Drimva

Meta

Program Development Manager, Data Center Design and Construction

$178K–$245K

Menlo Park, CA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026

Experience
10+ years of commercial construction management experience.

About the job

Leads planning and preconstruction strategy for Meta’s data center new-build and lease programs, shaping budgets, schedules, project risks, and portfolio delivery against capacity targets.

What you'll do

  • Own planning for new-build and/or lease projects, including estimating, site evaluation, procurement, budgeting, and scheduling.
  • Coordinate across acquisition, energy, finance, capacity planning, design, and construction teams; assess lease schedules, costs, and risks.
  • Analyze portfolio scenarios and present recommendations to leadership on sequencing, resources, scope, schedule, and budget.

What they ask for

  • 10+ years of commercial construction management experience, including preconstruction, estimating, scheduling, contracting, and cost management.
  • Expert scheduling capability using P6, MS Project, or equivalent, including critical-path analysis and schedule risk assessment.
  • Ability to manage complex programs, build and defend large-scale budgets, and lead across cross-functional organizations.
  • Experience integrating AI tools into workflows and applying responsible, ethical AI practices.

Nice to have

  • Experience with data centers, mission-critical infrastructure, or hyperscale development.
  • Experience with lease/colocation programs, power and energy procurement, site selection, and program-level supply chain/procurement.

Pay

$178,000/year to $245,000/year + bonus + equity

Tools

P6, MS Project

AI focus

Integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and deliver measurable impact; apply responsible AI practices, including risk assessment, bias mitigation, and quality and accuracy reviews. Ongoing development in prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration is also requested.

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