Economic Development Manager

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Economic Development Manager in Menlo Park, CA to drive data center site selection, incentive diligence and compliance across regions. You will partner with cross-functional teams including design, construction, legal, finance and tax to evaluate opportunities and optimize capital costs.

This role requires analytical rigor, strong reporting and the ability to build cost models comparing taxes and incentives, influencing decisions that shape Meta's global data

Responsibilities

• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly and annual reports related to property and portfolio performance against budget and benchmarks.
• Interface with internal teams including data center design, construction, legal, payroll, finance, accounting and tax.
• Gather and analyze investment and employment data to support site selection decisions and compliance for existing regions.
• Maintain and optimize the data center incentive compliance program for the global portfolio.
• Complete diligence for economic development programs and state/local tax laws for new and existing regions.
• Build cost models to compare taxes and economic incentives in new and existing regions.
• Collaborate with economic development managers to prepare internal and external materials for site selection efforts.

Job description

# Economic Development ManagerMenlo Park, CA+3 locationsBusiness Development+ 3 moreApply nowMeta designs, builds, leases and operates the most innovative and efficient data centers in the world. Locating, developing and managing this data center infrastructure is synonymous with ensuring high uptime, capacity availability, flexibility and capital and operational cost efficiency. Meta is seeking an experienced, organized and proactive Asset Manager to join the Data Center Economic Development team.This position will play a key role in Meta’s data center site selection activities by completing tax and economic incentive diligence and managing compliance efforts for new and expanding regions.---## Economic Development Manager Responsibilities* Prepare and present monthly, quarterly and annual reports to management related to property and portfolio performance in regards to budget, internal and external benchmarks, and established goals.* Interface with internal organizations including data center design, construction, legal, payroll, finance, accounting and tax.* Gather and analyze investment and employment related data to drive decisions for future site selection efforts and complete compliance obligations for existing regions.* Maintain and optimize data center incentive compliance program for global portfolio of data center assets.* Complete diligence relating to economic development programs as well as state and local tax laws for new and existing data center regions.* Build and maintain cost models that compare taxes and economic incentives in new and existing data center regions.* Partner with economic development managers to prepare internal and external summary materials needed for ongoing site selection efforts.