Data Center Leasing & Site Strategy Lead - Equity Eligible

Meta; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Data Center Site Selection Manager to lead acquisition and leasing negotiations for large-scale data center projects. The role requires strong due diligence, market analysis, and collaboration across legal, finance, and operations teams.

Travel up to 25% domestically is expected. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years in data center capacity projects, familiarity with Modified Gross, NNN, and YoC lease structures, and a track record of running leasing programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business, engineering, environmental, or energy related discipline.
• 8+ years experience in facilitating, evaluating, or managing data center capacity projects.
• Experience collaborating across legal, compliance, finance, and accounting teams.
• Familiarity with Modified Gross, NNN, YoC lease structures.
• Experience leading large scale data center lease negotiations.
• Ability to synthesize commercial, regulatory, market, and contractual details for leadership.
• 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 technical, market, and regulatory developments in the data center industry.
• Contribute to organizational strategy and leasing standards at Meta.
• Travel domestically (10-25% at times).

Skills

Lease negotiations

Market analysis

Due diligence

Stakeholder collaboration

AI tools integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering/environmental/energy

Job description

Meta is seeking an experienced Data Center Site Selection Manager to lead acquisition and leasing negotiations for large-scale data center projects. The role requires strong due diligence, market analysis, and collaboration across legal, finance, and operations teams.

Travel up to 25% domestically is expected. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years in data center capacity projects, familiarity with Modified Gross, NNN, and YoC lease structures, and a track record of running leasing programs.