Labor Strategy and Delivery Lead, Data Center Construction

Meta•Menlo Park, CA

4d•$220,000 - $265,000

About The Position

Meta is seeking a Labor Strategy and Delivery Lead to serve as its in-house subject-matter expert and primary owner-side point of contact for construction labor and union relations across hyperscale AI and production data center campus development. Skilled-trades and craft-labor availability is a major risk to capacity delivery, and this role helps define and drive strategies to reduce that risk. Although general contractors and trade partners independently control their workforces and labor relations, the role provides Meta with an in-house capability to assess labor-market conditions, anticipate constraints, and promptly escalate labor issues that may affect campus construction. The role spans strategy and execution, including regional labor-market assessment, workforce-pipeline alignment, and monitoring and escalation of union, local, or contractor-association issues affecting active campuses. Its mission is to support reliable data center capacity delivery by building and sustaining the construction workforce campuses depend on. The role develops the labor pipeline, supports contractor and trade relationships as they relate to labor and workforce, and proactively addresses labor-market and labor-relations risks affecting cost, schedule, and constructability. The position works closely with Delivery, Engineering, Legal, Policy/Government Affairs, and Operations to align labor strategy with business objectives and needs and help ensure labor does not constrain capacity delivery.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in construction, construction labor relations, or workforce development, including large capital, infrastructure, or mission-critical projects.
Working knowledge of U.S. construction labor markets and the dynamics of both unionized environments, including building trades, NABTU, and IBEW, and open-shop/merit-shop environments.
Direct experience managing or supporting labor relations, jurisdictional issues, or labor disputes on active construction sites.
Track record in strategic risk management and data-driven decision-making within construction or large-scale infrastructure environments.
Experience building and maintaining relationships across contractors, trade organizations, and public/community stakeholders.
Experience developing strategic communications plans for construction labor and workforce stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Established relationships across the building trades and merit-shop contractor networks.
Owner-side or general-contractor experience managing craft labor on megaprojects or hyperscale data center construction.
20+ years of experience in construction labor relations, workforce development, or large-scale infrastructure delivery, including both office and field roles.
Knowledge of state and local workforce-incentive and labor policy as it relates to data center development.
Experience designing or scaling workforce development, apprenticeship, or DOL-registered training programs.
Background or credential in construction management, labor economics, or industrial/labor relations.

Responsibilities

Serve as Meta's in-house subject-matter expert and primary owner-side point of contact for construction labor and union matters across the data center campus portfolio.
Help define Meta's construction-labor strategy across the data center portfolio by assessing skilled-trades availability, wage and market dynamics, union and open-shop (merit-shop) conditions, and workforce risk by region and campus.
Monitor union, local, or trade-partner labor issues affecting Meta projects and promptly escalate them to responsible Delivery leads, the general contractor, commercial/strategy, Legal, Policy/Government Affairs, and Communications to de-escalate issues and protect the construction schedule.
Translate labor constraints into quantified cost and schedule risk and integrate that analysis into capacity planning, site selection, and deployment strategy.
Partner with Meta's workforce development programs, including America's Workforce Academy, to align the trained-labor pipeline with construction demand across campuses.
Serve as Meta's liaison to the building trades, merit-shop associations and chapters such as ABC, general contractors, trade partners, and local workforce boards on labor and workforce matters.
Maintain awareness of union, jurisdictional, and labor-availability dynamics in active and planned campus markets and provide early warning of emerging risks.
Advise on owner-side considerations around project labor agreements (PLAs), prevailing wage, and state and local workforce requirements tied to data center incentives, in partnership with Legal and Policy/Government Affairs.
Partner with cross-functional teams in Pre-Construction, Construction Management, Engineering, and Operations to ensure labor readiness from development through execution.
Develop strategic communications and engagement plans for labor stakeholders over the short and long term.
Support the Public Policy team as a liaison to the Design, Engineering, and Construction supply chain, helping identify, collect, and share positive impacts on local communities from Meta's investment in local hiring, training, and business growth.