Senior Regional Data Center Operations Leader

Meta; United States; On-site; USD 272,000 - 318,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity stake

Benefits package

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Senior Director to lead Data Center Facility Operations across a multi-area region, owning the long-range operating strategy and building a recursive leadership bench. This role shapes the operating model for fleet-wide reliability, safety, and efficiency, guiding complex decisions with clarity in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities include defining regional strategy, translating roadmaps into regional plans, driving global standards, managing OpEx/CapEx, and partnering with

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading high-performance technical or operations organizations.
• Experience leading mission-critical operations across geographies or sites with full P&L or budget accountability.
• Experience setting multi-year operating strategy and aligning executives behind it.
• Experience hiring, developing, and retaining director-level leaders and building succession depth.
• Experience communicating with executive leadership and presenting operational risk and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end leadership and accountability for Facility Operations across multiple geographic areas and campuses.
• Define and own the multi-year facility operations strategy for the region and align senior leadership behind it.
• Translate infrastructure and capacity roadmap into regional operating plans.
• Build and develop regional leadership bench with coaching and succession planning.
• Implement organizational processes, standards, tools, and monitoring systems.
• Drive adoption of globally consistent operating models and regional accountability.
• Manage OpEx/CapEx budgets and major supplier strategies for the region.

Skills

Executive leadership

P&L / budget accountability

Strategic planning

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Operational excellence

Travel readiness

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, owning the long-range operating strategy and building a recursive leadership bench. This role shapes the operating model for fleet-wide reliability, safety, and efficiency, guiding complex decisions with clarity in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities include defining regional strategy, translating roadmaps into regional plans, driving global standards, managing OpEx/CapEx, and partnering with