Lead Energy Projects Manager, The Infrastructure Energy Team, The Infrastructure Energy Team
DESCRIPTION
As part of AWS’ EMEA Energy & Water team, the AWS Infrastructure Energy Team (IET) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is looking for a results-oriented individual to join in the role of Energy Projects Manager. This role owns the end-to-end power scaling strategy for a number of countries within the EMEA footprint. The role’s scope extends to analyzing, developing and implementing strategies on how we interconnect our data centers and how we can scale our business across the power grids on which we depend. The ultimate deliverable of the role is to ensure that access to secure, resilient and scalable power is maintained across the 2-3 countries you will have responsibility for so as not to constrain AWS business growth for our customers.
With a proven track record in the power/energy sector, complemented by a robust project management skillset, you will own the origination and contracting of power capacity in partnership with regional experts. This will see you look round corners in anticipation of risks and barriers to growth, deep diving the quality of the power system and the underpinning generation and developing tactical solutions and strategic proposals to navigate constraints in terms of access to power. By delivering on the strategies you develop, you will enable scalable future growth to support the expansion of AWS Cloud, enabling our customers to innovate faster.
In conjunction with partner teams, the successful candidate will cultivate business and technical relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including grid and electricity utilities, regulators and policymakers to ensure that power can be secured in a timely and economic manner to support AWS’s EMEA infrastructure expansion.
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
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.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
• You will work with real estate and planning teams, lead the development and execution of a comprehensive power growth strategy for AWS’s EMEA data centers for new and existing regions
• You will prospect for, originate and contract the power capacity needed to support the delivery of data centers
• You will identify risks in the delivery and operation of power grids and identify appropriate mitigations in collaboration with partner teams
• You will identify and develop cost saving projects and initiatives related to grid and network infrastructure
• You will collaborate with electricity utilities and other external stakeholders to develop strategies that support AWS’s expansion in EMEA
• You will work with AWS’s Public Policy team to develop policies and guidelines that enable broader AWS strategies and objectives
A day in the life
A day in the life
• Leverages project management skills to manage both internal business partners and energy stakeholders
• Drives tactical execution of power contracts and initiatives
• Establishes and grows business and technical relationships, managing the day-to-day interactions with these partners
• Meeting the energy team objectives to support AWS’s EMEA infrastructure expansion
About the team
About the team
The Infrastructure Energy team is currently a team of 13, with members of the team currently based in Dublin (Ireland), London (England), Madrid (Spain), Dubai (UAE) and Frankfurt (Germany). The team is responsible for originating, contracting and delivering reliable power connections to our DCs across EMEA. The work of the team is divided across a team of Energy Project Managers (EPMs) and Grid Delivery Managers (GDMs), supported by business analysts. The EPMs prospect for, originate and secure the power needed for AWS’s fleet of data centres while the GDMs lead the delivery of large-scale HV & MV infrastructure connections to our data centres. Finding reliable, scalable, sustainable power is one of the big challenges facing AWS today and into the future. The Infrastructure Energy team is key to meeting this challenge and enabling scalable future growth to support the expansion of AWS Cloud and our customers to innovate faster.
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Power Engineering or other relevant technical field or equivalent professional or technical qualification • 7-10+ years delivery track record in the electric utility/energy industry in an engineering, project or technical role including, but not limited to, deep understanding of the grid application process, grid access rules and electricity grids; understanding of the underlying policy and regulatory environment and extensive project management experience • Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management and problem-solving skills • Proven track record for cultivating strong relationships with key clients and external stakeholders that have resulted in high customer satisfaction • Working proficiency in the Swedish and English languages, both written and spoken
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s Degree in relevant discipline (MBA/MS) • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent • Experience designing, developing & delivering HV / MV electric infrastructure • Experience of IT infrastructure, data centres and cloud services • Ability to converse in German, French or Italian is advantageous
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