Strategic AHJ Permitting Lead for Land Development

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

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on payments and RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Strategic Permit Manager in Arlington/Herndon, VA, Seattle, WA, or Austin, TX to coordinate AHJ approvals for data-center development. The role partners with transaction, engineering, construction, and environment teams to develop and execute a permit strategy, ensuring timely approvals and risk mitigation.

Candidates should have extensive government engagement and real estate development project management experience, with up to 25–50% travel and office presence up to five

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above
• 2+ years of entitlement and/or site development permitting experience
• 2+ years 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.

Skills

Entitlement experience

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Government engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Urban Planning

AICP or PMP

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Strategic Permit Manager in Arlington/Herndon, VA, Seattle, WA, or Austin, TX to coordinate AHJ approvals for data-center development. The role partners with transaction, engineering, construction, and environment teams to develop and execute a permit strategy, ensuring timely approvals and risk mitigation.

Candidates should have extensive government engagement and real estate development project management experience, with up to 25–50% travel and office presence up to five