Energy Markets Lead for Data Center Power & Gas

Meta; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an Energy Manager to oversee data center energy supply strategies across U.S. markets.

You will manage commercial relationships with utilities, suppliers, and pipelines while influencing regulatory outcomes and developing innovative fuel and electricity solutions for a rapidly expanding portfolio. The role requires 7+ years of energy experience, strong negotiation and stakeholder skills, and the ability to travel about 25% domestically.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience navigating commercial energy issues associated with customer loads and new customer locations, across electricity and/or natural gas
• Experience representing business interests to the leadership teams of potential suppliers, utilities, pipelines, governments, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders
• Working knowledge of transmission, distribution, and utility interconnection processes, and of natural gas transportation, storage, and pipeline interconnection
• Experience negotiating energy supply or fuel agreements, such as PPAs, ESAs, tariff arrangements, or natural gas supply and transportation contracts
• Experience managing multiple projects and collaborating with internal staff, utility and pipeline providers, consultants, and external stakeholders
• Experience communicating commercial, regulatory, market, and contractual details to all organizational levels
• Proficiency in standard document and analytics platforms (Excel, Powerpoint, Google Docs, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Actively manage commercial relationships for data centers located in a variety of energy markets in the United States, including relationships with utilities, generators, gas pipelines and marketers
• Take an active role in regulatory processes and influence rate-making and energy supply solutions offered by utilities, other suppliers, and market operators, including gas transportation tariffs and rate cases where relevant to our supply
• Develop and grow relationships with key utility partners, market participants, regulators, policymakers, and other stakeholders
• Negotiate and deliver new commercial agreements that enable capacity and create fungible options to allow us to deliver capacities in new and creative ways, spanning electricity, generation, and fuel supply arrangements
• Source, negotiate, and execute natural gas supply, transportation, and storage agreements where needed to support data center power supply strategies
• Support development of new supply solutions for bridge power, on-site generation, and behind-the-meter projects, including the fuel and transportation arrangements required to make them viable
• Evaluate gas market fundamentals and generation economics, including basis, pipeline capacity, and heat rates, and translate them into siting, contracting, and cost of energy recommendations
• Partner with legal resources to develop and refine commercial arrangements for existing facilities while managing the structures required to serve our facilities with reliable, cost-effective, sustainable energy
• Partner with the Site Selection Team to help identify new locations in the United States that provide the necessary energy requirements for new data centers, including electric and gas infrastructure availability
• Interface with internal organizations, including data center on-site staff, sustainability, policy, communications, design, construction, legal, and finance
• Support continued development and execution of Meta's energy supply strategy for data centers
• Stay informed of the technical, market, and regulatory developments across power and natural gas markets, and communicate key trends, risks, and potential impacts to management
• Lead and support various energy projects as needed
• Ability to travel domestically (likely 25%)

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Financial analysis

Communication

Excel/Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Google Docs

Job description

Meta is seeking an Energy Manager to oversee data center energy supply strategies across U.S. markets.

You will manage commercial relationships with utilities, suppliers, and pipelines while influencing regulatory outcomes and developing innovative fuel and electricity solutions for a rapidly expanding portfolio. The role requires 7+ years of energy experience, strong negotiation and stakeholder skills, and the ability to travel about 25% domestically.