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Sr. Program Manager, AWS Expansion

Employer
Amazon
Location
Herndon, VA
Closing date
Sep 20, 2020
Do you like helping organizations implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Are you committed to fundamentally transforming the way government agencies partner with industry to meet mission requirements? Do you have experience planning, managing and completing large, complex projects? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking seasoned, proven leader to join the Global Data Center Operations organization.This organization operates rapidly, scaling high availability data centers supporting government customers. The Program Manager must bring together multiple functional and technical capabilities to support the planning, build, and operations of AWS data centers in the US. The Program Manager will be responsible to develop long-term plans and work backwards from strategic objectives to build execution plans. The Program Manager will coordinate across AWS partner teams and interface with the government customer to drive and support new region planning and proposal activities. The right candidate will understand how to work across organizations to coordinate planning, leverage capabilities, and apply resources to enable data center region builds, launches, and current operations.Additional responsibilities include:. Engaging business development teams to pursue new business with US government customers. Develop and maintain near- and long-term staffing plans and hiring strategies that align with data center build and launch schedules. Plan and oversee budgeting of capital expenditures and operating expenses in line with management targets. Deliver innovative approaches to meet complex challenges by interacting with business partners (eg Finance, Human Resources and Recruiting). Create and maintain metrics and visual dashboards that inform senior leader decision making cycles. Employ statistical and predictive analysis to produce models to guide near-term decision making and strategic planning. This position requires that the candidate selected be a US citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearanceHere at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.Basic qualifications. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or MBA. 3+ years of strategic planning experience (eg organization strategies). 3+ years of business development experience (eg managing opportunity pipelines and developing bids for government requests for proposal). 2+years interacting and briefing C-suite government and industry leaders. Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Secret or abovePreferred qualification Preferred qualifications. Experience developing and managing capital and operating expense budgets. Facility physical security experience. Knowledge of information technology infrastructure domains such as compute server platforms, storage server platforms, server components, network devices, and IT service delivery preferred. Experience in new data center deployments or expansion of existing data centers is ideal. Experience in continuous improvement methodologies. Experience with information technology infrastructure including data center facilitiesExceptional written and verbal communication skills to include long form business documentsAmazon 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.

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