Network Site Investments Manager

Meta•Menlo Park, CA

About The Position

Meta operates one of the largest and fastest growing global network infrastructure. The Network Site Investments team is accountable and responsible for ensuring the site underpinnings of Meta’s global network stays ahead of unprecedented AI & organic driven network MW demand. Seeking highly skilled Site Selection professionals to join our growing team. The Network Site Investment Manager establishes and executes the necessary site acquisition strategies, develops best-in-class datacenter partnerships, and ensures the needed optionality to adapt to cutting edge technology roadmaps.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience in the network and/or datacenter industry with direct work in site selection
Experience across various commercial models from license to lease
Acquisition experience across colocation facilities, hyper-scale campuses and green field developments

Nice To Haves

Understanding of terrestrial and subsea network architectures
Growing proficiency in leveraging AI tools to minimize manual workflow overhead
10+ years of relevant experience in the network and/or datacenter industry
4+ years of datacenter site selection experience working on multi-MW agreements

Responsibilities

Drive site acquisition from strategy formation to on time capacity delivery
Negotiate complex commercial agreements with datacenter operators and developers
Conduct market level research to identify and down select viable options
Own the business relationship with providers to ensure long term strategic partnerships
Maintain existing colocation base while driving new greenfield builds
Create financial forecasts
Partner with Network Infrastructure teams to stay ahead of demand and technology roadmaps
Leverage AI tools to eliminate manual overhead