We are looking for a Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager with experience in developing infrastructure strategies and programs to join the Strategic Planning team within the Data Center organization. In this role, you'll be part of the team that builds Meta’s global data center roadmap, develops end to end infrastructure scaling strategies, and develops plans to drive efficiency in our infrastructure that set the direction for one of the fastest growing platforms in the world.

As a Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager, you will be accountable for driving investment decisions that cover billions of dollars and help scale our data center footprint efficiently to meet our growing product and service needs. This is a unique opportunity where you will be responsible for developing and leading transformational strategic initiatives and capacity programs from inception, evaluating trade-offs, and driving recommendations to executive leadership, and taking them through implementation. This is an individual contributor role, where you’re at home rolling up the sleeves and being in the details, as well as being experienced to think big picture, project manage complex initiatives, and influence partner teams to change the status quo.

This is a highly cross functional role where you will be expected to partner with our data center capacity stakeholders (capacity engineering, network engineering, construction, site selection, site & facility operations, network, finance).Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager Responsibilities

Leverage technical experience and expertise, to Identify and build large transformational programs and initiatives across Infrastructure that scale Meta’s Data Center footprint efficiently
Develop new Data Center planning strategies that focus on driving improvements in reliability, and achieve cost and operational efficiency including reductions in deployment times, improvements in data center power utilization, and service placement optimizations
Optimize network, hardware and DC infrastructure footprints to drive TCO savings
Develop detailed project evaluation plans for data center plan evolution and set the pace to drive closure
Apply quantitative techniques, develop decision scenarios and trade-offs to drive multi-billion dollar infrastructure decisions at the highest level in the organization
Own the communications strategy for data center planning decisions which includes executive level and detailed project briefs and status updates
Use technical judgment to drive new project evaluations, technology reviews and proposals building consensus

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
Bachelor’s degree in a management, technical or engineering field
8+ years of experience working in Infrastructure/Cloud/Hardware with a background in Strategy, Capacity Planning, Supply Chain Optimization, technology strategy consulting
Experience distilling various data points into actionable insights and recommendations, to quickly separate signal from noise for executive communication and decision making
Business acumen and intuition, with the experience to form and refine hypotheses into an actionable analysis and recommendation
Analytical and quantitative, with the experience to constructively engage with analysts, Data Science and Engineering, and UXR partners to frame and interpret sophisticated analyses
Problem solving and strategy skills, including expansive opportunity identification and framing of complex/ambiguous problems
Experience in completing multiple cloud/infrastructure/hardware efficiency or optimization projects
Technical experience in infrastructure, hardware or similar designs
Experience collaborating and working with internal and external organizations and individuals
Experience Building Decision scenarios & options and communicating at the all levels of the organization

Preferred Qualifications

Masters Degree
12+ years of experience working in Infrastructure/Cloud/Hardware with a background in Strategy, Capacity Planning, Supply Chain Optimization

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$195,000/year to $264,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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