Data Center Design Lead, Americas

In this role, I will expect you to: - Lead project teams consisting of discipline leads to ensure high-quality and globally consistent data center designs in the Americas, all within set schedule and budget constraints while maintaining superior quality. - Influence internal stakeholders and external consultants to manage program-wide design changes effectively. - Handle escalations from the design team and collaborate with procurement, construction partners, and external consultants. - Identify impacted disciplines in design challenges to facilitate cross-disciplinary design decisions. - Understand design development, change management, permitting (in coordination with AHJs), and lifecycle implementation. - Apply project management skills involving critical path scheduling, risk management, quality management, and cost management. - Manage design consultants, including procurement, contracting, deliverables, and payments. - Maintain effective communication with AWS Leadership and external project partners, including tracking and reporting metrics related to project schedules, costs, and quality. - Innovate to discover solutions that reduce construction change orders without compromising quality or reliability. - Prioritize competing priorities and construct effective resolution frameworks when faced with uncertainties. - Drive speed, quality, and simplification by minimizing rework loops, automating manual efforts, streamlining processes, and standardizing practices. - Develop global best practice documentation and promote sharing across regions. - Inspire others to achieve exceptional quality in a rapidly evolving and deadline-driven environment. - Travel for site assessments, internal design meetings, and construction reviews, with expected travel up to 25%, which may include international trips.