Amazon Sr Regional Program Manager Construction Management Office 

United States, Kansas 

581961140

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.Key job responsibilities
• Lead cross-functional teams and manage programs and processes simultaneously.
• Engage with technical experts and key stakeholders to initiate new programs, including developing new processes and program documentation.
• Identify process and communications gaps, while developing and driving solutions.
• Develop and maintain lessons learned and establish mechanisms to share this with teams.
• Work closely with stakeholders on key program initiatives to develop and implement procedures and systems that continually improve and streamline the program.
• Drive simplification and automation to evolve processes, services, and solutions, to increase agility and efficiencies and lower costs.
• Establish a metrics-driven, programmatic approach to strategic initiatives to develop improvements and efficiencies.
• Gather, define, refine, and drive requirements for program process, standards, and system Implementation requirements needed to monitor & report on construction programs across multiple geographic regions with little or no direction from management.
• Define & evaluate KPIs derived from program milestone, estimate, spend forecast, and cost/resource loaded schedule performance.
A day in the life
As an AWS Regional Construction Program Manager you will work closely with Construction Managers and stakeholders on key program initiatives to develop and implement procedures and systems that continually improve and streamline the program. You will identify process and communications gaps, while developing and driving solutions.
• Work with project team and partner teams within region to develop regional specific improvements to pattern improvement for organization's performance and goals.
• Drive to develop analytical reasoning to understand the performance data for trending misses to KPIs
• Implement effective processes to track work completed by the construction organization end-to-end at a portfolio and level.
• Disseminate region's progress, implemented fix actions and opportunities to executive leadership.
• Drive alignment with partner teams to support regional construction team in reducing construction manager’s level of effort and removing blockers that impact build progress.
• Identify gaps and develop initiatives to drive performance and efficiencies.
• Drive consistency in program adoption at a regional level.
Why AWS
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Work/Life BalanceMentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

• 7+ years of project management/ portfolio management/ program management / construction management
• 5+ years of experience in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management
• 5+ experience of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants.
• Experience with varying stages of infrastructure builds – inclusive of project builds, spanning from Design to Project Hand-off.
• Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies, related to data center infrastructure build (i.e. construction sequence, commissioning, controls and networking). Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL

• Master’s Degree or advanced professional certifications in management of complex, high value technology infrastructure projects
• 5+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• Experience in managing data center infrastructure builds
• Experience with and deep understanding of multiple project management methodologies
• Experience of leading matrixed teams and individuals across multiple locations
• Well organized and able to work effectively under time pressure