Sr. Technical Infrastructure Program Manager, Data Center Planning & Delivery
About the role
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain. We're seeking an experienced Sr. Technical Infrastructure Program Manager in Herndon, VA, Seattle, WA or Chicago, IL to oversee data center build projects.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional and technical teams from conceptual design feasibility through scope and schedule creation, budget management, completed design, implementation, commissioning, and data center deployment.
- Use judgment, critical thinking skills, ability to influence without authority, analytical talent, technical aptitude, and leadership to collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders.
- Eliminate non-value-add activities, design solutions, remove blockers, and find creative ways to accelerate project delivery.
- Own and deliver on end-to-end builds.
- Work with stakeholder teams to map dependencies, create and drive schedules, and think big to solve some of our biggest challenges.
- Dive deep into critical path items.
- Apply a variety of project management tools, methodologies and techniques for all phases of the project lifecycle.
- Exhibit demonstrated experience in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality and risk management, reporting and metric development/tracking.
Basic qualifications
- 5+ years of program management or technical project management experience.
- Experience with varying scenarios of infrastructure builds.
- Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies related to infrastructure (i.e. network, data center, hardware, software).
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of data center infrastructure design, operations, or delivery.
- Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure.
Skills and attributes
- Strong communicator (both written and verbal).
- Not hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities.
- Capable of understanding mechanical/electrical engineering concepts.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
- Problem solver with ability to dive deep into critical path items.
- High judgment role to deliver capacity to end customers.
Team culture
We value work-life harmony and strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. We're continuously raising our performance bar and offer endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Pay and benefits
- Base salary range: $148,700.00 - $201,200.00 USD annually (Herndon, VA and Seattle, WA).
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
- 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.
Required tools
- MS Office.
- MS Project.
- MS SharePoint.
Preferred tools
- Tableau.
- KanBan.
- Playbook.
- SQL.
- Systems integration.