Amazon Senior Permit Program Manager 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

977264889

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.The Senior Permit Program Manager role - based in Sydney, AU – will be responsible for coordinating the planning, execution and evaluation of all critical government (aka Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)) approvals required for land development related to data centers and essential supportive infrastructure. Specifically, the Permit Program Manager will lead all entitlement processes for their assigned projects and will be responsible for working with partner teams (e.g. transaction, economic development, engineering, construction, utility, and environment teams) to develop a permitting strategy, ensure that strategy is being executed effectively, and identify and mitigate risks associated with AHJ approval processes. The Permit Program Manager will crucially be a primary owner of AHJ engagement/ communication.Key job responsibilities
- Identify all entitlements and permits required to construct AWS data center facilities.
- Lead entitlements approval process for priority projects across APJC.
- Coordinate internal and external project development teams to develop and execute a permitting plan, ensuring all partner teams are performing required actions at the appropriate time.
- Own key relationships with AHJs and other key external stakeholders to act as a single point of contact for all strategic AHJ approval discussions and escalations.
- Identify, assess, mitigate and communicate risks to the permitting strategy to internal stakeholders and leadership.
- Engage and manage the work of entitlement and permitting consultants and specialists.
- Track real-time permit delivery metrics and complete after-action reviews to identify and solution opportunities for process improvement.
- Average 25% travelA day in the life- Analyze and develop technical entitlement materials.
- Meet virtually and in-person with AHJ staff to coordinate requirements and approvals.
- Develop and maintain permitting schedules.
- Travel to in-person internal and external meetings and workshops.About the team
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- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 6+ years of real estate development experience, entitlement and/or site development permitting experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level

- Master's degree or equivalent
- Background in Urban Planning
- Background in Land Use Law
- Background in Real Estate Development, or Government Affairs