Senior Manager, Global Data Center Strategy & Design

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the AMER Global Engineering Strategy (GES) team. You will own engineering strategy, pre-design, and due diligence for the region, developing managers and ICs while representing AMER in global forums.

You will set direction, scale mechanisms, and ensure design-ready sites meet cost, schedule, and performance goals across civil, electrical, and mechanical disciplines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data center design, HVAC design, or related product development experience.
• 10+ years of mission critical facilities experience
• 2+ years of engineering team management experience

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and grow a team of engineers and managers across the AMER region, setting clear direction and raising the bar on performance, hiring, and talent development.
• Own the engineering due diligence, site master planning, and site design strategy outcomes for the AMER region, maintaining the highest performance and safety standards.
• Set and drive regional engineering strategy across the core disciplines (civil, geotechnical, acoustics, electrical, mechanical, high voltage), guiding consultants and defining the design-ready standard.
• Partner with data center engineering, real estate, energy, water, pre-construction, procurement, and product teams to unblock delivery and align on priorities.
• Coordinate with other GES leads to ensure global consistency and application of lessons learned.
• Represent AMER in global GES business reviews and leadership forums; translate global strategy into regional execution and report on goals, KPIs, and risks.
• Drive innovation that reduces budgets and increases efficiency, including standardization, reference designs, and template adoption.
• Manage regional deployment plans for new data center design transitions and intercepts, ensuring alignment with global teams and partner organizations.

Skills

Data center design

HVAC design

Engineering leadership

Civil engineering

Geotechnical

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

High voltage

Education

Professional Engineering registration

Conveyor systems experience

Tools

CMMS programs

Blueprint reading

Electrical schematics

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the AMER Global Engineering Strategy (GES) team. You will own engineering strategy, pre-design, and due diligence for the region, developing managers and ICs while representing AMER in global forums.

You will set direction, scale mechanisms, and ensure design-ready sites meet cost, schedule, and performance goals across civil, electrical, and mechanical disciplines.