Principal Program Manager, Infrastructure Development

Meta; United States; Remote; USD 202,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Meta's Infrastructure Development team in Menlo Park, CA seeks a Principal Program Manager to lead the end-to-end execution of the Energy Infrastructure Investments portfolio, coordinating across DEC, Finance, Legal, and Corporate Development to deliver multi-billion-dollar projects on time and on budget.

You will establish governance, stage-gate processes, risk management, and executive reporting, while building scalable PM infrastructure and dashboards to keep leadership informed and projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, construction management, or related field.
• 15+ years of program management experience in energy infrastructure or large-scale capital projects.
• Proven track record managing multi-billion-dollar programs with external partners.
• Experience coordinating with utilities, developers, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to drive governance, stage-gate processes, and executive storytelling.
• Strong financial literacy and capital budgeting experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end program management of Meta's energy infrastructure investment portfolio
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans and milestone trackers
• Drive predictable delivery with stage-gate processes and escalation paths
• Monitor program health across cost, schedule, risk, and interdependencies
• Identify and resolve cross-project dependencies and bottlenecks
• Design and operate governance framework for the Energy Infrastructure Investments pillar
• Establish operating rhythms and executive reporting cadences
• Create program dashboards and board-ready materials
• Own risk register and mitigation tracker
• Coordinate with internal and external partners across DEC, Corporate Development, Site Selection, Legal, Finance, Sustainability
• Align investment timelines with capacity forecasts and site readiness
• Track capital deployment with Finance and Accounting and support variance analysis
• Work with Legal on contracts and compliance milestones
• Coordinate with Corporate Development on deal closing and post-close governance
• Partner with Site Selection to integrate into diligence and regional development
• Integrate with capacity planning to reflect energy supply in long-range plans
• Build scalable program management infrastructure
• Develop standardized reporting and communication frameworks
• Drive lessons-learned and post-investment reviews
• Stay informed of industry best practices and apply innovative approaches

Skills

Program management

Energy infrastructure

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Executive reporting

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Bachelor's degree in business

Job description

Principal Program Manager, Infrastructure Development

Menlo Park, CA +2 locations

Data Center Strategy + 1 more

Our data centers are the foundation upon which our rapidly scaling infrastructure efficiently operates to deliver our innovative services. Meta's Infrastructure team is seeking an experienced Principal Program Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our Energy Infrastructure Investments pillar. This individual will be responsible for driving the end-to-end program execution, governance, external partnership management, and cross-functional coordination needed to deliver billions of dollars in energy infrastructure investments — on time, on budget, and at unprecedented scale.

Principal Program Manager, Infrastructure Development Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end program management of Meta's energy infrastructure investment portfolio


• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, master schedules, and milestone trackers that provide clear line-of-sight across all active projects and investments


• Drive predictable delivery by establishing rigorous stage-gate processes, decision frameworks, and escalation paths for the investment portfolio


• Monitor and report on program health — cost, schedule, risk, and interdependencies — providing objective insights and early-warning signals to leadership


• Identify and resolve cross-project dependencies, resource conflicts, and execution bottlenecks before they impact delivery timelines


• Design and operate the governance framework for the Energy Infrastructure Investments pillar — including cadence of reviews, decision rights, reporting structures, and accountability mechanisms


• Establish and run operating rhythms (weekly, monthly, quarterly) that keep the team and cross-functional partners aligned on priorities, progress, and risk


• Create and maintain program dashboards, executive reporting packages, and board-ready materials that distill complex portfolio status into clear narratives


• Own the risk register and mitigation tracker across the portfolio — ensuring risks are identified early, quantified, and actively managed


• Serve as the connective tissue between Energy Infrastructure Investments and partner organizations — including Design, Engineering & Construction (DEC), Corporate Development, Site Selection, Legal, Finance and Accounting, Capacity Planning, Sustainability, and external development partners


• Coordinate with DEC Planning & Development teams to ensure investment timelines align with capacity supply forecasts and site readiness milestones


• Partner with Finance and Accounting to track capital deployment against budget, manage forecasting cadences, support variance analysis, and ensure alignment on investment accounting treatment and reporting requirements


• Work with Legal to ensure contract execution, regulatory compliance milestones, and partner deliverables are tracked and met — coordinating closing checklists, condition precedent tracking, and ongoing covenant compliance


• Coordinate with Corporate Development on transaction execution — aligning program timelines with deal closing schedules, integration planning, and post-close governance stand‑up


• Partner with Site Selection teams to ensure energy infrastructure investment strategies are integrated into site diligence, land acquisition timelines, and regional development sequencing


• Integrate with capacity planning teams to ensure energy supply commitments are reflected in long‑range infrastructure plans


• Build scalable program management infrastructure — tools, templates, processes, and playbooks — that enables the pillar to grow without proportional overhead


• Develop standardized reporting and communication frameworks that create transparency across a complex, multi‑geography portfolio


• Drive lessons‑learned processes and post‑investment reviews to continuously improve execution quality and cycle time


• Stay informed of industry best practices in infrastructure program delivery and bring innovative approaches to Meta's energy development lifecycle

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience


• 15+ years of experience in program management within energy infrastructure, power development, data center construction, or large-scale capital project delivery


• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure programs with multiple concurrent workstreams, external partners, and long-term horizons


• Experience managing external partnerships with utilities, independent power producers, or energy infrastructure developers, with the ability to drive accountability and alignment across multi‑party delivery programs


• Deep knowledge of energy infrastructure development lifecycles — including permitting, interconnection, construction, and commissioning of generation and transmission assets


• Financial literacy, with experience managing capital budgets, forecasting, and variance reporting in infrastructure‑intensive environments


• Demonstrated ability to build governance frameworks and operating cadences that drive accountability and predictable delivery across matrixed organizations


• Strategic, systems‑level thinker with experience driving decision‑making in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments with competing priorities, with a track record of influencing executive stakeholders


• Experience communicating complex program status to executive stakeholders through clear, actionable narratives (e.g., executive briefings, board‑ready materials, portfolio reviews) — able to synthesize complex program status into clear, actionable executive narratives


• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, construction management, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)


• Experience standing up new program management functions in fast‑scaling organizations


• MBA, PMP, or other relevant advanced degree or credential


• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies


• Familiarity with utility interconnection processes, power purchase agreements, and energy project development timelines


• Background working alongside investment, corporate development, or project finance teams to translate deal execution into operational delivery


• Experience in the hyperscale data center or cloud industry, with direct involvement in energy or power infrastructure program delivery


• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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United States of America: $202,000/year to $273,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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