Technical Program Manager, Data Center Engineering

Amazon - Merrifield, VA

Full-time

Merrifield, VA

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About the position

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. Successful candidates will be analytical with excellent written and communication skills and be fully competent in a variety of project management tools, methodologies and techniques for all phases of the project lifecycle and exhibit demonstrated proficiency in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality and risk management, reporting and metric development/tracking. You will oversee the complete equipment qualification process, ensuring alignment across various teams and adherence to technical, operational, safety, quality, reliability, and business requirements on a global scale. You will develop and sustain a scalable mechanism to seamlessly integrate diverse teams and ensure that all power and cooling equipment undergo the required qualification tests. Collaboration with architectural, structural, electrical, and mechanical disciplines, as well as material suppliers, will be essential to deliver high-quality designs that support favorable business outcomes. Additionally, you will support the Basis of Design release management program, ensuring and enabling end-to-end cross-team alignment, and support other business-critical programs enabling production readiness and other initiatives as required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the complete equipment qualification process, ensuring alignment across various teams and adherence to technical, operational, safety, quality, reliability, and business requirements on a global scale.
• Develop and sustain a scalable mechanism to seamlessly integrate diverse teams and ensure that all power and cooling equipment undergo the required qualification tests.
• Collaborate with architectural, structural, electrical, and mechanical disciplines, as well as material suppliers, to deliver high-quality designs that support favorable business outcomes.
• Support Basis of Design release management program, ensuring and enabling end-to-end cross-team alignment.
• Support other business-critical programs enabling production readiness and other initiatives as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentations experience.
• 3+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience.
• 3+ years of technical product or program management experience.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience in project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management.
• Experience managing cross-functional programs and release schedules.
• Experience with MS Project, MS Office, and MS SharePoint.
• Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps.

Benefits

• Diverse experiences and inclusive team culture.
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities.
• Work/life balance with flexibility in working culture.