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Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities

• Capture requirements and turn aspirational company or customer goals into well-defined, achievable and testable solutions.

• Manage multi-year generating substation/ switchyard and transmission substation needs.

• Own Data center HV/MV design strategy and collaborate with other disciplines to create a global program strategy.

• Facilitate standardization, development, and continuous auditing of substation specifications, substation equipment factory test scripts, commissioning scripts with DCE Principal and global Engineers, HV Design Engineering teams and external consultants/ OEMs.

• Own and drive roadmap to sustainable HV Substation designs without SF6 greenhouse gas.

• Find endemic problems and work to resolve by developing business justification and coordinating global cross-functional resources to enable development of power distribution or control system products, providing sustainability, capacity, and availability benefits.

• Author scope of work (SOW) documents and approve/ onboard substation equipment vendors and consultants.

• Own and manage program funding cycle and over-arching Net Present Value (NPV) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models.

• Drive and own Substation forecast and energization dashboards informing prioritization of most impactful business needs. Basic understanding of data analytics, Python, Tableau, Salesforce is required.

• Provide monthly global program reporting to executive leadership, mitigating risks and escalating blockers to substation capacity delivery.

• Provide clear line of sight to our partners in procurement in order to secure substation Long Lead Equipment. • Build and/or improve mechanisms to forecast utility capacity to influence design/ delivery of substation projects and associated power quality.

• Participate in site walks, substation energization, factory and field testing and informing lessons learned and continuous improvement of the DC HV BOD.

• Lead program management of onsite power generation projects, enabling integration with substation designs, engaging cross-functional internal teams, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and consultants.

• Be a high judgement leader within the global group as well as within internal and external teams that support Amazon’s data centers.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience

• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience

• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.