Design Process Manager, Colocation Design Standards

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Design Process Manager to oversee the technical standards for its colocation infrastructure. This crucial role involves documentation management, cross-functional collaboration, and process improvement to support the growth of AWS's data centers, ensuring they meet emerging needs efficiently.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of project management experience.
• 2+ years of technical product or program management.
• Experience with analytical and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end Colo BOD release cycle and documentation processes.
• Coordinate with engineering teams for documentation validation.
• Ensure availability and accuracy of technical documentation.

Skills

Project Management

Documentation Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Design Process Manager, Colocation Design Standards

Job ID: 3016378 | Amazon Data Services UK Limited

The Colocation Design Standards (CoDeS) Team is looking for a Design Process Manager to drive the management of the technical standards which shape the world's leading cloud infrastructure, create order from complexity and enable global teams to work efficiently and consistently.

In this role, you will serve as the cornerstone of our Basis of Design (BOD) program for Colocation sites, influencing how we document and manage technical standards across our global fleet of colocation data centers. You'll work with internal and external teams to define, review, and release critical documentation that guides infrastructure development. As an owner, you'll ensure our technical standards evolve to meet emerging needs while maintaining consistency across our rapidly growing infrastructure footprint.

Primary responsibilities include managing the end-to-end Colo BOD release cycle, tooling and documentation; coordinating cross-functional reviews, and developing scalable processes for document management. You'll collaborate with engineering teams to capture design improvements and ensure technical requirements are clearly documented. Your expertise will be crucial in maintaining the quality and accessibility of our technical standards internally and externally.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. 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 — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities
• Drive continuous improvement of standards and release processes across the organization
• Coordinate with engineering teams to review and validate technical documentation
• Provide high-quality guidance on documentation standards while working with global teams
• Manage stakeholder communications and resolve escalations related to documentation releases
• Oversee document control systems and version management
• Refine or create processes to ensure technical documentation availability and accuracy.
• This position will require up to 15% travel

A day in the life
The Colocation Design Standards (CoDeS) team drives the global standardization of technical solutions for AWS Colocation (colo) sites. The team owns the creation and update of engineering standards for colo sites, following the performance objectives set in AWS Basis of Design (BoD) and creating those for colocation specific technology. The team also provides technical support for AWS product colo readiness to enable efficient deployment. CoDeS global standardization of technical designs objectives is key to enable more efficient and consistent capacity ingestion for the delivery teams.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. 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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
- 1+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- 2+ years of technical product or program management experience.
- 2+ years of analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentations experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 2+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Experience coordinating cross-functional programs and release schedules
- Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps
- Experience developing internal tooling or coordinating tooling creation.

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