Head of Pre-Construction, AMER Data Center Delivery, Data Center Planning and Delivery
Amazon· Facilities, Maintenance, & Real Estate
Hybrid (Herndon, VA)$182.3k - $272.5kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Lead the Pre-Construction organization for Americas data center delivery, driving budgets, campus planning, constructability, schedules, and supplier partnerships to enable rapid, safe, and cost-effective data center build-outs.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of builders responsible for developing project budgets, leading campus planning in partnership with Real Estate, Design and Project Management, drive constructability improvements project over project, deliver project schedules that align with capacity delivery needs, and partner with procurement to contract supply partners and supply capacity to enable long term growth.
- Develop mechanisms and metrics to ensure budget accuracy, scope accuracy, cost avoidance, value engineering, and schedule and constructability optimization.
- Think long term, drive multiple initiatives, communicate appropriately and influence customers and suppliers at all levels; collaborate with AWS teams while operating with autonomy.
- Demonstrate proven experience managing teams and driving large-scale process improvements with measurable value.
- Maintain high attention to detail, manage multiple priorities, influence teams to adopt change using smart technologies, and deliver results in fast-paced environments.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant management experience in datacenter operations, facility engineering operations, information technology critical environment facilities, advanced high volume manufacturing, datacenter build-outs and scaling, or similar experience
- Bachelor's degree or above in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent
- Experience in construction of data center delivery (design, commissioning and construction), mission critical facilities, or equivalent industrial/manufacturing facility builds
Skills
Required:Team leadershipProject budgeting and financial analysisPlanning and schedulingConstructability optimizationStakeholder influence and communication
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Sign-on payments and RSUs
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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