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Principal Program Manager, Infrastructure Development

Meta· Data Center Strategy
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Hybrid (Menlo Park, CA)$202k - $273kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior program leadership role responsible for end-to-end execution, governance, external partnerships, and cross-functional coordination to deliver energy infrastructure investments for Meta’s data center expansion at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end program management of Meta's energy infrastructure investment portfolio
  • Develop and maintain integrated program plans, master schedules, and milestone trackers
  • Drive predictable delivery by establishing stage-gate processes, decision frameworks, and escalation paths
  • Monitor and report on program health (cost, schedule, risk, interdependencies) with early-warning signals
  • Identify and resolve cross-project dependencies, resource conflicts, and bottlenecks
  • Design and operate governance framework for Energy Infrastructure Investments pillar (cadence, decision rights, reporting, accountability)
  • Establish operating rhythms (weekly, monthly, quarterly) for alignment on priorities, progress, risk
  • Create and maintain program dashboards, executive reporting, and board-ready materials
  • Own risk register and mitigation tracker across portfolio
  • Serve as connective tissue between Energy Infrastructure Investments and DEC, Corporate Development, Site Selection, Legal, Finance & Accounting, Capacity Planning, Sustainability, and partners
  • Coordinate with DEC Planning & Development to align investment timelines with capacity forecasts and site readiness
  • Partner with Finance to track capital deployment, forecast cadences, variance analysis, and accounting reporting
  • Work with Legal on contracts, regulatory milestones, and covenant tracking
  • Coordinate with Corporate Development on transaction timelines, integration, and post-close governance
  • Partner with Site Selection to integrate investment strategies into site diligence and land timelines
  • Integrate with capacity planning to reflect energy supply in long-range plans
  • Build scalable program management infrastructure (tools, templates, processes, playbooks)
  • Develop standardized reporting and communication frameworks for transparency across geographies
  • Drive lessons-learned processes and post-investment reviews to improve execution
  • Stay informed of industry best practices and bring innovative approaches to Meta's lifecycle of energy development

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 15+ years of experience in program management within energy infrastructure, power development, data center construction, or large-scale capital project delivery
  • Proven track record managing complex, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure programs with multiple concurrent workstreams and external partners
  • Experience managing external partnerships with utilities, independent power producers, or energy infrastructure developers
  • Deep knowledge of energy infrastructure development lifecycles (permitting, interconnection, construction, commissioning)
  • Financial literacy with experience managing capital budgets, forecasting, and variance reporting
  • Demonstrated ability to build governance frameworks and operating cadences for accountability across matrixed organizations
  • Strategic, systems-level thinker with experience influencing executive stakeholders
  • Experience communicating complex program status to executives with clear narratives
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, construction management, or related field

Skills

Required:Program managementGovernance design and cadencesStakeholder management and executive communication

Benefits

  • Benefit details not listed in the description (refer to Meta benefits page)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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