Facilities Project Lead, North America

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 144,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Real Estate Projects Lead to manage relocation, expansion, and renovation portfolios across the East and Central United States, owning the capital projects portfolio from concept through close-out.

The role involves coordinating internal product teams with external partners to deliver spaces on time and within budget while maintaining governance standards and AI-enabled project controls.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of corporate real estate and retail project management experience.
• Proven financial owner for capital budgets $500k–$100M+.
• Experience with external delivery partners (CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield).
• Travel up to 50% to East/Central US as needed.
• Bachelor's degree as listed in education item.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end tenant improvements for two asset classes: corporate workplace and high finish retail.
• Plan schedules, milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation for construction projects.
• Direct third-party PM firms, GC consultants, and design firms with KPIs and milestones.
• Drive design, permitting, and construction through closeout.
• Manage regional portfolio and report portfolio health at program level.

Skills

Real estate project management

Budget ownership

Cross-functional leadership

AI adoption

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, or quantitative business field

Job description

Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced, agile, and strategic Real Estate Projects Lead to oversee complex relocation, expansion, and renovation portfolios across the East and Central United States. This position holds comprehensive administrative, operational, financial, and management accountability for Meta's design and construction programs in the region. This role is the direct owner of Meta's capital projects portfolio in the region — responsible for driving outcomes from concept through close-out, aligning fast-moving internal product teams with cross-functional partners, and ensuring complex spatial environments are delivered on time, within budget, and to institutional quality standards. Operating within globally-set design standards and a reporting framework, this role delivers regionally while maintaining alignment with Meta's global project controls, and governance structures.

Facilities Project Lead, North America Responsibilities:

1. Own the end-to-end lifecycle of tenant improvements, spanning two distinct asset classes: creative corporate workplace and high finish retail
2. Plan, organize, and coordinate the full range of construction project duties, including detailed schedules, milestones, critical path dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies
3. Direct external Third-Party Project Management firms, general contractors, and design consultants, establish rigorous KPIs, and hold vendors accountable to milestones
4. Drive the design, permitting, and construction processes through to successful closeout
5. Manage a regional portfolio of concurrent projects at various stages - triaging priorities, reallocating resources, and reporting on the portfolio's health at a program level, not just individual project delivery
6. Maintain and deliver standardised Project Status Reports (PSRs), ensuring data consistency for portfolio-level extraction and dashboard reporting
7. Own the full financial lifecycle of a regional portfolio, including budget development, multi-tier contingency management (design, construction, owner), monitoring, and providing analysis of the impact to financial objectives
8. Own the full monthly and quarterly financial reporting cycle for the regional portfolio, including: actuals vs. forecast variance reporting, quarterly business review (QBR), accruals management, and participation in forecast cycles with finance partners
9. Deliver predictive cash flow analytics for projects ranging from $500,000 to $100M+
10. Enforce strict change-order control protocols, auditing field variations to defend the budget against unnecessary scope creep or design drift
11. Support Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) assessments for lease-end reinstatement obligations, coordinating MEP surveys, consolidating cost estimates, and ensuring reinstatement provisions are accurately captured for finance reporting
12. Review, communicate, and enforce contractual documents for designers and construction professionals
13. Oversee and authorize the procurement of design, construction, and consulting services
14. negotiate entitlement issues with city jurisdictions
15. Partner with Legal and Real Estate Transaction teams to review, author, and influence Workletters, Letters of Intent (LOIs), Leases and master service agreements
16. Lead due diligence and technical feasibility evaluations for prospective building acquisitions or leases, identifying potential structural, electrical, or municipal bottlenecks before deal closure
17. Manage the regional third-party vendor responsible for Program Management Office as an integrated delivery model - leading working groups, driving process alignment between Meta and partner teams, conducting structured performance feedback (WWW/WWLW reviews), and maintaining regular partnership cadence meetings beyond project-level check-ins
18. Champion and adopt AI tools for project controls, reporting automation, scenario modelling, and workflow optimization in alignment with Meta's AI-native operating model. Drive AI adoption across the regional project team and external partners
19. Drive seamless execution with cross-functional stakeholders, aligning real estate assets with Enterprise Engineering (IT), Global Security, Facilities Operations, and Corporate Finance
20. Synthesize field-level construction data into polished, macro-level status reports and executive dashboards for VPs and leadership reviews
21. Develop and implement internal process improvements and oversee onboarding/training for project team members
22. Build consensus across across divergent teamsand present clear business arguments to executive leadership

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 8+ years of directly related corporate real estate and retail project management experience
2. Demonstrated track record of managing projects across workplace (corporate offices) and high finish retail
3. Proven experience as the primary financial owner for capital budgets ranging from $500,000 to $100 million+
4. Deep knowledge of project controls, construction documentation/sequencing, value engineering, and advanced mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) coordination
5. Solid understanding of building and occupancy laws and lease requirements
6. Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, handle confidential information with discretion, build consensus across divergent teams, and influence strategic change at the executive level
7. Experience managing integrated outsourced delivery partners (e.g., CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, and others) in a strategic partnership model - including joint governance, shared KPIs, and structured feedback mechanisms - not just transactional vendor oversight
8. Willingness to travel to project sites throughout the East and Central US primarily, but as project demands other locations may be required, up to 50% at times
9. Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, or a quantitative business field

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Real estate project management experience within a high-growth technology company
2. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
3. Proficiency in project management software and portfolio reporting tools
4. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
5. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
6. Proficiency in AI tools for project management, reporting, and workflow optimization
7. Advanced degrees (Master of Architecture, MS in Real Estate Development, or MBA)
8. Experience in design and construction of high end retail

Public Compensation:

$144,000/year to $203,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

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