Regional Data Center Operations Director

Meta; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 272,000 - 318,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Senior Director to lead Data Center Facility Operations across a multi-area region, including operating campuses and future sites. This role owns the multi-year operating strategy and builds a recursive leadership bench to execute Meta's infrastructure priorities.

The position requires overseeing OpEx/CapEx, defining KPI and reliability frameworks, and partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive fleet-wide improvements while championing safety and EHS culture across the

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience building, developing, and leading high-performance technical or operations organizations
• 8+ years leading through other managers or directors in a recursive organization
• Experience setting and executing multi-year operating strategy with executive alignment
• Experience owning large OpEx/CapEx budgets and supplier relationships
• Ability to travel 25-50%

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end leadership and accountability for Facility Operations across multiple geographic areas and current/future sites
• Define and own the multi-year facility operations strategy for the region and align executives
• Translate infrastructure and capacity roadmap into regional operating plans
• Build and coach regional leadership bench and succession plans
• Implement organization-wide processes, standards, tools, and monitoring systems
• Drive global standards adoption and consistency across regions
• Own OpEx/CapEx portfolio and major supplier/contract strategy for the region
• Partner with senior leadership to define KPI and reliability framework for mission-critical operations
• Be the senior escalation authority for major incidents and reliability risks
• Ensure root-cause analysis and institutionalization of corrective actions fleet-wide
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on initiatives, campaigns, and safety culture
• Ensure safe operational readiness and on-time turnover of new capacity
• Represent Facility Operations externally as appropriate
• Drive automation, analytics, and AI-enabled tooling to improve outcomes

Skills

Leadership

Operational accountability

Strategy development

Stakeholder management

People development

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety & EHS

Education

4-year engineering degree

Job description

Meta is seeking a Senior Director to lead Data Center Facility Operations across a multi-area region, including operating campuses and future sites. This role owns the multi-year operating strategy and builds a recursive leadership bench to execute Meta's infrastructure priorities.

The position requires overseeing OpEx/CapEx, defining KPI and reliability frameworks, and partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive fleet-wide improvements while championing safety and EHS culture across the