Managing the headcount planning process end to end. This includes operating plan cycles, top-down and bottom-up alignment, and partnering with finance and headcount POCs on artifacts, and timelines.
Serving as the connective tissue between leadership, business operations, finance, and functional teams, translating leadership priorities into clear operating mechanisms and following up to closure on action items and decisions.
Identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate recurring reporting, reducing manual effort and cycle times while improving quality and consistency.
Communicating clearly to a range of stakeholders and executives through high-quality narratives, executive summaries, and review documents that make the story clear for a senior audience.
A day in the life
Each day you will interact with the teams and leaders responsible for planning and delivering data center capacity. You will prioritize the activities that are most impactful to the operating rhythm and to leadership visibility.
Start your morning finalizing the inputs for an upcoming monthly goal review.
Reconcile a set of WBR corrections against a deadline.
Partner with finance on a headcount comparison for the next planning cycle.
Edit a leadership narrative before it goes out.
Move between the details of a spreadsheet and a room with senior leaders, trusted to run the mechanism so leaders can focus on the decisions.
About the team
Join the AWS Data Center Planning & Delivery team, where we are not just building data centers, we are architecting the future of cloud computing. You will join a tight-knit business operations function supporting AMER Capacity Delivery. We value ownership, clear writing, and mechanisms that scale. This role works across the organization and with partner teams, giving you broad visibility into how AWS plans and delivers data center capacity.
4+ years of program or project management experience
4+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
4+ years of communicating with and presenting to executive and senior audiences experience
4+ years of driving process improvements experience
Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, VA, Herndon - 74,200.00 - 129,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 82,700.00 - 129,800.00 USD annually
