Director of Regional Development

Meta; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Director of Regional Development to lead the regional data center development program and expand capacity in line with strategic AI initiatives. This role holds full accountability for identifying opportunities, negotiating multi-party deals, and delivering capacity within North America and beyond.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in industrial real estate and infrastructure, a proven track record of large capital projects, and the ability to collaborate across design,

Qualifications

• 15+ years in industrial real estate or infrastructure and development.
• Proven track record delivering large multi-party data center capacity deals.
• Experience managing regional programs and organizations.

Responsibilities

• Grow and lead the regional development program and identify opportunities.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, construction, network, and legal teams to execute capacity plans.
• Guide strategic approach to new capacity while mitigating risk and ensuring contingencies.
• Own data center site selection and development within North America.
• Deliver cost-effective capacity with flexibility and optionality.
• Represent Meta with suppliers, government bodies, regulators, and stakeholders.
• Recruit, onboard, and mentor staff with career development.
• Travel domestically and internationally 25%+.

Skills

Industrial real estate

Infrastructure development

Negotiation

Capital project leadership

Job description

Summary:

Meta designs, builds, leases, and operates the most innovative and efficient data centers in the world. Meta is seeking a Director of Regional Development to develop Meta’s global data center portfolio in line with the company’s strategic objectives to advance our efforts around AI. This role has overall regional responsibility for development of the data center capacity.

Required Skills:

Director of Regional Development Responsibilities:

1. Grow and lead the regional development program including identification and commercial structuring of development, site selection and capacity delivery opportunities to enable future data center capacity growth
2. Collaborate with key leaders across design, engineering, construction, network, and legal to develop the strategic plan needed to execute against the company’s aggressive capacity targets
3. Guide team members on overall strategic approach to developing new capacity while mitigating risk and ensuring that sufficient contingency plans are in place
4. Accountable for data center site selection and development within a defined geographic area within North America
5. Focus on delivering cost effective capacity while optimizing for flexibility and optionality
6. Represent Meta in meetings with executives from potential suppliers, governments, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders
7. Recruit, on-board, and mentor internal staff and ensure robust learning and career development
8. Travel domestically and internationally as needed (25%+)

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 15+ years of overall experience in industrial real estate, infrastructure and development space
2. Proven track record of delivering large scale multi-party deals resulting in data center capacity delivery
3. 8+ years experience managing regional programs and organizations
4. Proven commercial leadership and negotiation experience on multi-variable, complex deals involving scalable land, energy,and third party data center capacity
5. Proven track record of delivering large capital projects leveraging complex commercial structures
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