Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); Presencial; USD 170.000 - 238.000; Tempo integral

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Resumo da vaga

Meta seeks a Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager to join the Strategic Planning team within the Data Center organization. You will help build Meta’s global data center roadmap, craft end-to-end infrastructure scaling plans, and drive efficiency across equipment, sites, and networks.

This role involves partnering with capacity engineers, network teams, construction, site operations, and finance to evaluate trade-offs, present executive briefs, and lead transformational initiatives from

Qualificações

• 10+ years of experience in Infrastructure/Cloud/Hardware with a background in strategy, capacity planning, supply chain optimization, technology strategy consulting.
• Experience distilling data into actionable insights for executive communication and decision-making.
• Business acumen with ability to form hypotheses into actionable analyses and recommendations.
• Problem-solving and strategy skills for complex/ambiguous problems.
• Experience completing multiple cloud, infrastructure, and hardware efficiency projects.
• Technical experience in infrastructure, hardware, or similar designs.
• Experience collaborating with internal and external teams.

Responsabilidades

• Leverage technical experience to identify and build large transformational programs across Infrastructure that scale Meta’s Data Center footprint.
• Develop planning strategies focused on reliability, cost and operational efficiency, reducing deployment times and improving power utilization.
• Optimize network, hardware, and DC footprints for efficiency.
• Develop detailed project evaluation plans for data center plan evolution and drive timely closures.
• Apply quantitative techniques and trade-offs for multi-billion dollar infrastructure decisions.
• Own the communications strategy for data center planning decisions, including executive briefs and status updates.
• Use technical judgment to drive new project evaluations and proposals to build consensus.

Conhecimentos

Strategy consulting

Formação

Master's degree

Descrição da vaga

We are looking for a Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager with experience in developing infrastructure strategies and programs to join the Strategic Planning team within the Data Center organization. In this role, you'll be part of the team that builds Meta’s global data center roadmap, develops end to end infrastructure scaling strategies, and develops plans to drive efficiency in our infrastructure that set the direction for one of the fastest growing platforms in the world. As a Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager, you will be accountable for driving investment decisions that cover billions of dollars and help scale our data center footprint efficiently to meet our growing product and service needs. This is a unique opportunity where you will be responsible for developing and leading transformational strategic initiatives and capacity programs from inception, evaluating trade-offs, and driving recommendations to executive leadership, and taking them through implementation. This is an individual contributor role, where you’re at home rolling up the sleeves and being in the details, as well as being experienced to think big picture, project manage complex initiatives, and influence partner teams to change the status quo. This is a highly cross‑functional role where you will be expected to partner with our data center capacity stakeholders (capacity engineering, network engineering, construction, site selection, site & facility operations, network, finance).

Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager Responsibilities

• Leverage technical experience and expertise to identify and build large transformational programs and initiatives across Infrastructure that scale Meta’s Data Center footprint efficiently
• Develop new Data Center planning strategies that focus on driving improvements in reliability and achieving cost and operational efficiency, including reductions in deployment times, improvements in data center power utilization, and service placement optimizations
• Optimize network, hardware, and DC infrastructure footprints to drive efficiency
• Develop detailed project evaluation plans for data center plan evolution and set the pace to drive the closure of the project
• Apply quantitative techniques, develop decision scenarios and trade‑offs to drive multi‑billion dollar infrastructure decisions at the highest level of the organization
• Own the communications strategy for data center planning decisions, which includes executive‑level and detailed project briefs and status updates
• Use technical judgment to drive new project evaluations, technology reviews, and proposals to build consensus

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience working in Infrastructure/Cloud/Hardware with a background in strategy, capacity planning, supply chain optimization, technology strategy consulting
• Experience distilling various data points into actionable insights and recommendations, to quickly separate signal from noise for executive communication and decision‑making
• Business acumen, with the ability to synthesize incomplete information into structured analyses, with the experience to form and refine hypotheses into an actionable analysis and a recommendation
• Problem‑solving and strategy skills, including expansive opportunity identification and framing of complex/ambiguous problems
• Experience in completing multiple cloud, infrastructure, and hardware efficiency or optimization projects
• Technical experience in infrastructure, hardware, or similar designs
• Experience in collaborating and working with internal and external organizations and individuals

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)
• Master's degree in a relevant field
• 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.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative 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.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].

$170,000/year to $238,000/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.