Data Center Portfolio Manager, Strategic Initiatives

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Amazon Web Services has an immediate opening for a highly motivated Data Center Portfolio Manager for critical infrastructure projects in operational data centers. Candidates should have a proven track record of managing cross-functional projects optimizing portfolio and programmatic planning and delivering results to meet portfolio goals in a fast-paced environment.

The successful candidate will have excellent analytical abilities and strong attention to details to identify risks and ask the right technical questions to ensure appropriate trade-offs are made when negotiating resources determining priorities and escalating successfully. They must possess solid business acumen to understand and support the strategic direction of organizational goals. Strong written and oral communication skills are required to lead effective meetings with key stakeholders to drive business and technical discussions toward results. They will 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 initiation planning budgeting resourcing risk management reporting on key metrics quality control and closeout.

As a Data Center Portfolio Manager you must be able to develop and maintain deep global subject matter expertise in data center design approaches and an end-to-end understanding of critical infrastructure systems to facilitate technical trade-offs between short-term team needs and long-term business needs. You will be expected to take ownership and influence positive change deploying and leveraging analytical data to drive quality productivity and cost improvements. Responsibilities include providing strategic insight across stakeholder teams during monthly business reviews and producing accurate and timely reporting on portfolio status to business and finance partners.

If you are a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity enjoy new challenges in an ever-changing environment are vocally self-critical and are naturally curious this job is for you. The position is based in Sydney Australia and will require up to 25% travel to support regional teams across Asia Americas and Europe.

Key job responsibilities
- Create and manage goals in safety quality team productivity vendor performance and cost control.
- Developing and leveraging analytical metrics to measure success of portfolio goals.
- 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.

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- Bachelors degree in engineering construction or related fields; or equivalent experience (in lieu of degree).
- 5 yrs of experience in technical project/program/portfolio management.
- 5 yrs of experience driving programs across cross-functional teams.


- Experience managing global programs/portfolios to deliver critical infrastructure projects in the data center industry.
- Experience in project scheduling budgeting performance monitoring data analysis metrics reporting resource management and capacity planning.
- Experience with industry-leading project management and scheduling tools (e.g. MS Project Procore Primavera P6 etc.).
- Experience with business intelligence and data visualization and reporting tools (e.g. Tableau).
- Intermediate to expert proficiency with MS Excel (i.e. pivot tables lookups macros etc.).



Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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