Data Center Lease & Site Strategy Lead

Meta; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 170,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Site Selection Manager - Leasing to join the Data Center Site Selection team. You will lead data center acquisition and lease negotiations, perform due diligence on energy, land, and site viability, and manage cross-functional relationships across legal, finance, and operations.

This role requires 8+ years of experience in data center projects, a relevant Bachelor's degree, and willingness to travel 10–25% domestically.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a business, engineering, environmental, or energy discipline.
• 8+ years experience facilitating, evaluating, or managing data center capacity projects.
• Experience collaborating across legal, compliance, finance, and accounting.
• Familiarity with lease structures (Modified Gross, NNN, YoC, etc.).
• Experience leading large scale data center lease negotiations.
• Experience synthesizing commercial, regulatory, market, and contractual details to all organizational levels.
• Proven track record building and running leasing programs.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations.
• Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc
• Manage supplier relationships and best practices
• Perform market analysis and develop leasing site selection strategy
• Stay informed of the technical, market, and regulatory developments in the data center industry
• Contribute to organizational strategy and development of leasing standards at Meta
• Travel domestically (10-25% at times)

Skills

Lease negotiations

Data center knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Market analysis

Due diligence

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, environmental, or energy discipline

Tools

AI tools

Document management

Job description

Meta is seeking an experienced Site Selection Manager - Leasing to join the Data Center Site Selection team. You will lead data center acquisition and lease negotiations, perform due diligence on energy, land, and site viability, and manage cross-functional relationships across legal, finance, and operations.

This role requires 8+ years of experience in data center projects, a relevant Bachelor's degree, and willingness to travel 10–25% domestically.