Permitting Strategy Director, Land Development

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Strategic Permit Manager to coordinate AHJ approvals for data center land development. Based in Arlington/Herndon VA, Seattle WA, or Austin TX, you’ll lead permit strategies, engage with government officials, and align internal teams to deliver on tight timelines.

You’ll own AHJ relationships, manage cross-functional partners, and travel 25–50% as needed while navigating real estate regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above required; advanced degree preferred.
• 2+ years entitlement and/or site development permitting experience.
• 2+ years experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating development schedules.
• 5+ years of project management experience in real estate development.
• 5+ years of working directly with government officials and regulatory bodies experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify all government approvals required to construct data center infrastructure.
• Support entitlements approval process.
• Coordinate internal and external project development teams to develop, negotiate and execute a permitting plan, ensuring all internal and external stakeholders are performing required actions at the appropriate time.
• Own key relationships with AHJs and other key external stakeholders to act as a single point of contact for all strategic AHJ approval negotiations and escalations.
• Identify, assess, mitigate and communicate risks to the permitting strategy to internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Engage and manage the work of entitlement and permitting scheduling consultants and specialists.
• Track real-time permit delivery metrics and complete after-action reviews to identify and solution opportunities for process improvement.
• 25-50% travel

Skills

Entitlement & site development

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Project management

Government engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Master's degree

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Strategic Permit Manager to coordinate AHJ approvals for data center land development. Based in Arlington/Herndon VA, Seattle WA, or Austin TX, you’ll lead permit strategies, engage with government officials, and align internal teams to deliver on tight timelines.

You’ll own AHJ relationships, manage cross-functional partners, and travel 25–50% as needed while navigating real estate regulations.