Senior Director, Global Data Center Operations

Meta; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 272,000 - 318,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta seeks a Senior Director to lead Data Center Facility Operations across multiple regions, owning the regional operating strategy and building a recursive leadership bench with senior leaders. The role shapes the fleet-wide operating model and drives safety, reliability, and cost objectives for Meta's infrastructure priorities.

The incumbent will manage OpEx/CapEx, influence global standards, and ensure new capacity comes online safely and on schedule, with travel 25-50% as required.

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading high-performance technical or operations orgs.
• 8+ years leading through managers or directors in a recursive org.
• Experience with mission-critical ops across geographies or sites with full P&L or budget accountability.
• Experience setting multi-year operating strategy and aligning executive stakeholders.
• Experience hiring, developing, and retaining director-level leaders with succession planning.
• Experience communicating with and influencing executive leadership and presenting operational risk and strategy.
• Ability to travel approximately 25-50%.
• Knowledge of critical power and cooling infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end leadership and operational accountability for Facility Operations across multiple geographic areas.
• Define and own the multi-year facility operations strategy for the region and align senior 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, ensuring succession for critical roles.
• Implement organization-wide processes, standards, tools, and monitoring systems.
• Partner with senior leadership to adopt globally consistent operating models and drive fleet-wide improvement.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-geography collaboration

Operational excellence

People development

Executive communication

Travel readiness

Education

Engineering degree or higher (4-year)

Job description

Meta seeks a Senior Director to lead Data Center Facility Operations across multiple regions, owning the regional operating strategy and building a recursive leadership bench with senior leaders. The role shapes the fleet-wide operating model and drives safety, reliability, and cost objectives for Meta's infrastructure priorities.

The incumbent will manage OpEx/CapEx, influence global standards, and ensure new capacity comes online safely and on schedule, with travel 25-50% as required.