Amazon Regional Data Center Manager AMER Burrow/ALZ Operations 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

805008065

We require a strong strategic and technical minded individual with a passion for devising innovative concepts and strategies that will take our Operations to the next level. We are looking for a leader who can collaborate, lead and mentor an organization of skilled Data Center Technicians and Engineering Operations Technicians and associated managers.As a successful applicant, you will get to lead a part of the World’s largest Cloud Computing Infrastructure.You will have the ability to refine and develop processes to optimize operational excellence in every area of your role.
You will be able to drive performance levels to achieve the pace we build and operate our Data Centers. You will bring your operational expertise to drive operations in our Data Centers along with developing great relationships with both internal teams and external vendors.
Some high-level responsibilities include:
· Managing and developing an organization of skilled managers and technicians, providing both tactical and strategic expertise and ensuring the highest levels of performance.
· Constantly striving for improvement on all our processes and procedures. (We believe there is nothing we cannot improve).
· Assisting & managing relationships with external vendors & contractors.
· Liaising with internal teams & management groups.
· Ensuring adherence by audits that we exceed local Health & Safety standards in all our Data Centers.
· Never ceasing to drive performance through metric creation, improvement and adherence of all aspects of our operations and utilizing those metrics to drive positive improvements.
· Collaborate with senior leadership, regional peers and stakeholders on strategically planning future growth for the coming 1 to 2 years.
· Develop, mentor and train the leadership of the future, to ensure success at scale.
· Challenge and improve on accepted documentation and practices to not only meet but exceed industry best practices..
· Ability to manage a geographic region, remote from your direct manager.
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.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.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.

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- 4 years operating as a manager of managers.
- 10+ years managing data center operations, facility engineering operations, critical environment facilities, datacenter build-outs and scaling, or similar critical environment.