Data Center Capacity Manager

About the role

Meta is seeking a forward‑thinking people manager to lead rack capacity planning and delivery within the Edge and Network Services (ENS) Foundation organization. The manager will guide engineers to improve efficiency, reliability, and risk management through process, systems, and data across some of the world’s largest data centers. This role blends strategic and hands‑on technical leadership, shaping the operations of Meta’s next‑generation compute infrastructure, influencing design and deployment of global environments, and driving long‑term process and tooling direction while staying close to the ground to unblock restoration issues and optimize workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of the capacity function across multiple sites in a geographical area.
• Distribute capacity workload based on projections, OKRs, and KPIs across skill‑sets, people resources, and company priorities.
• Work with FieldOps leaders and engineers to ensure on‑time delivery of rack SLAs and meet throughput objectives.
• Manage stakeholder communications and represent the team in cross‑functional leadership meetings.
• Ensure standard Methods of Procedure (MOPs), runbooks, and procedures are consistently followed to achieve successful deployment metrics.
• Cascade strategic organizational goals to align team and individual objectives.
• Cultivate a collaborative, high‑performing team and ensure accountability for new employee onboarding.
• Build and sustain a scalable global organization, encouraging collaboration across regions.
• Lead a team of engineers responsible for stable, compliant capacity delivery, monitoring KPIs/SLIs, triaging incidents, and driving root‑cause analysis.
• Maintain proactive engagement around responsibilities, priorities, performance expectations, and development planning.
• Attract top talent, fill gaps quickly, and structure teams to optimize business outcomes.
• Create, maintain, and enforce SOPs, runbooks, provisioning workflows, and acceptance criteria aligned with Meta‑wide best practices.
• Support internal customers (Production Operations, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Logistics, Program Management) and vendors to ensure capacity delivery meets needs across global sites.
• Own planning and execution of the organizational roadmap and strategy to deliver business outcomes.
• Provide root‑cause analysis and corrective action leadership for infrastructure, architecture, and hardware issues.
• Represent the organization and manage interactions with hardware, facilities, logistics, and managed service partners.
• Lead cross‑functional infrastructure projects in a matrix environment covering data center, network, logistics, supply chain, compliance, legal, and software system engineering.
• Communicate across teams, organizations, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Initiate and lead strategic initiatives driving efficiency, innovation, and standardization of network infrastructure within data centers.
• Drive improvements in technical references, design processes, and training documentation.
• Support automation and tooling initiatives to increase consistency and efficiency in design, deployment, and operations.
• Travel domestically and internationally (≈20 %) to data centers under management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of direct experience managing engineers and organizations.
• 7+ years of experience designing and deploying large‑scale data center connectivity infrastructure.
• Thorough knowledge of structured cabling and infrastructure design, installation best practices, industry standards, and limitations.
• Working knowledge of fault‑tolerant critical infrastructure supporting network and compute hardware in high‑availability environments.
• General knowledge of data center design, construction, and start‑up/commissioning processes.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams through large‑scale data center or similar infrastructure design initiatives.
• Proven track record of solving problems, setting strategic direction, executing tactically, and achieving measurable outcomes.
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments and collaborate with global cross‑functional teams.
• Proficiency in workload scoping, prioritization, delegation, and multitasking.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to present concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• 7+ years of experience understanding and influencing network and server architectures, including constraint and dependency analysis.
• Experience collaborating across global teams and with cross‑functional partners at all levels.
• Experience managing from the front to prioritize and drive mission‑critical results.
• Direct experience in operational compliance, environmental health and safety, infrastructure security, and/or business continuity.
• 10+ years of experience in global network or infrastructure operations, deployment, design/engineering, or support.
• 5+ years of experience working in varied infrastructure environments (data centers, colocation facilities, corporate campuses).
• 5+ years of experience partnering with hardware, ITAD, logistics, facility, security, and colocation vendors.
• Experience identifying and managing key metrics (SLAs/KPIs) to evaluate success and business impact of capacity services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with scripting and automation (Bash, Python, Perl).
• Experience working with on‑site construction teams, managing contractors, and vendor relationships.
• Ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact.
• Experience with ODM hardware and Linux‑based systems.
• Experience leading and managing matrixed technical teams.
• Commitment to responsible, ethical AI practices (risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality reviews).
• Ongoing AI skill development (prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
• Experience with purchasing, negotiating, and end‑to‑end supplier management, including global RFPs and contract negotiations.
• Experience influencing operational requirements in consortia and contract negotiations.

Pay

$160,000 – $223,000 per year, plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Schedule

Approximately 20 % domestic and international travel to data centers is required.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. From the launch of Facebook in 2004 to today’s immersive experiences in augmented and virtual reality, Meta is shaping the next evolution of social technology. Employees at Meta help create a future that goes beyond screens, distance, and even the rules of physics.