Amazon · 1 month ago
Data Center Portfolio Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Herndon, Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$99K/yr - $211K/yr
5+ years expAmazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated Data Center Portfolio Manager for critical infrastructure projects in operational data centers. The role involves managing cross-functional projects, optimizing portfolio planning, and delivering results to meet portfolio goals while collaborating with various teams to ensure the highest standards for safety and security.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Develop high-level operational plans, in partnership with stakeholder teams, that specify scope delivery, schedule, resource, and budget requirements. Operational plans extend a minimum 12-18 months to provide financial and headcount investment lookahead
Standardize the process, tooling, data, and reporting requirements for measuring key portfolio performance indices to ensure portfolio success
Standardize program planning data, including scope definition, cost and labor estimates, and schedule estimates, for existing and new programs to enhance portfolio planning
Design and implement enhanced cost and labor estimating mechanisms that incorporate actual performance data into estimate iterations via automated feedback loops
Create and manage goals in safety, quality, team productivity, vendor performance, and cost control
Producing accurate and timely reporting on portfolio status for business and finance partners
Planning and hosting value stream mapping events with key stakeholders to measure work throughput, identify inefficiencies, determine root causes, and develop solutions to optimize processes to support program success
Gathering feedback from internal customers and stakeholders to drive portfolio and program improvements
Applying change, risk, and resource management to adapt as organizational demands change
Developing new programs to support the strategic direction of the team with organizational goals
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
Experience in construction or project management
Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
Preferred
5+ years of project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience
Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure
Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure
Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains
Knowledge of critical data center equipment
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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