Data Center Lease Portfolio Manager

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 197,000 - 271,000; Full time

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Bonus compensation

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta's data center footprint requires disciplined lease portfolio management across global sites. This role drives portfolio strategy, oversees complex lease obligations, and aligns capacity with long-range infrastructure forecasts.

You will coordinate with real estate, finance, legal, and capacity planning teams to optimize structures and mitigate risk. The position delivers executive dashboards on capacity, financial commitments, and strategic risks, and guides negotiations, renewals, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data center lease portfolio management, real estate asset management, or capacity planning.
• Experience managing large-scale, multi-site portfolios across diverse geographies and lease structures.
• Experience developing financial models for lease transactions (NPV, capital exposure, sensitivity).
• Experience collaborating across legal, finance, real estate, and infrastructure functions to drive decisions.
• Experience synthesizing complex data into executive-level communications and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage a global portfolio of data center lease agreements, tracking milestones, renewals, termination rights, and financial obligations.
• Develop and maintain portfolio-level capacity models aligning leased inventory with long-range demand forecasts.
• Lead lease restructuring, renewal, and exit negotiations with legal, finance, and site teams.
• Identify and mitigate portfolio risks like capacity shortfalls and expirations; drive resolutions.
• Build financial models to evaluate lease economics (TCOW, capital exposure, scenario analysis).
• Translate demand signals into actionable lease portfolio decisions with capacity planning teams.
• Develop governance standards: lease abstraction, data integrity, reporting cadences.
• Collaborate with legal/compliance to ensure regulatory alignment across jurisdictions.
• Produce executive dashboards showing capacity, commitments, and risks.
• Evaluate market conditions, provider landscapes, and lease structures for long-term strategy.

Skills

Data center portfolio mgmt

Cross-functional comms

Financial modeling

Strategic planning

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

Meta's infrastructure underpins some of the world's most widely used platforms, and the data center lease portfolio that supports this infrastructure must be managed with precision, strategic foresight, and operational rigor. Meta is seeking an experienced Lease Portfolio Manager to join the Global Leasing organization, responsible for overseeing a large-scale, geographically distributed portfolio of data center lease agreements. In this role, you will drive portfolio-level strategy, manage complex contractual obligations, and ensure that leased capacity aligns with Meta's long-range infrastructure demand forecasts. You will serve as a critical link between real estate, finance, legal, and capacity planning teams to optimize lease structures, mitigate risk, and support Meta's global data center growth.

Data Center Lease Portfolio Manager Responsibilities

• Own and manage a global portfolio of data center lease agreements, tracking key contractual milestones, renewal options, termination rights, and financial obligations
• Develop and maintain portfolio-level capacity models that align leased data center inventory with long-range infrastructure demand forecasts
• Lead lease restructuring, renewal, and exit negotiations in coordination with legal, finance, and site selection teams
• Identify and upscale portfolio risks related to capacity shortfalls, lease expirations, or contractual non-compliance, and drive resolution strategies
• Build and maintain financial models to evaluate lease economics, including total cost of ownership, capital exposure, and scenario analysis across lease structures
• Partner with capacity planning and infrastructure teams to translate compute and power demand signals into actionable lease portfolio decisions
• Develop and enforce portfolio governance standards, including lease abstraction processes, data integrity protocols, and reporting cadences
• Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to ensure lease agreements meet regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions
• Produce executive-level reporting and portfolio dashboards that communicate capacity availability, financial commitments, and strategic risks
• Evaluate market conditions, colocation provider landscapes, and emerging lease structures to inform long-term portfolio strategy

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of experience in data center lease portfolio management, real estate asset management, or data center capacity planning
• Experience managing large-scale, multi-site data center lease portfolios across diverse geographies and lease structures (e.g., Modified Gross, NNN, Yield-on-Cost)
• Experience developing financial models for lease transactions, including NPV analysis, capital exposure modeling, and sensitivity analysis
• Experience collaborating across legal, finance, real estate, and infrastructure or capacity planning functions to drive portfolio decisions
• Experience synthesizing complex contractual, financial, and operational data into executive-level communications and strategic recommendations

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience integrating capacity demand forecasting methodologies with real estate portfolio planning in a hyperscale or large enterprise data center environment
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Familiarity with power procurement, critical infrastructure constraints, and their impact on lease site selection and portfolio strategy
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices in data analysis and decision-support contexts
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize portfolio reporting workflows and drive measurable efficiency or accuracy improvements

About 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.

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$197,000/year to $271,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual 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.