ADC Cap Del Planner II, Amazon Dedicated Cloud/Non-Standard Infrastructure Delivery Team

AWS Infrastructure Services is the world leader in providing a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud powering hundreds of thousands of businesses in hundreds of countries around the world. As part of the AWS Infrastructure organization, Dedicated Infrastructure Planning and Delivery (DIPD) plans and builds secure infrastructure for government customers.
We are seeking an experienced Technical Infrastructure Program Manager in Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA to help further optimize Capacity.

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This is a Technical Infrastructure Program Manager (TIPM) role responsible for working across the entire AWS Organization to own the planning and forecasting process related to site exits, rack retirements, and related optimization efforts which establish capacity plans, and work across AWS to manage strategic execution, while implementing process innovations and improvements to continuously evolve forecasting models. You will conduct modeling and scenario analysis and make data-driven recommendations that inform capacity and capital expenditure decisions, and take relevant actions. You will partner with key stakeholders to bridge position changes affecting demand, address related short and long-term capacity constraints, and write supporting documentation for related capital expenditures. You will drive accountability across the infrastructure organization and develop monitoring mechanisms and escalate any risks to the health of the infrastructure business up thru the organization, including executive leadership.

A successful candidate enjoys problem solving, is comfortable discovering, accessing, and working with data from multiple sources, is passionate about building and improving highly accurate and robust forecasting and delivery models, and is enthusiastic about partnering with other teams across the business to deliver results. They are adept at working with remote partners and stakeholders to deliver novel and sometimes pioneering solutions; building data-driven business cases for supply proposals; identifying, assessing, and mitigating downstream risk; troubleshooting unforeseen and time-critical planning issues as they arise; and dealing with persistent uncertainty, pitfalls, and change to meet peculiar and unfamiliar requirements.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Up to 15% domestic and international travel may be necessary to assess and maintain working knowledge of the infrastructure and impactful upstream and downstream processes.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage near-term (0-2 year) data center capacity and infrastructure, including migration coordination, inventory management, network requirements, and resource optimization.
• Develop and support long-range planning (0-13 years) for site exits, infrastructure transitions, and capacity forecasting.
• Optimize allocation of data center resources to support growth for US-based AWS ADC contracts.
• Streamline reporting, benchmark forecasting assumptions and highlight key supportability risks for stakeholders.
• Monitor and optimize power and space utilization across facilities.
• Analyze planning models to identify risks and opportunities, resolving constraints through demand and supply owner negotiation.
• Develop and implement scalable processes while identifying and mitigating business risks.
• Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, from operational teams to executive leadership.

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*
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*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*
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*Mentorship and Career Growth*
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- BA/BS degree (Preferably in Physics, Engineering, Finance, Business, or Mathematics, however non-technical degrees will definitely be considered) -OR- 5 years equivalent work experience in capacity planning, production planning, operations planning, or inventory planning or related experience (e.g. forecasting, planning, optimization, etc.)

• Demonstrated project management and analytical skills.
• Working-level knowledge of Excel (Pivot charts, VLookUps, modeling) and SQL