Regional Data Center Operations Director

Meta; Topeka (KS); 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, guiding campuses and future sites. You will own the region's operating strategy and develop a recursive leadership bench to drive results across OpEx/CapEx and supplier strategies.

The role requires aligning executive leadership, delivering long-range plans, and shaping global standards. You will champion safety, build scalable processes, and partner with cross-functional teams to execute Meta's

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience building, developing, and leading high-performance technical or operations organizations, including 8+ years leading through other managers or directors in a recursive organization
• Experience leading mission-critical operations across multiple geographies or sites with full P&L or budget accountability
• Experience setting and executing multi-year operating strategy, and aligning executive stakeholders behind it
• Experience hiring, developing, and retaining director-level leaders, and building succession depth
• Experience communicating with and influencing executive leadership, including presenting operational risk and strategy to senior decision-makers
• Experience leading large-scale organizational change through ambiguity, including reorganizations, rapid growth, or new site/market entry
• Experience owning large OpEx and CapEx budgets and strategic supplier relationships
• Knowledge and understanding of critical power and cooling infrastructure
• Ability to travel approximately 25-50%

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end leadership and operational accountability for Facility Operations across multiple geographic areas, encompassing all operational campuses in the region and the operational readiness of future sites
• Define and own the multi-year facility operations strategy for the region, and align senior company leadership behind it
• Translate Meta's infrastructure and capacity roadmap into regional operating plans
• Build and develop the region's leadership bench: hire, coach, and grow leaders, maintaining a clear succession plan for critical roles
• Implement organization-wide processes, standards, tools, and monitoring systems
• Partner with peer leaders to establish globally consistent operating models, and hold the region accountable for adopting them
• Be accountable for their region's OpEx and CapEx portfolio and major supplier/contract strategy
• Represent Meta Facility Operations externally where appropriate (industry forums, supplier and utility partnerships)
• Identify and drive adoption of automation, analytics, and AI-enabled approaches that materially improve reliability, efficiency, and staffing leverage across the region
• Own org health as a measured outcome — Meta’s Pulse indicator, attrition, upward feedback, and manager effectiveness
• Distill and communicate the operational excellence vision and roadmap for the broader discipline, and drive its adoption across their region
• Drive operational contributions to cross-company initiatives and campaigns including recruiting, leadership development programs, site initiatives, and industry engagement

Skills

Strategic leadership

Data Center Operations

P&L / budget accountability

Stakeholder management

Operational excellence

Safety and EHS culture

Change leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

4-year engineering degree

Advanced degree in engineering or business

Job description

Meta is seeking a Senior Director to lead Data Center Facility Operations across a multi-area region, guiding campuses and future sites. You will own the region's operating strategy and develop a recursive leadership bench to drive results across OpEx/CapEx and supplier strategies.

The role requires aligning executive leadership, delivering long-range plans, and shaping global standards. You will champion safety, build scalable processes, and partner with cross-functional teams to execute Meta's