Director of Regional Development

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Director of Regional Development to shape Meta’s data center portfolio and lead regional capacity development. The role requires steering multi-party initiatives, aligning with strategic objectives, and delivering scalable data center capacity across markets.

Ideal candidates bring extensive industrial real estate and development experience, strong negotiation and leadership skills, and a track record of delivering large capital projects in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in industrial real estate, infrastructure and development
• Proven track record delivering large scale multi-party deals resulting in data center capacity
• 8+ years managing regional programs and organizations
• Proven leadership and negotiation on complex deals involving land, energy, and data center capacity
• Experience delivering large capital projects leveraging complex commercial structures
• Experience opening new markets and channels for Data Center capacity delivery
• Strategic thinker with experience influencing high level stakeholders
• Analytical problem-solving in fast-paced hands-on environment leading projects across multiple stakeholders
• Collaborative cross-functional communicator
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Track record of organizational leadership, scaling teams during growth
• Knowledge of industry trends, market opportunities, and competitive landscape

Responsibilities

• Develop Meta’s global data center portfolio in line with strategic objectives.
• Provide regional leadership for data center capacity development and delivery.

Skills

Industrial real estate

Deal negotiation

Regional programs

Capital projects

Market development

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Data center capacity

Communication skills

Job description

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.

• 15+ years of overall experience in industrial real estate, infrastructure and development space
• Proven track record of delivering large scale multi-party deals resulting in data center capacity delivery
• 8+ years experience managing regional programs and organizations
• Proven commercial leadership and negotiation experience on multi-variable, complex deals involving scalable land, energy,and third party data center capacity
• Proven track record of delivering large capital projects leveraging complex commercial structures
• Experience developing the vision in opening new markets and new channels for Data Center capacity delivery
• Strategic thinker with experience driving decision making in ambiguous environments with experience influencing high level stakeholders
• Analytical problem-solving skills, experience being effective in a fast paced, hands‑on work environment, and have a track record of success leading projects and developing complex solutions across multiple stakeholders
• Competent collaborator and skilled cross-functional communicator
• Communication and presentation skills
• Proven track record of organizational leadership, including leading larger organizations and scaling teams during growth cycles
• Knowledgeable about and/or experience to quickly assess industry trends and headwinds, market opportunities, and the competitive landscape