Senior Energy Projects Manager (EAST), AWS Energy Team

Amazon is looking for a results-oriented individual to join the AWS Energy Team. In this role, you will support AWS’ infrastructure expansion by developing energy projects with electric utilities and energy companies across AWS regions. This role will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to grow AWS’ diverse, and low-cost energy supply. The candidate must be able to manage multiple large scale power infrastructure projects across different geographies and evaluate opportunities to reduce energy capital and operating expense. The candidate will identify, develop and execute energy projects, programs, and initiatives to achieve these outcomes. The candidate will manage utility interactions, project manage EPC and Owner's Engineering firms delivering power substations and work with engineering, real estate and planning teams to evaluate data center sites and develop the electric infrastructure to serve those sites. The candidate will work as part of an integrated team to implement energy program requirements and deliver tangible reliability and cost saving results.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong energy background and a proven track record of developing and delivering on large, at-scale energy project portfolios. Experience working with regulated electric utilities to develop, contract and deliver medium and high voltage power infrastructure, including related tariffs and agreements, is a must. The right candidate will have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about the business, operations, and technical challenges, with the skill-set to independently drive tactical execution of project schedules, contracts, initiatives and team goals. The candidate must have experience in reliably delivering initiatives to completion in constrained and ambiguous environments, with practice in escalating and reporting to many organization leaders and teams across multiple levels. By establishing and growing business and technical relationships, and managing the day-to-day interactions with these partners, you will be responsible for ensuring energy requirements needed to support AWS’s global infrastructure expansion are met.


Key job responsibilities
Manage multiple Utilities, EPC and Owner's Engineers to deliver MV and HV power infrastructure, including negotiations and contracting.
• Develop and execute energy strategies that leverage capital projects (utility grid connections, high voltage substations, energy storage, etc) to reduce long term energy costs.
• Manage capital budgets for electrical infrastructure and energy projects.
• Manage a portfolio of complex energy projects to meet growth signals for capacity needs across the business. Collaborate with the internal teams and regulated utilities on the implementation and management of energy and projects to meet the business timelines.
• Identify and develop innovative cost savings projects (capital and operational) and initiatives related to energy infrastructure and supply.
• Responsible for completing due diligence on in-market opportunities and developing those opportunities into cost savings for the business.
• Work with utility regulators to develop policies and guidelines that enable broader AWS strategies and objectives.


About the team
Our team is accountable for the full lifecycle of utility power delivery to existing and future AWS data centers throughout North and South America. We are uniquely positioned and encouraged to execute innovative energy solutions that accelerate our sustainability goals, improve power reliability and optimize costs.
Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and helps you further develop your skill set. Here at AWS, we embrace our differences and are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) required in Engineering/Business or other technical field
• 8+ years of experience working in utility/energy industry in a commercial/business development or technical role
• 4+ years of experience developing and delivering Medium Voltage and High Voltage electric infrastructure projects in a planning or project management role
• 4+ years of experience analyzing energy projects and negotiating contracts with utilities and contractors
• 4+ years of experience collaborating with external stakeholders to deliver projects on-time and on-budget

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent financial/business/commercial experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project/program level education and certification