Sr. Program Manager, Data Center Planning

About the role

The AWS Data Center Planning team is searching for a passionate and talented leader to drive our Global Build and Capex Operational Planning cycles. AWS is at the forefront of a rapidly changing industry, facing new and complex challenges that have never been tackled before.

This role will lead organization wide programs to support critical operational planning cycles, creating timelines, leading tiger teams, and owning executive communications. This role will also bridge multiple business teams and finance functions by leading 3-year planning for asset categories that are critical to unblocking AWS' expansion plans, including Data Center build, long lead equipment, site and shell.

This is a high impact role offering an opportunity to drive and influence business-critical decisions impacting the long-term future of AWS. The ideal candidate for this role is a leader with strong business judgment, a passion for making lasting program improvements, an ability to define strategy and vision, and an ability to align cross-functional organizations and teams around their vision.

Key job responsibilities

• Developing strategy and roadmaps to improve Operational Planning processes. This involves partnering with Finance, Tech and Business teams to automate plan generation and reduce cycle times for building and budgeting plans.
• Creating and scaling mechanisms to review strategic investment opportunities and assess execution risks. This ensures alignment across stakeholders on infrastructure capacity plans for delivering data center space and power.
• Overseeing the execution of operational planning processes. This includes identifying critical paths and removing inefficiencies. It also involves demonstrating strategic thinking on when plans should be updated.
• Developing metrics, reviewing performance against previous plans, and identifying improvements to close gaps.
• Identifying opportunities to simplify processes, mitigate business risks, and implement scalable solutions.
• Communicating ideas clearly to a range of stakeholders and executives to facilitate understanding and buy-in.

A day in the life

• Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers.
• You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful.
• You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.

• Start your morning collaborating with global teams across time zones
• Lead dynamic tiger team sessions to solve complex infrastructure challenges
• Develop and present strategic recommendations to executive leadership

Partner with finance teams to optimize multi-billion dollar investment decisions:

• Drive innovation in data center planning and execution
• Mentor team members and foster cross-functional relationships
• Shape the future of AWS's global infrastructure footprint
• Impact You'll Make

• Drive critical operational planning cycles that shape AWS's global presence
• Lead 3-year strategic planning for essential infrastructure components
• Influence billion-dollar decisions that define AWS's future
• Create lasting improvements in how we plan and execute massive-scale projects

Basic Qualifications

• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

USA, WA, Seattle - 115,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually