Facebook Hiring for Site Selection Manager at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Full Time

Intro:

Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities – we’re just getting started.

Summary:

Facebook designs, builds, leases, and operates the most innovative and efficient data centers in the world. Locating, developing and managing this data center infrastructure the “right” way is synonymous with ensuring high uptime, capacity availability, flexibility and capital and operational cost efficiency. Facebook is seeking an experienced, organized, and collaborative Site Selection Manager to join the Data Center Site Selection team.A qualified Site Selection Manager candidate has extensive experience negotiating large, complex deals and a strong knowledge of the legal agreements that accompany them. The Site Selection Manager has a keen ability to think both strategically and analytically, develop out-of-the box solutions and is able to navigate the challenges that accompany leasing projects and portfolios of large magnitude. Domestic travel is required (50%+).

Required Skills:

1. Develop Facebook’s owned data center location strategy and manage the site selection effort for real estate, including partnering with teams focused on economic development incentives, energy and utilities, network connectivity, legal, policy, and financial considerations

2. Lead feasibility discussions and contract negotiations with service providers, property owners, economic development agencies, and utility companies

3. Negotiate letters of intent, land or building purchases, economic development incentives, water and sewer supply, and other site-specific agreements Support power negotiations

4. Partner with internal organizations including capacity planning, energy teams, data center design, construction, network engineering, legal, policy, communications and finance

5. Prepare project location recommendations and present to management for approval

6. Develop portfolio management metrics and tracking mechanisms and interact with external lease management companies

7. Maintain strategic relationships with communities and service providers in support of Facebook’s data center developments, monitor ongoing contractual commitments, and support the expansion of Facebook’s existing data centers through the extension of existing agreements or the formation of new agreements

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Civil Engineering, City Planning or related

2. 7+ years of experience in site selection and data center or other capital project or infrastructure development

3. Experience leading real estate negotiations including contract formation and contract negotiations

4. Experience at representing business interests to governments (state, county and local), utilities, potential suppliers, and other stakeholders

5. Experience managing large real estate development projects and coordinating with internal staff, consultants, vendors and external stakeholders

6. Experience communicating commercial, market and contractual details to all organizational levels

7. 2+ years of experience in Excel and PowerPoint and/or Keynote

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Advanced technical degree, law degree or MBA

2. Experience in data center negotiations

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity: Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].