Senior Real Estate Development Manager, Land Development , RE Land Development, DCC Communities, AWS Data Center Real Estate, Land Development

In this role you will work directly with land owners/investors data center developers local jurisdictions land use attorneys and consultants to identify and successfully navigate the required real estate entitlements to acquire and develop new data center sites. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a technical background that enables them to successfully guide and communicate AWSs vision for development. You will collaborate with and manage multi-disciplinary internal and external stakeholders to produce outcomes that support sustainable growth and are sensitive to the communities in which we expand.



Key job responsibilities
- Lead land development efforts on new projects.
- Cultivate local government relationships and lead the entitlement process.
- Partner with developers and the local jurisdiction and participate in any local meetings and hearings relating to these projects.
- Build and lead teams of vendors and consultants to evaluate site feasibility.
- Form strategy for required infrastructure improvements. Contract and manage internal and external design and development partners for their delivery.
- Lead multiple complex contract negotiations simultaneously.
- Assist in developing site plans that deliver the best in class product consistent with market conditions.
- Work cross-functionally with other internal and external teams including Design Engineering Legal Economic Development Risk & Resiliency Public Policy Construction and Capacity Planning to inform a regional real estate strategy.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of AWSs master plan design principles BOD and best practices for entitlements.
- Travel required.

A day in the life
Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects across the nation.

About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global 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.

- 5 years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership

- 2 years of driving process improvements experience
- Masters degree or MBA in business operations human resources adult education organizational development instructional design or related field
- Knowledge of general AI tools
- Experience designing implementing and scaling upskilling apprenticeship or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually