# Network Development Manager, Network Investments

Meta is expanding its global backbone network to support its growing user community and products, including artificial intelligence (AI). We are looking for a Network Development Manager to join the Network Investments team for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, and lead network infrastructure investments across Africa and other emerging markets. The portfolio includes subsea cables, long-haul terrestrial fibre, network capacity, cable landing stations and points of presence (network interconnection sites).In this role, you will own programmes end to end, from identifying the investment and setting the strategy through commercial agreements, approval and delivery of live network capacity. The programmes are multi-year, multi-party and multi-country, often in uncertain regulatory, commercial and operating conditions. The role combines network infrastructure expertise with commercial and investment judgement. We welcome candidates from network operators, infrastructure providers and technology companies, and from investment banking, consulting or infrastructure investing with network infrastructure experience. This role requires pre-planned international travel, up to

- **Id**: 4017501
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/meta-network-development-manager-network-investments-2>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T12:04:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T13:31:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6577
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Foundation Models, Messaging Apps

## Company

- **Id**: 20
- **Name**: Meta
- **Domain**: meta.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/meta>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career sitemap

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 236
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.89
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 39
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Context Engineering** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: French; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no
- Language: Arabic; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T13:31:54Z

## Visa

- Country: IE; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Irish employment permits in 12 months: 72; Filings 12m: 72

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T18:08:56Z

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