Data Center Site Selection Manager

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 202,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a seasoned Data Center Site Selection Manager to own the location strategy for its data center portfolio. You will lead feasibility, negotiate with providers, utilities, and governments, and coordinate across legal, finance, energy, and engineering teams to deliver hyperscale projects.

You will present location recommendations to management, build portfolio metrics, and manage external vendors while traveling up to 50% domestically.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of site selection and data center or related capital projects experience.
• Experience leading real estate negotiations and contract formations/negotiations.
• Experience representing business interests to governments, utilities, and stakeholders.
• Experience managing large real estate development projects with internal and external teams.
• Ability to communicate commercial, market, and contractual details clearly to all levels.
• Experience with detailed financial models and due diligence for data center projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop Meta’s owned data center location strategy and manage site selection for real estate partnerships and incentives.
• Lead feasibility discussions and contract negotiations with providers, owners, agenc ies, and utilities.
• Negotiate LOIs, land/building purchases, incentives, water/sewer, and power-related agreements.
• Coordinate with capacity planning, energy, design, construction, legal, policy, and finance teams.
• Prepare location recommendations and present them to management for approval.
• Develop portfolio metrics and tracking mechanisms.
• Maintain relationships with communities and service providers to support expansions and new agreements.
• Manage external vendors to facilitate site development work.
• Travel domestically 25-50%.

Skills

Site selection

Real estate negotiations

Contract negotiations

Stakeholder management

Data center knowledge

Financial modeling

Policy & regulatory

AI tools integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Meta designs, builds, leases, and operates highly efficient data centers. Locating, developing, and managing this data center infrastructure effectively is synonymous with ensuring high uptime, capacity availability, flexibility, and capital and operational cost efficiency. Meta is seeking an experienced, organized, and collaborative Site Selection Manager to join the Data Center Site Selection team.We are seeking a Data Center Site Selection Manager who has experience negotiating large, complex data center real estate deals and knowledge of the legal agreements that accompany them. The Data Center Site Selection Manager should also have experience in thinking both strategically and analytically, be capable of developing creative and practical solutions to complex site selection challenges, and be proficient at navigating the challenges that accompany the development of hyperscale data center projects.

Data Center Site Selection Manager Responsibilities:

• Develop Meta’s owned data center location strategy in assigned geography and manage the site selection effort for real estate, including partnering with teams focused on economic development incentives, energy and utilities, network connectivity, legal, policy, and financial considerations
• Lead feasibility discussions and contract negotiations with service providers, property owners, economic development agencies, and utility companies
• Negotiate letters of intent, land or building purchases, economic development incentives, water and sewer supply, and other site-specific agreements, and support power negotiations
• Partner with internal organizations, including capacity planning, energy teams, data center design, construction, network engineering, legal, policy, communications, and finance
• Prepare project location recommendations and present them to management for approval
• Develop portfolio management metrics and tracking mechanisms
• Maintain relationships with communities and service providers in support of Meta’s data center developments, monitor ongoing contractual commitments, and support the expansion of Meta’s existing data centers through the extension of existing agreements or the formation of new agreements
• Manage external vendors as required to facilitate site development work at data center sites
• Travel domestically (25-50%)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years of experience in site selection and data center or other capital project or infrastructure development
• Experience leading real estate negotiations, including contract formation and contract negotiations
• Experience in representing business interests to governments (state, county, and local), utilities, potential suppliers, and other stakeholders
• Experience in managing large real estate development projects and coordinating with internal staff, consultants, vendors, and external stakeholders
• Experience in communicating commercial, market, and contractual details to all organizational levels
• Experience working with detailed financial models of data center projects and transactions, identifying key risks and sensitivities, and leading all related due diligence efforts (financial, commercial, technical, and development)
• Experience representing business interests to the leadership teams of potential suppliers, strategic markets, energy suppliers, and other stakeholders
• Experience communicating complex commercial, technical, and contractual information clearly in writing and presentations to stakeholders at all organizational levels
• Proficiency in standard document and analytics platforms

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience 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 technologies
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• An advanced technical degree in a relevant field, or a law degree
• Experience in hyperscale data center site selection or leasing negotiation
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

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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$202,000/year to $273,000/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.