impact scope with visible outcomes. This role blends strategic and hands-on technical leadership. You will drive long-term process and tooling direction while also being close enough to the ground to unblock restoration issues, optimize workflows, and ensure operational performance expectations. This role interfaces with a broad cross functional group of stakeholders, providing the opportunity to influence standards, champion automation, and extend best practices across the subsea ecosystem.The Manager of the Capacity Team is accountable for leading the team through rack receipts, moves, and decommissioning at our rapidly expanding global data centers. The Capacity team represents the outcome of the central capacity planning at each Data Center Site and interacts with all local cross-functional partners, central tooling and planning teams to deliver capacity for Meta's applications and AI infrastructure.Data Center Capacity Manager Responsibilities:Provide oversight of the capacity function across multiple sites in a geographical areaDistribute the capacity workload based on projections, OKRs, and KPIs across skill-sets, people resources, and company prioritiesWork with FieldOps leaders and engineers to ensure on-time delivery with partners of rack SLAs, ensuring throughput objectives are metManage stakeholder communications and represent the team in XFN leadership meetingsEnsure standard Methods of Procedure (MOPs), Runbooks, standard procedures and practices are consistently followed to achieve successful deployment metricsEffectively cascade strategic organizational goals to ensure alignment for team and individual goalsCultivate a collaborative and high-performing team and ensure accountability for successful new employee on-boardingBuild and sustain an effective global organization that can scale for the future and lead by example encouraging team collaboration around the worldManage team of engineers responsible for ensuring stable compliant delivery of capacity, including monitoring Key Performance Indicators/Service Level Indicators, triaging incidents, and driving root-cause analysisSustain a proactive highly action oriented team via ongoing engagement around team member responsibilities, priorities, performance expectations, and development planning to optimize an individual's performanceAttract top talent and fill gaps in the existing team quickly to accommodate growthStructure teams and working groups to optimize for delivery of business outcomes, set clear expectations, establish operational guardrails, and build a team emphasizing ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvementCreate, maintain and enforce Standard Operating Procedures, runbooks, provisioning workflows, and acceptance criteria ensuring all processes adhere to Meta-wide best practices in design, security/compliance, and reliabilitySupport internal customers (Production Operations, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Logistics, Program Management) and vendors (field engineers, logistics, facilities, and hardware partners), ensuring that capacity delivery meets their needs proactively across global sitesOwn the planning and execution of the organizational-level roadmap and strategy to deliver business outcomesProvide root cause analysis and corrective action leadership to resolve issues across infrastructure, architectures and hardware platformsRepresent the organization and manage interaction with third parties such as hardware, facilities vendors, logistics and managed service partnersLead highly cross-functional infrastructure projects and programs in a matrix organization covering a range of areas (data center, production network, infrastructure, logistics, supply chain, compliance, legal, and software system engineering)Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders, at all levels of the organizationInitiate and lead strategic initiatives driving efficiency, innovation, and standardization of network infrastructure within the data center environmentDrive improvements in technical references/standards, design processes, and training documentationSupport automation and tooling initiatives to drive consistency and efficiency in all aspects of infrastructure design, deployment, and operations20% domestic and international travel required to data centers managedMinimum Qualifications:Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience5+ years of direct experience managing engineers and organizations7+ years of work experience with designing and deploying large-scale data center connectivity infrastructureThorough knowledge of structured cabling and infrastructure, including design and installation best practices, industry standards, application, and limitationsWorking knowledge of fault tolerant critical infrastructure used for supporting network and compute hardware in a high availability environmentGeneral knowledge of the data center design, construction, and start up/commissioning processesExperience leading cross-functional teams through partnership and driving large-scale data center or similar infrastructure design initiativesTrack record of solving problems, setting strategic direction, executing tactically, and achieving measurable outcomesDemonstrated experience to work effectively in an ambiguous environment and collaborate with global cross-functional teams to develop and execute plans that address evolving business needsProficiency with workload scoping, prioritization, delegation and multitaskingDemonstrated skills in written and verbal communicationability to successfully present concepts to variety of stakeholders7+ years of direct experience understanding and influencing network and server architectures to include constraint and dependency analysis and translating these into deployable and supportable solution requirementsExperience successfully collaborating across a global team and with cross-functional partners (e.g. physical infrastructure, engineering, strategy, security, logistics) at all levelsExperience managing from the front to prioritize and drive the greater mission forward by translating strategy into resultsDirect experience in operational compliance, environmental health and safety, physical and logical infrastructure security, and/or business continuity disciplines10+ years of direct experience working within global network or infrastructure operations, deployment, design/engineering and/or support teams5+ years of direct experience working within varied infrastructure environments, such as data centers, colocation facilities, or corporate campuses5+ years of experience partnering with hardware, ITAD, logistics, facility, security and colocation vendorsExperience identifying and managing key metrics, such as SLA/KPIs, to evaluate success and validate the business impact of capacity servicesPreferred Qualifications:Experience with scripting and automation (Bash, Python, Perl)Experience working with on-site construction teams, and managing contractors, and vendor relationshipsDemonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)Experience with ODM hardware and Linux-based systemsExperience leading and managing matrixed technical teamsExperience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologiesExperience with purchasing, negotiating and end-to-end supplier management, such as managing global Requests For Proposal and contract negotiationsExperience influencing operational requirements in consortia and contract negotiationsAbout Meta:Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].$160,000/year to $223,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndividual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.