Environmental Program Manager, AWS Environmental Infrastructure Development

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.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Environmental team is looking for an experienced senior environmental program manager (PM) to manage environmental risks and requirements throughout the site acquisition and development lifecycle for new data center and infrastructure development in the Americas. The Environmental PM will be a key member of the Environmental Infrastructure Development team and support the development of programmatic approaches for evaluating environmental risks throughout all phases of development.

You will partner with AWS stakeholders to develop regional and site-specific development strategies to enable the construction and operation of new AWS datacenters and infrastructure. You will be the environmental subject matter expert (SME) for transactional due diligence and develop and execute regional and site-specific environmental permitting and site management strategies for site development and operations. Candidates will have experience delivering Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, health-risk assessments, and management of site investigation and remediation projects.

This role requires regular engagement with AWS stakeholders including Real Estate, Legal, Risk, Water, Design, Public Policy, Construction, and Operational teams, as well as external stakeholders including regulatory agencies, consultants, and contractors. A successful candidate in this role will have a proven track record of delivering multiple, high-priority projects with tight timelines requiring strong communication with partner teams, outside consultants internal and external counsel, and regulatory agencies.


Key job responsibilities
- Assess environmental risks and requirements and develop mitigations and strategies to support data center siting and development strategies and site-specific project delivery.
- Lead technical evaluations during transactional due diligence, including Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, regulatory and permitting evaluations, and natural, biological and cultural resource evaluations.
- Deliver environmental permits, approvals, and development plans to enable on-time and compliant construction and operations for new data center locations and expansion of existing sites.
- Support the development of programmatic approaches and standards for evaluating and managing contaminated sites and associated acquisition, development, operational, and business risks.
- Communicate environmental requirements, risks, and activities to internal and external project partners and internal leadership.
- Coordinate with partner teams including Design, Water, Legal, Finance Risk, Power, and others to optimize site designs to consider natural resource or operational constraints.
- Develop site development and permitting strategies that are environmentally responsible and sustainable while meeting project timelines.
- Lead regulatory agency interactions and negotiations in support of environmental permit acquisition, regional development strategies, and site management.


About the team
Why AWS
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