Data Center Program Manager: Lead Infra Projects

Amazon Data Services, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a detail oriented, customer-obsessed Program Manager for its Infrastructure Operations team. The role emphasizes adapting strategies, interfacing with multiple teams, and delivering innovative solutions for data center projects across facilities.

Successful candidates are self-starters who design, develop and deploy improvements, collaborating with operations, engineering, legal, finance, procurement, safety and more to raise the bar for AWS infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience managing CAPEX and/or OPEX data center projects.
• Ability to interface with diverse teams across the organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to document plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage requirements, budget, design, and implementation of assigned projects
• Assess annual maintenance program requirements and build a rolling 18 month project forecast
• Facilitate creation of SOWs with partner teams to be included in contract documents including RFQ/RFPs, change order controls, purchase orders, and invoicing.
• Evaluate performance and work product of on-site partners and elevate issues through Amazon leadership.
• Identify and communicate needs for design improvements.
• Monitor and enforce project schedules and quality with, operational teams, cross functional amazon team members, and partners.
• Lead and coordinate design and execution efforts between internal teams and outside partners including equipment specifications, material flow, process design, and site layout.
• Evaluate project risks and issues and propose actionable resolutions.
• Build strong working relationships with data center leadership teams across multiple sites as well as other internal stakeholders (operations, finance, safety, security, legal, procurement).
• General knowledge of data center operations and facility management.
• Track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects
• Ability to follow accurate and complete support procedures, system documentation, and issue tracking entries.
• Proactively and continually improve your level of knowledge about data center relevant technologies.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Self-motivated

Ambiguity handling

Vendor management

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a detail oriented, customer-obsessed Program Manager for its Infrastructure Operations team. The role emphasizes adapting strategies, interfacing with multiple teams, and delivering innovative solutions for data center projects across facilities.

Successful candidates are self-starters who design, develop and deploy improvements, collaborating with operations, engineering, legal, finance, procurement, safety and more to raise the bar for AWS infrastructure.