Senior Design Program Manager, EMEA/APAC Data Center Design Engineering

Overview

Join our Data Center Design Engineering team as a DC Design Program Manager, driving operational excellence across EMEA and APAC data center builds. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to establish meaningful metrics, streamline processes, and accelerate time-to-market while maintaining design quality and cost performance at scale.

The Role

The Technical Project Manager (TPM) supports the Data Center Design Engineering Team in driving programme-level operational excellence initiatives and reporting across the EMEA/APAC regions. This role owns the programme management lifecycle for schedule, goals, initiatives, design quality and cost performance across our data centre builds. Working with stakeholders across Data Center Planning and Delivery (DCPD), Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement, Technical Engineering and Finance, you will develop and define meaningful metrics, establish reporting mechanisms, and identify program acceleration opportunities to improve time-to-market and design efficiency at scale.

About AIS

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure continuous access to our customers' innovation. We work on challenging problems with a large supply chain and are looking for talented people to help.

You will 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 teams across AWS to deliver safety, security, and cost-efficient data centers, while contributing to an inclusive culture that empowers you to own initiatives to completion.

Key job responsibilities

Scope & Influence

This role operates at the organizational level, partnering with system owners and senior leaders to shape programme strategy and drive engineering decisions across the DCDE APAC & EMEA portfolio.

• Work within and across the DCDE APAC & EMEA organization to deliver complex, cross-functional programmes.
• Advise Senior Managers, Directors and regional leadership on schedule health, risk posture, and cost trajectory.
• Influence engineering priorities through data-driven programme insights.
• Manage the lifecycle of complex cross-functional initiatives from concept through delivery.

Programme Reporting & Governance

• Own and deliver programme-level reporting on schedule adherence, milestone tracking, and critical-path risk for all active APAC & EMEA builds.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and mechanisms that provide leadership with real-time visibility into design progress, blockers and decisions required.
• Drive weekly/monthly programme reviews, ensuring crisp communication of status, risks, and path-to-green actions.
• Establish reporting cadences aligned with global DE programme governance frameworks.

Goals & Initiatives Management

• Support definition, tracking and reporting of organisational goals (OP1/OP2), ensuring alignment between regional initiatives and global DE strategy.
• Own initiative-level planning: scope definition, resource requirements, dependency mapping and timeline management.
• Drive crisp and timely decisions across the initiative portfolio; prioritise and sequence work to maximise impact.
• Identify and clear blockers; escalate effectively when cross-organisational alignment is required.

Design Quality & Cost Performance

• Partner with discipline leads (Design Management, Civil, Structural, Architectural Electrical, Mechanical, Controls) to define and track design quality metrics.
• Develop mechanisms to monitor cost performance of designs against budgets, identifying variance trends and improvement opportunities.
• Work with Finance and Estimating partners to drive meaningful cost and efficiency benchmarks across the portfolio.
• Drive root-cause analysis when quality or cost targets are missed; ensure corrective actions are tracked to completion.

Stakeholder Engagement & Metrics

• Work with stakeholders (Construction, Commissioning, CRE, GES, Finance) to define meaningful, actionable metrics.
• Build consensus across teams on metric definitions, data sources, and reporting standards.
• Translate complex programme data into clear narratives for leadership consumption.
• Represent DCDE APAC & EMEA in cross-functional programme forums and global alignment discussions.

Programme Acceleration

• Identify and drive programme acceleration opportunities — removing unnecessary processes, streamlining handoffs, and eliminating waste.
• Proactively surface schedule compression opportunities through parallel-path strategies and early constraint resolution.
• Develop and implement mechanisms that increase speed of delivery without compromising design quality or safety standards.
• Benchmark delivery timelines and drive continuous improvement against prior builds.

A day in the life

As a Senior Design Program Manager - Data Centre Engineering, you'll focus on delivering program-level visibility and driving efficiency across our data center design portfolio. You might facilitate weekly program reviews with regional leadership to discuss schedule health and risks, collaborate with design discipline leads to analyze cost performance trends, and partner with Finance to benchmark delivery timelines and develop dashboards that surface real-time progress. You will translate complex program data into clear narratives for senior leaders and explore ways to streamline handoffs and compress schedules without compromising quality or safety.

About The Team

We are a collaborative group focused on delivering world-class data center infrastructure across regions. We work with Data Center Planning and Delivery, Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement, Technical Engineering, and Finance to shape program strategy and drive engineering decisions, aiming to increase speed of delivery while maintaining high design quality. You'll work with system owners and senior leaders on large-scale initiatives and contribute to continuous improvement in data center design and build globally.

About AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We champion cloud computing and innovate continuously to power customer success.

Diversity & Inclusion

AWS values diverse experiences. We encourage candidates to apply even if you do not meet every qualification. We support flexible career paths and a culture that embraces diverse backgrounds.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We strive to raise our performance bar and provide knowledge-sharing, mentorship and career growth resources to help you develop.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony and offer flexible work hours and arrangements to support your success at work and home.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in technical product or program management
• Experience working directly with engineering teams
• Experience in technical program management working directly with software engineering teams
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and critical path management
• Experience managing projects across cross-functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPIs/SLA-based metrics to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

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Company: Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited

Job ID: A10430694