Senior Energy and Water Strategy Lead - Central US, AWS Energy and Water Team

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re 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 we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

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.

Come set the strategy to power AWS while hitting Climate Pledge and Water Positive goals. In this role, you will lead a team of professionals responsible for delivering gigawatts of large scale power and water infrastructure in partnership with utilities, regulators and energy companies across multiple AWS regions throughout AMER, focuses in the central US. The candidate will grow and manage a diverse team actively delivering dozens of high voltage transmission and substation builds across these different geographies. They will work with utilities to develop new water treatment facilities and miles of pipelines to convey water that will propel Amazon towards Water Positive. They will evaluate opportunities to optimize total cost of ownership by managing capital and operating expenses. The candidate will originate and execute scaleable strategies, mechanisms and programs to achieve these outcomes, working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will manage utility interactions, work with internal and external engineering, real estate and planning teams to evaluate data center sites and develop the electric infrastructure strategy to serve those sites, and lead the execution of these power infrastructure strategies, including but not limited to project managing the utility, EPC and/or Owners Engineer to meet AWS’ needs. The candidate will lead an integrated team to implement energy program requirements and deliver tangible reliability and cost saving results.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong energy background in the MISO/SPP/ERCOT and South East ISO/RTOs. A proven track record of delivering innovative energy projects, and experience managing high-impact fast-pace teams is a must. The candidate will have experience working with regulated and nonregulated electric utilities to develop, negotiation, contract and deliver medium and high voltage power infrastructure, and related tariffs and agreements. The right candidate will have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about the business, operations, and technical challenges, with the skill-set to drive tactical execution of project schedules, contracts, initiatives and team goals. By establishing and growing business and technical relationships, and managing the day-to-day interactions with these partners, you and your team will be responsible for ensuring energy requirements needed to support AWS’s regional infrastructure expansion are met.

This role requires some domestic travel (less than 40%).

Key job responsibilities
· Manage diverse team owning the end-to-end scope for delivering and managing power and warer capacity to AWS data centers.
· Manage strategy that develops large scale (GW+) infrastructure, while driving out cost and carbon.
· Develop and execute energy strategies that leverage capital projects in first of kind financing structures.
· Work with utility regulators to develop strategies, policies and guidelines that enable broader AWS goals.
· Develop alternative technology and ownership strategies roadmaps.



A day in the life
An individual in this role will lead team one-on-one, regional Monthly Business Reviews, partner with key stakeholder to review capacity, CAPEX, and OPEX planning, and other implement mechanisms that drive the regional team forward. They are the face of AWS to the regional electricity grids and external executive teams.

About the team
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.

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 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. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship 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.

Our team is accountable for the full lifecycle of utility power delivery to existing and future AWS data centers throughout North and South America. We are uniquely positioned and encourage to execute innovative energy solutions that accelerate our sustainability goals, improve power reliability and optimize costs.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and helps you further develop your skill set. Here at AWS, we embrace our differences and are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion.