Strategic Data Center Land Development Lead

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle, WA is seeking a seasoned real estate entitlement leader to identify and navigate required entitlements for new data center sites. You will guide AWS’s vision, engage landowners, developers, and government officials, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to enable sustainable growth.

The role requires strategic thinking, a technical background, and experience managing multi-disciplinary stakeholders. Travel is required as projects span nationwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience.
• Knowledge of general AI tools.
• Experience designing, implementing, and scaling upskilling, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead land development efforts on new projects.
• Cultivate local government relationships and lead the entitlement process.
• Partner with developers and the local jurisdiction and participate in any local meetings and hearings relating to these projects.
• Build and lead teams of vendors and consultants to evaluate site feasibility.
• Form strategy for required infrastructure improvements. Contract and manage internal and external design and development partners for their delivery.
• Lead multiple complex contract negotiations simultaneously.
• Assist in developing site plans that deliver the best in class product consistent with market conditions.
• Work cross-functionally with other internal and external teams, including Design Engineering, Legal, Economic Development, Risk & Resiliency, Public Policy, Construction and Capacity Planning, to inform a regional real estate strategy.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of AWS's master plan design principles, BOD and best practices for entitlements.
• Travel required.

Skills

Program management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Process improvements

AI awareness

Education

Master's degree / MBA

Job description

Amazon in Seattle, WA is seeking a seasoned real estate entitlement leader to identify and navigate required entitlements for new data center sites. You will guide AWS’s vision, engage landowners, developers, and government officials, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to enable sustainable growth.

The role requires strategic thinking, a technical background, and experience managing multi-disciplinary stakeholders. Travel is required as projects span nationwide.