Principal Program Manager, Infrastructure Development

Our data centers are the foundation upon which our rapidly scaling infrastructure efficiently operates to deliver our innovative services. Meta's Infrastructure team is seeking an experienced Principal Program Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our Energy Infrastructure Investments pillar. This individual will be responsible for driving the end-to-end program execution, governance, external partnership management, and cross-functional coordination needed to deliver billions of dollars in energy infrastructure investments — on time, on budget, and at unprecedented scale.

This is a senior program leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution. This role will partner closely with the Managing Director, Energy Infrastructure to translate investment decisions and partnership strategies into disciplined, delivered outcomes.

The principal program manager is the execution engine behind Meta's energy infrastructure investments — standing up the governance, tracking, risk management, and cross-functional coordination that turns signed deals into delivered capacity, while helping manage the ongoing relationships with independent power producers, utilities, and energy ecosystem partners that make delivery possible.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end program management of Meta's energy infrastructure investment portfolio
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, master schedules, and milestone trackers that provide clear line-of-sight across all active projects and investments
• Drive predictable delivery by establishing rigorous stage-gate processes, decision frameworks, and escalation paths for the investment portfolio
• Monitor and report on program health — cost, schedule, risk, and interdependencies — providing objective insights and early-warning signals to leadership
• Identify and resolve cross-project dependencies, resource conflicts, and execution bottlenecks before they impact delivery timelines
• Design and operate the governance framework for the Energy Infrastructure Investments pillar — including cadence of reviews, decision rights, reporting structures, and accountability mechanisms
• Establish and run operating rhythms (weekly, monthly, quarterly) that keep the team and cross-functional partners aligned on priorities, progress, and risk
• Create and maintain program dashboards, executive reporting packages, and board-ready materials that distill complex portfolio status into clear narratives
• Own the risk register and mitigation tracker across the portfolio — ensuring risks are identified early, quantified, and actively managed
• Serve as the connective tissue between Energy Infrastructure Investments and partner organizations — including Design, Engineering & Construction (DEC), Corporate Development, Site Selection, Legal, Finance and Accounting, Capacity Planning, Sustainability, and external development partners
• Coordinate with DEC Planning & Development teams to ensure investment timelines align with capacity supply forecasts and site readiness milestones
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to track capital deployment against budget, manage forecasting cadences, support variance analysis, and ensure alignment on investment accounting treatment and reporting requirements
• Work with Legal to ensure contract execution, regulatory compliance milestones, and partner deliverables are tracked and met — coordinating closing checklists, condition precedent tracking, and ongoing covenant compliance
• Coordinate with Corporate Development on transaction execution — aligning program timelines with deal closing schedules, integration planning, and post-close governance stand-up
• Partner with Site Selection teams to ensure energy infrastructure investment strategies are integrated into site diligence, land acquisition timelines, and regional development sequencing
• Integrate with capacity planning teams to ensure energy supply commitments are reflected in long-range infrastructure plans
• Build scalable program management infrastructure — tools, templates, processes, and playbooks — that enables the pillar to grow without proportional overhead
• Develop standardized reporting and communication frameworks that create transparency across a complex, multi-geography portfolio
• Drive lessons-learned processes and post-investment reviews to continuously improve execution quality and cycle time
• Stay informed of industry best practices in infrastructure program delivery and bring innovative approaches to Meta's energy development lifecycle

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 15+ years of experience in program management within energy infrastructure, power development, data center construction, or large-scale capital project delivery
• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure programs with multiple concurrent workstreams, external partners, and long-term horizons
• Experience managing external partnerships with utilities, independent power producers, or energy infrastructure developers, with the ability to drive accountability and alignment across multi-party delivery programs
• Deep knowledge of energy infrastructure development lifecycles — including permitting, interconnection, construction, and commissioning of generation and transmission assets
• Financial literacy, with experience managing capital budgets, forecasting, and variance reporting in infrastructure-intensive environments
• Demonstrated ability to build governance frameworks and operating cadences that drive accountability and predictable delivery across matrixed organizations
• Strategic, systems-level thinker with experience driving decision-making in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with competing priorities, with a track record of influencing executive stakeholders
• Experience communicating complex program status to executive stakeholders through clear, actionable narratives (e.g., executive briefings, board-ready materials, portfolio reviews) — able to synthesize complex program status into clear, actionable executive narratives
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, construction management, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience standing up new program management functions in fast-scaling organizations
• MBA, PMP, or other relevant advanced degree or credential
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Familiarity with utility interconnection processes, power purchase agreements, and energy project development timelines
• Background working alongside investment, corporate development, or project finance teams to translate deal execution into operational delivery
• Experience in the hyperscale data center or cloud industry, with direct involvement in energy or power infrastructure program delivery
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

$202,000/year to $273,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits