Senior Water Strategy Manager, AWS Water Team

Amazon • Austin, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon is seeking a self-starter to join the AWS Water team in pioneering the future for data center water supply in how AWS delivers water projects and partners with water utilities/companies across the United States. In this role, you will manage multiple, large scale and technically complex water infrastructure projects across multiple geographies by facilitating close collaboration between both internal and external stakeholders. Internally, responsibilities include large portfolio project management, reporting status, risks, mitigations and successes to leadership, as well as influencing multiple cross-functional partner teams in the overall data center water delivery business process. Externally, this role takes ownership of managing utility relationships, and contracting with the utility and/or Owner’s Engineer. The individual will be part of an integrated team to implement a fast scaling portfolio of water infrastructure projects that meets and exceeds AWS’ water program requirements, ultimately delivering projects on time, with tangible reliability and cost-saving results. The ideal candidate will have both a business and a technology background with demonstrated experience working with utilities and earning customer trust.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) required - Economics/Planning/Engineering/Business
• 10+ years of project-related experience working with local or state government agencies, utilities, land entitlement or site development due diligence, and permitting entities.
• 10+ years' work experience managing multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills and ability to recommend actionable decisions with limited/uncertain data.
• 10+ years cultivating strong relationships with diverse set of internal and externals stakeholders and ability to communicate key messages to leadership.
• 5+ years’ experience defining terms and conditions, negotiating, and executing water and wastewater supply agreements for commercial or industrial land development purposes.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of power distribution and data center mechanical cooling systems
• Experience in environmental compliance and permitting, waste management, contractual, regulatory, and liability assessments, environmental permit evaluations and applications, EIAs and water discharge requirements
• 10+ years of Commercial Real Estate, zoning, and/or land entitlement expertise with a focus in water infrastructure
• Proven ability to evaluate new water markets, utility tariffs, policies, water contracts, or evaluating new water sourcing opportunities and technologies.
• Familiarity with water sustainability programs, water forecasting and scheduling, or developing alternative sources of water supply for industrial cooling purposes.
• 15+ years of direct experience with planning, design, construction, operation, or maintenance of water infrastructure management across different regions.
• Analytical mindset that can identify gaps in requirements during project development, predict performance, and have the ability to provide recommendations on a short notice and with limited information.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of our water supply and infrastructure strategy for AWS data centers in Texas and and other Central parts of the Americas
• Work collaboratively with Amazon Infrastructure teams to support the development of strategic water sourcing opportunities for large-scale, multi-year development projects
• Develop and negotiate terms for water and wastewater supply contracts with public and private utilities.
• Analyze trends and regulations in the water space to proactively identify opportunities that benefit AWS or the datacenter industry.
• Work with utility regulators to develop policies and guidelines that enable broader AWS strategies and objectives that support growth and development and water sustainability programming.
• Manage water projects against plans and objectives to ensure commitments are met, delivering against cost savings goals.
• Be a passionate self-starter.
• Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
• Up to 30% travel requirements for project delivery.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior