Data Center Site Selection Manager

Meta; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Designs, builds, leases, and operates data centers. The Data Center Site Selection Manager will join the Site Selection team to lead complex real estate deals and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high uptime and cost efficiency.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or advanced degree and 12+ years in site selection or infrastructure development, with proven expertise in negotiations, financial modeling, and AI-driven workflow optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; 12+ years in site selection and data center/infrastructure development
• Experience leading real estate negotiations, including contract formation and contract negotiations
• Experience representing business interests to governments, utilities, potential suppliers, and other stakeholders
• Experience managing large real estate development projects and coordinating with internal staff, consultants, vendors, and external stakeholders
• Experience with detailed financial models, due diligence, risks and sensitivities across commercial, technical and development aspects
• Experience integrating AI tools to optimize workflows and promote ethical AI practices

Skills

Data center site selection

Contract negotiations

Stakeholder management

Financial modeling

AI tools usage

Risk assessment

Written communication

Presentation skills

Leadership

Government relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Advanced technical or law degree

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.

• 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
• 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