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Director of Regional Development

Meta
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Hybrid (Menlo Park, CA)$246k - $306kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Meta seeks a Director of Regional Development to grow and manage Meta’s global data center portfolio with a focus on North America, driving capacity growth, strategic planning, and risk-aware delivery to support AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Grow and lead the regional development program including identification and commercial structuring of development, site selection and capacity delivery opportunities to enable future data center capacity growth
  • Collaborate with key leaders across design, engineering, construction, network, and legal to develop the strategic plan needed to execute against the company’s aggressive capacity targets
  • Guide team members on overall strategic approach to developing new capacity while mitigating risk and ensuring that sufficient contingency plans are in place
  • Accountable for data center site selection and development within a defined geographic area within North America
  • Focus on delivering cost effective capacity while optimizing for flexibility and optionality
  • Represent Meta in meetings with executives from potential suppliers, governments, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders
  • Recruit, on-board, and mentor internal staff and ensure robust learning and career development
  • Travel domestically and internationally as needed (25%+)

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of overall experience in industrial real estate, infrastructure and development space
  • Proven track record of delivering large scale multi-party deals resulting in data center capacity delivery
  • 8+ years experience managing regional programs and organizations
  • Proven commercial leadership and negotiation experience on multi-variable, complex deals involving scalable land, energy,and third party data center capacity
  • Proven track record of delivering large capital projects leveraging complex commercial structures
  • Experience developing the vision in opening new markets and new channels for Data Center capacity delivery
  • Strategic thinker with experience driving decision making in ambiguous environments with experience influencing high level stakeholders
  • Analytical problem-solving skills, experience being effective in a fast paced, hands-on work environment, and have a track record of success leading projects and developing complex solutions across multiple stakeholders
  • Competent collaborator and skilled cross-functional communicator
  • Communication and presentation skills
  • Proven track record of organizational leadership, including leading larger organizations and scaling teams during growth cycles
  • Knowledgeable about and/or experience to quickly assess industry trends and headwinds, market opportunities, and the competitive landscape

Skills

Required:Regional program managementCommercial leadership and negotiationSite selection and developmentRisk management and contingency planningStrategic thinking and influenceLeadership and mentorshipCommunication and presentation

Benefits

  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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