Sr. Region Planner, DC Planning - AMER

Amazon • Herndon, VA

5d • $115,600 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, ensuring the cloud runs smoothly. This involves supporting all AWS data centers and the associated equipment that guarantees customer access to innovation. The team tackles complex challenges within the supply chain and seeks talented individuals to contribute. The role involves joining a diverse team of engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, and operations managers. Collaboration across AWS is key to maintaining high standards of safety and security while providing scalable capacity at the lowest cost. An inclusive culture that encourages bold ideas and empowers ownership is emphasized.

The AWS Data Center Planning Team is seeking a Sr. Program Manager to lead and support global infrastructure demand and supply planning for multiple AWS regions. This role requires working across the AWS organization to align short- and long-range demand plans for data center capacity and the infrastructure response through space and power acquisition. Responsibilities include overseeing the forecasting process for capacity plans, managing strategic execution, and supporting the acquisition of long-lead infrastructure for owned AWS regions. The role involves conducting modeling and scenario analysis, providing data-driven recommendations for capacity and capital expenditure decisions, and partnering with stakeholders to manage demand changes and capacity constraints. The Sr. Program Manager will also be responsible for writing supporting documentation for capital expenditures, driving accountability within the Infrastructure organization, and developing mechanisms to monitor and escalate infrastructure business health to executive leadership.

This position is ideal for individuals who enjoy being at the forefront of industry growth, operating in ambiguous and rapidly growing environments, and driving long-range business strategy. It is a high-impact role offering the opportunity to influence critical business decisions impacting the future of AWS. The ideal candidate is proactive in optimizing resources and speeding up deliverables, comfortable with ambiguity, and skilled at finding independent solutions. A passion for using technology to solve business problems with significant customer impact is also essential.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• 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

• Execute demand planning processes resulting in strategic alignment across multiple stakeholders to develop infrastructure capacity plans for the acquisition of data center space and power.
• Review long term supply solutions and collaborate with Business Dev and Capacity planning stakeholders to ensure long term demand is met.
• Program manage and support activities required to gain capital expenditure approval for data center infrastructure.
• Dive deep into planning models to identify risks and opportunities for region health and resolve constraints by negotiating across demand and supply owners.
• Conduct scenario and root-cause analysis to make data-driven recommendations which inform data center capacity acquisition decisions.
• Clearly define data requirements and metrics, working with teams to implement the entire data flow from capture to presentation and management.
• Identify opportunities to invent and simplify processes, identify business risks and implement resolutions and scalable mechanisms.
• Communicate ideas concisely to a wide variety of stakeholders for purposes ranging from informative to need for approvals from leadership.

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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

What This Job Offers

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