Meta(Meta Platforms)岗位:Principal, Global Data Center Planning Responsibilities
Own multi-year DC capacity planning and the Plan of Record (PoR): Develop, maintain, and continuously refresh integrated global data center supply/capacity plans;
drive monthly/quarterly updates to assumptions, constraints, and scenarios to ensure plans remain decision-grade and executable.
Lead decision-quality tradeoffs for leadership: Apply quantitative and strategic judgment to build scenarios and evaluate alternatives;
present clear options, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations for multi‑billion‑dollar infrastructure investments and portfolio decisions.
Drive AI large cluster planning outcomes: Partner with engineering and delivery stakeholders to incorporate AI-driven demand profiles, large-cluster requirements, and emerging constraints into the central plan;
help shape the capacity and delivery strategy to support rapid AI evolution.
Create durable planning frameworks (beyond “spreadsheet planning”): Improve the planning ecosystem by defining requirements for data quality, source-of-truth signals, and scalable planning workflows;
partner with systems/tooling teams to uplevel automation and reliability of planning outputs.
Identify constraints, dependencies, and mitigation strategies: Surface systemic risks (power, space, lead times, supply volatility, readiness, policy/legal, sustainability, etc.), define mitigation paths, and drive closure with accountable partners.
Own executive communication and stakeholder alignment: Build the narrative and communications strategy for planning decisions (exec briefs, deep dives, recurring forums);
drive alignment across diverse, high-seniority stakeholders with competing priorities.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
BS in engineering, computer science, operations research, economics, or other quantitative/analytical field (or equivalent practical experience)
15+ years experience in infrastructure strategy, capacity planning, hardware/cloud infrastructure, supply strategy, or adjacent domains with demonstrated ownership of large, cross-org decisions
Demonstrated strength in quantitative analysis and modeling (scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, decision frameworks, optimizing under constraints/uncertainty)
Strong understanding of large-scale infrastructure systems and how workload requirements map to data center constraints (power, space, networking, availability, lead times, etc.)
Proven ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous environments and drive alignment to closure through influence
Executive-level communication skills: able to synthesize complexity into decision-grade narratives for senior leadership
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with AI infrastructure planning (training/inference demand patterns, large-cluster constraints, rapid shifts in demand and hardware assumptions)
Experience owning or evolving planning systems / data pipelines / source-of-truth processes at scale
Prior experience partnering with IDC delivery (construction, build programs, lease strategy, site/facility ops) and/or capacity engineering organizations
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