Amazon Dedicated Cloud - Region Manager, Infrastructure Strategy Jobs

Region Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, providing virtual infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. AWS runs a globally distributed environment, operating at massive levels of scale. Businesses, from start-ups to enterprises, run their operations and applications on AWS's multi-tenant infrastructure. Governmental organizations are also looking to and depending on AWS for cloud solutions and services. World Wide Public Sector is looking for an exceptional Region Manager to provide support to the Infrastructure Strategy and Service Integration Team in the Global Government Delivery Organization (GGDO). The GGDO is responsible for managing multiple concurrent region expansion work packages, task orders, service accreditations, risk mitigation strategies, and quality assurance functions. You will join a cadre of program management, technical business development, and information security professionals on a proactive, results-driven team focused on improving our ability to deliver new capabilities to our customers. As a Region Manager, you will spend the majority of your time working with technical business leaders such as hardware and software engineering leaders and technical program managers to ensure contractual delivery of new Region designs and builds. Specifically, you will work with infrastructure, networking, operations, and security teams across AWS on new construction, building expansions, and network upgrades, while acting as a liaison with the customer to report construction and operational milestones and seek contractual approvals. You will work with AWS security teams and the customer on physical accreditation projects. You will also work with AWS service teams on capacity planning to ensure adequate physical capacity to launch new services. The role requires working familiarity with the customer environment, and experience in the military or the intelligence community is preferred. You will draw upon a project management background and analytical problem solving skills to effectively support the delivery of industry leading, secure services to our national security customers. This position requires that the candidate selected currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Key job responsibilities - Meet regularly with Amazon internal service teams to develop effective methods for ensuring timely delivery of contract commitments. - Meet regularly with external Intelligence Community customers to solicit and aggregate community-level requirements. - Develop and maintain high level work plans, risk management plans, and schedules. - Develop and execute effective methods of communication among AWS and government stakeholders. - Lead operational and contract performance discussions with customer stakeholders through formal program performance reviews and technical planning meetings. - Participate in long lead infrastructure expansion plans, capacity requirements, and community-wide utilization forecasts. - Identify and eliminate blockers, and identify and coordinate AWS resources needed to move workload development forward. - Meet regularly with enterprise account managers to provide status, plan, and manage transfer of new opportunities from prospect to workload in progress. - Participate in and support enterprise account manager customer engagements focused on moving from first call to active project/program moving to AWS.

About the team Diverse Experiences AWS 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. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do. Mentorship & 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. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture.

Basic Qualifications - 5+ years of in program management, workforce strategy development, or metrics-driven decision making experience - Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules - Experience leading complex, multi-year initiatives that may be cross-functional and/or span business and technology - 5+ years of program or project management experience - Experience leading projects across multiple stakeholders - Bachelor's degree, or 10+ years of related field experience - Current, active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance - 5+ years of demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges Preferred Qualifications - Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations - Experience using analytical tools for workforce metrics and reporting - 5+ years of professional or military experience - Knowledge of AWS services - Experience conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences