Global Data Center Procurement Leader — Strategy & Scale

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a senior procurement leader to join the Data Center Procurement team within AIS-SC.

You will lead a global team of procurement managers across regions, owning the goods and services portfolio that keeps data center operations running. You will build and refine category strategies, partner with suppliers to drive long-term outcomes, and hold your team accountable for delivering measurable results that impact Amazon's bottom line.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of building and leading large teams in matrixed operating structures.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent.
• Experience in strategic thinking about business, enterprise software products, and new technology platforms and architectures or equivalent.
• Experience negotiating VP-level contracts with channel partners and agencies.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Product Management, Customer Service, Operations, Legal, Finance, and Senior Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of procurement managers to develop and execute regional and global category strategies that scale procurement support in step with AWS's expanding infrastructure.
• Build and strengthen supplier qualification programs, mitigate supply-base risk, and drive executive-level engagement with key strategic suppliers.
• Partner with internal automation teams to optimize and automate procurement processes, improving efficiency and scalability across multiple tools and systems.
• Establish regular business review cadences across regions and with internal customer leadership to align procurement priorities with operational needs.
• Define and track performance metrics to evaluate team effectiveness, inform business decisions, and drive continuous process improvement across procurement operations.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor negotiation

Contract management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a senior procurement leader to join the Data Center Procurement team within AIS-SC.

You will lead a global team of procurement managers across regions, owning the goods and services portfolio that keeps data center operations running. You will build and refine category strategies, partner with suppliers to drive long-term outcomes, and hold your team accountable for delivering measurable results that impact Amazon's bottom line.