Data Center Site Strategy & Leasing Lead

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 202,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta designs, builds, leases, and operates high-performance data centers and is seeking a Data Center Site Selection Manager to lead strategic location decisions and negotiations across assigned geographies. The role requires extensive experience negotiating large, complex deals and coordinating with legal, policy, and finance teams.

You will partner with capacity planning, energy, design, construction, and network engineering teams, develop location recommendations, and manage portfolio metrics

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 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

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%)

Skills

Site selection

Data center leasing

Contract negotiations

Government relations

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Project management

AI awareness

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

Meta designs, builds, leases, and operates high-performance data centers and is seeking a Data Center Site Selection Manager to lead strategic location decisions and negotiations across assigned geographies. The role requires extensive experience negotiating large, complex deals and coordinating with legal, policy, and finance teams.

You will partner with capacity planning, energy, design, construction, and network engineering teams, develop location recommendations, and manage portfolio metrics