Principal Environmental Global Program Manager, AWS Environmental

Amazon is looking for a talented and self-motivated Principal Environmental Technical Program Manager to serve as a senior individual contributor and a trusted part of the technical and business leadership of the organization. Reporting directly to the Director of AWS Environmental this global Principal tackles intrinsically hard environmental problems those that are complex ambiguous and undefined with less existing structure and significant business risk and delivers solutions with complete independence in partnership with teams across AWS.

This is a role for a seasoned environmental expert whose influence spans multiple organizations and who leads through expertise rather than positional authority. The Principal is an exemplary hands-on practitioner who is technically deep brings clarity to complexity and has resounding impact by aligning teams toward coherent strategies. The Principal drives cross-functional alignment before decisions reach the field resolves disagreements at the peer level rather than escalating them and serves as the escalation point on the largest and most complex issues. Success is measured by the ability to move the hardest cross-cutting problems to durable resolution across environmental media regions and partner teams.

Key job responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Influence. Serve as a recognized technical authority on the organizations hardest environmental problems leading initiatives whose impact spans multiple organizations. Lead through influence rather than authority aligning teams on coherent strategies so they deliver independently toward an integrated whole. Set the standard for technical excellence and share expertise across regions to raise the bar organization-wide. Mentor technical talent and program teams without direct-management responsibility.

Environmental Compliance. Serve as the deepest technical resource and escalation point for the most complex ambiguous compliance challenges across media and regions. Define and influence regional and global environmental standards and policies aligning teams on coherent approaches. Lead resolution of undefined high-complexity compliance issues and analyze regulations across jurisdictions to anticipate requirements. Maintain expert command of global environmental regulations standards and Amazon policy.

Strategy & Program Management. Define environmental strategy where none exists and deliver with complete independence owning large programs in new territory. Lead external initiatives such as advancing regulatory frameworks contributing to advocacy engaging regulators and communities and designing assessment programs. Make organization-level trade-offs and implement durable mechanisms that reduce risk and increase efficiency. Define and track program-delivery and performance metrics and work escalations to mitigate risk. Improve regulations by negotiating with regulators and support community interactions.

A day in the life
The AWS Environmental team supports the full lifecycle of infrastructure development beginning with site selection and due diligence and continuing through design construction and operations. No two days are the same in this role. Because this Principal works the hardest most cross-cutting environmental problems the work shifts with where the greatest risk and opportunity sit across the global portfolio. A typical week blends deep individual technical work with the cross-functional influence needed to move problems to durable resolution. On any given day the Principal may move between diagnosing an ambiguous technical or compliance problem pressure-testing a permitting or site-development strategy with a regional team aligning partner organizations on a path forward and advising senior leaders on risk and trade-offs.

About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were 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 and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Within AWS Infrastructure Services the AWS Environmental (Enviro) team enables the worlds innovation by insisting on the highest standards of environmental performance to deliver capacity and reliably operate data center infrastructure. We manage environmental risk and regulatory compliance across the full data center lifecycle from site selection through development operations and decommissioning for all build types. Our work spans every environmental medium including air water wetlands threatened and endangered species natural and cultural resources noise waste hazardous materials spill response and contaminated land across both the campuses we build and the water power and fiber infrastructure that supports them.

We are the team that secures and maintains AWSs license to operate. We accelerate capacity delivery by cultivating proactive relationships with regulatory authorities streamlining permitting and designing compliance programs and automation that reduce risk and manual effort at scale. We deliver the technical environmental expertise behind cleaner power and cooling technologies navigate the most complex sites and jurisdictions and partner across AWS to embed environmental requirements into how we plan design build and operate. We are looking for talented people who bring curiosity and deep collaboration to solving hard problems.

For over 20 years Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud computing platform. What is cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet.

- Experience delivering multi-media environmental due diligence permitting and compliance projects with specific expertise in CWA 404 and NPDES permitting groundwater protection wastewater discharge and natural and cultural resource evaluations
- Bachelors degree in environmental engineering science geology or related discipline (or equivalent).
- 15 years multi-media global environmental compliance with demonstrated depth.
- Proven record delivering high-priority projects on tight timelines with partners consultants counsel and regulators.
- Strong data-driven problem-solving decomposing complex problems into scalable solutions.

- Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs including regulated waste water and air regulations in accordance with applicable laws
- Advanced degree in environmental science engineering or related discipline and/or professional certifications (e.g. PE PG CHMM).
- Data center or critical infrastructure due diligence design construction and/or risk assessment experience strongly preferred.

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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 WA Seattle - 176900.00 - 239400.00 USD annually