Principal, Strategic Data Center Partnerships

Principal, Strategic Data Center Partnerships

Company: Meta Location: USA (Remote) Employment Type: Permanent Seniority: Senior

Meta is at the forefront of designing, building, leasing, and operating high-performance, energy-efficient data centers. We are seeking a Principal, Strategic Data Center Partnerships to play a pivotal role in developing Meta’s global data center portfolio, aligning with our strategic objectives to advance AI initiatives. This role carries global responsibility for the development of our data center strategic partnership program.

About the Role

The Principal, Strategic Data Center Partnerships will be instrumental in developing large-scale capacity solutions to support Meta’s data center strategy. This position focuses on rapid infrastructure expansion through strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, including financial institutions, developers, colocation providers, and long-term asset owners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy for structuring, negotiating, and executing complex, multi-faceted investment partnerships focused on data center and power development.
• Grow and lead the strategic partnerships program, including the identification and commercial structuring of development partner opportunities to enable future data center capacity growth.
• Collaborate with key leaders across design, engineering, construction, finance, and legal to develop the strategic plan needed to execute against aggressive capacity targets.
• Lead detailed financial modeling, valuation, and sensitivity analysis of potential investments and partnerships to ensure commercial viability and alignment with Meta's financial and business objectives.
• Align and build governance around partnership arrangements.
• Develop long-term relationships with Meta's key third-party partners.
• Interface with the global investment and infrastructure community to meet Meta’s infrastructure needs.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed (25%+).

Requirements

• 10 years of overall experience in private equity, investments, or infrastructure development with a focus on data center or power infrastructure.
• Proven experience in financial structuring, investment, and analysis, particularly in infrastructure assets.
• Proven track record of delivering large capital projects leveraging complex commercial structures.
• Strategic thinker with experience driving decision-making in ambiguous environments and influencing executive stakeholders.
• Analytical problem-solving skills, with experience being effective in a fast-paced, hands-on work environment.
• Demonstrated success in leading projects and developing complex solutions across multiple stakeholders.
• Effective collaborator and skilled cross-functional communicator with strong presentation skills.
• Proven track record of organizational leadership, including leading larger organizations and scaling teams during growth cycles.
• Experience assessing industry trends, market opportunities, and the competitive landscape in data center or power infrastructure.
• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
• Experience in the data center industry.
• International infrastructure development experience.
• 12+ years of commercial real estate investment and development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, real estate, MBA, or J.D.
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Private equity and investment banking experience.