[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Meta Platforms jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Meta Platforms · Menlo Park, CA +1 more # Data Center Central Planning Lead Menlo Park, CA +1 more Manager or lead Data & Analytics Listed on Meta Platforms’s official careers site. Listed as of October 18, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Meta Platforms’s careers site →](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/1793791111815806/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Meta Platforms](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/) / Data Center Central Planning Lead ## Job description We are looking for a Data Center Central Planning Lead to join Meta's Data Center Strategic Planning organization. In this role, you will own and lead the development of end-to-end, constraint-aware data center capacity plans that translate product growth, AI workload evolution, and fleet architecture into executable roadmaps across power (MW), cooling, space, and network. You will operate at the intersection of capacity engineering, portfolio planning, and investment decisioning, building quantitative models and scenario plans that inform multi‑billion‑dollar infrastructure choices. You will be expected to go deep in the data and engineering constraints while also serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping direction through clear recommendations, executive-ready narratives, and cross‑org alignment. ### This is an individual contributor leadership role success is defined by technical rigor, durable planning mechanisms, and sustained influence across organizations—including the ability to advise, challenge, and align senior stakeholders. ## Responsibilities - Own long-range capacity planning and strategy (LRP) to connect demand signals (product + AI) to data center supply plans and execution paths across MW delivery, space readiness, and network capacity—including multi‑year roadmaps, supply and demand matching, and key decision points - Build and maintain quantitative planning models (supply/demand, portfolio allocation, sensitivity analysis, bottleneck identification, schedule-risk and uncertainty modeling), and use them to drive investment prioritization and sequencing - Translate workload characteristics (GPU/AI clusters, rack power density, resiliency tiers, topology/interconnect needs, placement constraints) into facility and electrical requirements including MW ramp profiles, readiness gates, and deployment constraints - Lead assessment of system-level constraints across fleet and pipeline (utility delivery timelines, substation/transformer capacity, cooling technology limits, heat rejection, building envelopes, network ingress/egress, construction sequencing) and drive mitigation strategies with clear owners, timelines, and success criteria - Develop executive decision packages: synthesize complex analyses into crisp trade-offs and recommendations (cost, schedule, reliability, operability, risk), explicitly calling out assumptions, sensitivities, and "what changes the answer." Advise and influence senior Meta leadership by framing options, aligning stakeholders pre‑readout, and driving decisions in forums with competing priorities—while maintaining technical credibility with engineering partners - Drive cross-functional execution and accountability: align roadmaps, surface gaps early, manage escalations, and ensure closure through programmatic follow-through and planning governance - Establish and continuously raise the planning "bar": define assumption governance, model review cadence, metric definitions, documentation standards, and reproducibility so plans are auditable, repeatable, and resilient to ambiguity ## Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience - Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews) - Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days - Location: Menlo Park, CA +1 more[Apply on Meta Platforms’s careers site →](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/1793791111815806/) ## More jobs at Meta Platforms ### [Data Scientist, Meta Superintelligence Labs (Safety)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/1d256ee9a11596a9cd0f/) Menlo Park, CA +1 more ### [Mechanical Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/f153371b9660dc94c69d/) Menlo Park, CA +1 more ### [Associate General Counsel, Product (WhatsApp)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/77a33daed35e9286e06a/) Menlo Park, CA +1 more ### [Director, Executive Development](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/5faa667775a75c319576/) Menlo Park, CA +1 more ### [Partner Marketing Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/592a9c84f2e8fb37a275/) Menlo Park, CA +1 more ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Head of Pre-Construction, AMER Data Center Delivery, Data Center Planning and Delivery](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/7c7823abdf7129ce8f69/) Amazon · US, VA, Herndon ### [Central Load Planning Agent, Amazon Air Network Control Center](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/1cc84d68644ddf8d31fe/) Amazon · US, KY, Erlanger ### [Conference Planning Coordinator - National Center for Employee Development (NCED)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/aramark/jobs/f054830c5974ae221761/) Aramark · Norman, OK, US ### [Data Center Electrical / Mechanical infrastructure Technical Manager - North Central US region](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cbre-group/jobs/c4468260195a188525e2/) CBRE Group · Altoona, IA ### [Data Center Electrical / Mechanical infrastructure Technical Manager - North Central US region](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cbre-group/jobs/fa949db793f042e803a0/) CBRE Group · Chicago, IL [Data & Analytics jobs](/functions/data-analytics/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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