Area Contract Manager, Central

Meta Meta · Big Tech · New York, NY +1 · Remote

This role is for an Area Contract Manager to support Meta's Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) organization. The manager will be the commercial and contractual expert for data center design and construction programs, managing negotiations, execution, risk, and change management. The role requires experience in AI skill development, ethical AI practices, and integrating AI tools to optimize workflows, but the core function is contract management in a construction/infrastructure setting, not AI development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the primary commercial and contractual subject matter expert for data center design and construction contracts across the central region, ensuring alignment with contract terms, scope, and obligations
  2. Support the overall design and construction contract management function, including development and implementation of contract management tooling solutions, contract playbooks, and deal-to-contract intake and review processes for their functional program
  3. Lead the review, negotiation, and approval of contract changes, including change orders, claims, and commercial entitlement assessments submitted by General Contractors and Trade partners
  4. Manage the end-to-end change management process, including scope verification, cost and schedule impact analysis, and coordination with Area Cost and Schedule Leads to ensure integrated commercial accountability
  5. Identify, assess, and escalate commercial and contractual risks proactively, partnering with Area Managers, Legal, and Sourcing to develop mitigation strategies

Skills

Required

  • Contract negotiation
  • Commercial risk management
  • Change management
  • Construction contracts
  • Supply chain operations
  • AI skill development
  • Prompt engineering
  • Agent orchestration
  • Ethical AI practices
  • AI tool integration
  • Data center construction
  • Infrastructure programs
  • Google applications
  • Adobe Sign

Nice to have

  • Experience with Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contract delivery methods
  • Experience leading or supporting the development of owner-side contract management programs

What the JD emphasized

  • 15+ years of experience in contract management, construction commercial management, or supply chain operations within large-scale capital construction or infrastructure programs
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)