Senior Data Center Design & Portfolio Manager

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Principal Design and Portfolio Manager to own and drive end-to-end delivery of data center design and portfolio execution across the Americas. You will be the single-threaded owner of schedule integrity, milestones, and on-time capacity delivery across a multi-billion dollar portfolio of builds.

You will define strategic frameworks, develop program plans, set KPIs, perform risk assessments, and build reporting that translates complex schedules into

Qualifications

• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of data center infrastructure experience including capacity planning, design, construction, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Own and be accountable for on-time delivery of data center designs and their milestones across the regional portfolio.
• Shapes decisions and drives accountability across teams they don't own, influencing outcomes without authority or direct technical involvement.
• Drive schedule adherence through proactive identification of slippage, root cause analysis, and corrective action plans.
• Develop and maintain milestone health dashboards with clear red/yellow/green status indicators.
• Implement mechanisms for early detection of at-risk or in-trouble projects and elevate with path-to-green plans.
• Design and own the MBR (Monthly Business Review) reporting cadence, content, and schedule management for regional leadership.
• Build and maintain enhanced reporting including KPIs for schedule health, milestone completion rates, and delivery velocity.
• Prepare executive narratives with recommendations that articulate decision points relative to cost, timing, and strategic trade-offs.
• Capture, share, and leverage technical program management best practices across Data Center Engineering.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Program management

Engineering coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Project

Asana

Tableau

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Principal Design and Portfolio Manager to own and drive end-to-end delivery of data center design and portfolio execution across the Americas. You will be the single-threaded owner of schedule integrity, milestones, and on-time capacity delivery across a multi-billion dollar portfolio of builds.

You will define strategic frameworks, develop program plans, set KPIs, perform risk assessments, and build reporting that translates complex schedules into