Data Center Site Selection Manager

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 202,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta seeks a Data Center Site Selection Manager to lead the strategy and execution for real estate and development of data center infrastructure. You will negotiate with owners, utilities, and agencies, and coordinate across internal teams to optimize costs, reliability, and uptime.

The role requires 12+ years in site selection for data centers or related capital projects, strong contract experience, and the ability to present complex commercial details to leadership. Travel 25–50% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years in site selection for data centers or capital projects.
• Experience negotiating real estate contracts and government engagements.
• Ability to translate commercial/financial details for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop Meta's data center location strategy and lead site selection for real estate.
• Lead feasibility discussions and contract negotiations with owners, utilities, and agencies.
• Negotiate LOIs, land/building purchases, incentives, and power terms.
• Coordinate with capacity planning, design, legal, finance, and network teams.
• Present location recommendations to management for approval.
• Develop portfolio metrics and tracking for site development.
• Maintain community relationships and manage contract commitments.
• Manage external vendors to support site development and travel 25–50%.

Skills

Site selection

Negotiations

Stakeholder management

Strategic analysis

Financial modeling

Contract negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Summary:

Meta designs, builds, leases, and operates high-performance, efficient data centers. Locating, developing and managing this data center infrastructure in a way that ensures reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency 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 extensive experience negotiating large, complex deals and an extensive knowledge of the legal agreements that accompany them. The Data Center Site Selection Manager should also have experience thinking both strategically and analytically, develop out-of-the box solutions and can navigate the challenges that accompany leasing projects and portfolios of large magnitude.

Required Skills:

Data Center Site Selection Manager Responsibilities:

1. 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


2. Lead feasibility discussions and contract negotiations with service providers, property owners, economic development agencies, and utility companies


3. Negotiate letters of intent, land or building purchases, economic development incentives, water and sewer supply, and other site-specific agreements, and support power negotiations


4. Partner with internal organizations, including capacity planning, energy teams, data center design, construction, network engineering, legal, policy, communications, and finance


5. Prepare project location recommendations and present them to management for approval


6. Develop portfolio management metrics and tracking mechanisms


7. 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


8. Manage external vendors as required to facilitate site development work at data center sites


9. Travel domestically (25-50%)

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience


2. 12+ years of experience in site selection and data center or other capital project or infrastructure development


3. Experience leading real estate negotiations, including contract formation and contract negotiations


4. Experience in representing business interests to governments (state, county, and local), utilities, potential suppliers, and other stakeholders


5. Experience in managing large real estate development projects and coordinating with internal staff, consultants, vendors, and external stakeholders


6. Experience communicating commercial, market, and contractual details to all organizational levels


7. 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)


8. Experience representing business interests to the leadership teams of potential suppliers, strategic markets, energy suppliers, and other stakeholders


9. Experience communicating complex commercial, technical, and contractual information clearly in writing and presentations to stakeholders at all organizational levels


10. Proficiency in standard document and analytics platforms

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies


2. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)


3. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)


4. Experience in hyperscale data center site selection or leasing negotiation


5. An advanced technical degree in a relevant field, or a law degree

Public Compensation:

$202,000/year to $273,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff>irmative 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.

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