Senior New Regions Planning Manager, New Regions Strategy and Planning

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior New Regions Planning Manager to spearhead infrastructure expansion into new geographies. This role involves leading end-to-end planning for new data centre regions, requiring a blend of strategic thinking and tactical execution. You will engage with senior stakeholders, influence decisions on multi-billion-dollar investments, and ensure operational excellence across various teams. If you have a passion for cloud infrastructure and a proven record in program management, this opportunity offers a chance to make a substantial impact in a dynamic environment, collaborating with diverse experts to drive innovation and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in product/program management with a focus on cloud infrastructure.
• Experience in bridging technical and business teams for project success.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure planning for new AWS data centre regions.
• Drive cost estimates and communicate strategies to AWS leadership.

Skills

Product Management

Program Management

Cloud Infrastructure

Data Centre Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

P&L Statements

Financial Modeling

Job description

Senior New Regions Planning Manager, New Regions Strategy and Planning

Job ID: 2931817 | Amazon Data Services UK Limited

AWS is seeking an infrastructure expansion professional to focus on deploying Amazon’s data centre footprint into new geographies. The New Region Strategy and Planning team within AWS Infrastructure assesses the technical, financial and local factors that need to be considered when determining the best approach for launching a new region, scaling the business and delivering for AWS customers.

In this role you will lead end-to-end infrastructure planning for new data centre regions and will be expected to draw conclusions from financial models, formulate recommendations and communicate the final infrastructure strategy to AWS executive leadership. This role focuses on launch footprint, expected data centre demand and capacity utilization, networking topology, utility infrastructure delivery and overall project cost. This role necessitates fast-paced decision-making and driving highly impactful strategic workflows between multiple cross-functional teams including data centre operations, networking, hardware engineering, capacity planning, design engineering, supply chain, energy, water, procurement, legal, real estate and construction.

You will work across the organization to develop infrastructure deployment options whilst meeting our standards on safety, security, availability and cost efficiency.

Our Senior New Regions Planning Managers think strategically and Think Big, but have excellent tactical execution skills needed to hit project milestones. They engage with, present to and influence senior stakeholders and are results oriented. They also engage externally as needed. They work in capex/opex financial planning.

Key job responsibilities

1. Driving due diligence in the country - spanning real estate, utilities (water and power), network, security, HR, legal, tax and public policy, selecting metro/sites and having a robust view of risk and opportunities to be factored in when planning and building an AWS region.
2. Establishing a compliant infrastructure strategy and operating model in new countries or geographies.
3. Driving cost estimates for new AWS regions spanning all aspects of infrastructure and driving long term financials and P&L statements.
4. Communicating to AWS executive leadership on status/progress of new regions, and presenting infrastructure plans for review and approval, to drive long-term multi-billion-dollar investment decisions.
5. Engaging with customers, sales and internal teams to influence them towards infrastructure solutions that can best serve their needs. Engaging externally as needed.
6. Identifying patterns from previous deployments to improve our processes and planning accuracy and creating economic frameworks for different kinds of infrastructure solutions.

About the team

We are open to hiring candidates in London, UK or Dublin, Ireland.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience bridging technical and business teams to collect and refine requirements, prioritize incoming work requests, and ensure all committed work is delivered on time.
• 7+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
• History with cloud infrastructure, data centre program/project management.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in technical product management, program management or engineering
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Knowledge of data centre technical engineering requirements.
• Familiarity with P&L statements and long-term cash flow projections/NPV.

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Posted: April 8, 2025 (Updated about 10 hours ago)