Energy Sourcing Manager

Meta Meta · Big Tech · Austin, TX +2

Meta's Energy Infrastructure Strategy and Investments team is seeking an experienced energy sourcing professional to lead electricity procurement vendor management for its global data center portfolio. This role involves commercial energy and clean energy supply procurement, vendor management, developing models for processes, and guiding internal budgets. The candidate will lead contract management, develop capital expense forecasts, track OPEX, manage relationships with procurement partners, and improve systematic solutions for procurement processes. They will also collaborate on professional service budget tracking and reporting, maintain relationships with finance, and support energy utility bill tracking and internal tool maintenance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead energy interconnection and service contract management and procurement-related tasks and reporting, including vendor onboarding, direct debit enrollment, purchase order initiation, and invoice and PO tracking and troubleshooting
  2. Work with the team to develop capital expense forecasts, track actuals and communicate variance commentary to stakeholders
  3. Lead data center energy OPEX tracking, billing setup and troubleshooting
  4. Own the relationship with internal contracts and procurement partners.
  5. Develop and improve systematic solutions to streamline the procurement and contract processes

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in energy procurement, energy sourcing, or energy supply strategy within the utility, independent power, or large energy consumer sector
  • Experienced with high volume utility bills, payment processes, managing complex purchase orders and MSAs
  • Experience building and managing relationships with a variety of cross-functional partners
  • Fluent in contracting and procurement languages, principles, and practices
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of behind-the-meter generation, battery storage, or microgrid solutions as components of data center energy supply strategy
  • Experience sourcing energy specifically for data center, hyperscale, or other large-scale critical infrastructure load
  • Experience with renewable energy certificate tracking, carbon accounting, or sustainability reporting frameworks relevant to large energy portfolios

What the JD emphasized

  • AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows
  • responsible, ethical AI practices
  • ongoing AI skill development
  • prompt/context engineering
  • agent orchestration