Strategic Program Lead — Land Development Portfolio

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a Program Manager for the Land Development portfolio to own program delivery, standardized reporting, KPI adoption, and process improvement across data center projects.

You will coordinate with Environmental, Design Engineering, Construction, Legal, and Finance, manage vendor scopes and performance, and provide leadership with clear visibility into portfolio health and risks. Travel is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage program cadences, reporting, and leadership-facing status updates for the land development portfolio.
• Track portfolio KPIs — schedule variance vs. baseline, jurisdictional approval cycle times, milestone completion, and data completeness.
• Own ongoing dashboard maintenance — updating filters, adding new projects and regions, fixing broken fields, and refreshing reporting views.
• Coordinate data quality across project reporting; ensure input discipline with team members and maintain taxonomy standards.
• Partner with the technical program management team on tooling redesigns to meet evolving operational requirements.
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams including Environmental, Design Engineering, Water, Transactions, Construction, TIPMs, Legal, and Finance, as well as external stakeholders including land use attorneys, schedule administrators, civil engineering firms, and local jurisdictions.
• Own vendor scopes of work, track invoices, and monitor consultant performance.
• Conduct after-action reviews following deliverable completions to identify root causes of misses and build best practices.
• Develop and maintain onboarding materials for new team members.
• Facilitate weekly program syncs, status review meetings, and leadership prep sessions.
• Support capacity forecasting based on upcoming workload volumes.
• Some travel required.

Skills

Program management

Process improvement

SQL

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a Program Manager for the Land Development portfolio to own program delivery, standardized reporting, KPI adoption, and process improvement across data center projects.

You will coordinate with Environmental, Design Engineering, Construction, Legal, and Finance, manage vendor scopes and performance, and provide leadership with clear visibility into portfolio health and risks. Travel is required.