Technical Infrastructure Program Manager, Dedicated Infrastructure Planning and Delivery (Government Regions)
About the role
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world leader in providing a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud powering hundreds of thousands of businesses in hundreds of countries around the world. As part of the AWS Infrastructure organization, Data Center Planning and Delivery (DCPD) prepares for, plans, and builds the data centers that comprise the AWS cloud. Dedicated Infrastructure Planning and Delivery are the team responsible for the delivery of physical data center infrastructure to serve government customers. Our team has a diverse background including commercial, prior military service and former government experience. Our team is split between the Seattle Metro and the DMV area and we manage projects across the US, while interfacing with our peers overseas.
We're seeking an experienced Technical Infrastructure Program Manager in Denver CO, Herndon or Arlington VA, or Seattle WA, to oversee data center infrastructure expansion projects in support of U.S. Government customers. The Technical Infrastructure Program Manager will lead cross-functional and technical teams from conceptual design feasibility through requirements, budget, completed design, implementation, testing, and deployment. Along the way, they will use judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence without authority, analytical talent, technical aptitude, and leadership to collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders across multiple time zones, manage capital budgets, eliminate non-value-add activity, design solutions, remove blockers, and find creative ways to accelerate project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead a matrixed team through influence in the execution of data center capacity projects
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality and risk management throughout all phases of the project lifecycle
- Review demand forecasts for assigned region to ensure future builds are triggered on time
- Ensure design reviews are effectively conducted
- Deep dive material delivery issues or technical challenges that threaten project schedules and develop mitigations
- Balance ownership and holding partner teams to high standards of responsibility
- Ensure data center capacity is delivered ahead of customer demand
- Work both in corporate offices and on the job site depending on project state
- Interact with internal and external customers, partners and suppliers to understand joint business goals and priorities
- Execute rapidly, delivering high-quality functionality
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience
- Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies related to infrastructure (i.e. network, data center, hardware, software)
- Experience with varying scenarios of infrastructure builds
- Must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in architecture/design, mechanical/electrical engineering, software/network engineering, data center infrastructure/operations, and/or construction management, who have transitioned to a program management discipline
- Master's degree or above in engineering, management, or technology, or 3+ years of directly managing and responsible for multiple large projects experience
- Experience in managing data center infrastructure deployments
- Fully competent in project management tools, methodologies and techniques for all phases of the project lifecycle
- Demonstrated experience in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality and risk management, reporting and metric development/tracking
- Experience with MS Office, MS Project and MS SharePoint
- Experience with Tableau, KanBan, Playbook, SQL and systems integration a plus
Skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication
- Calibrated judgment
- Negotiation skills
- Ability to influence without authority
- Analytical talent
- Leadership
- Capacity to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment
- Technical aptitude
Pay
- Base salary range: $127,100.00 - $171,900.00 USD annually (Denver CO, Herndon VA, Arlington VA, Seattle WA)
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included in total compensation package
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave