Strategic Permit Manager, Land Development

Description

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 Strategic Permit Manager role - based in Arlington/Herndon VA, Seattle WA, or Austin TX - will be responsible for coordinating the planning, execution and evaluation of all critical government (aka Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)) approvals required for land development related to data centers and essential supportive infrastructure. Specifically, the Strategic Permit Manager will support all development permitting processes for their assigned projects and will be responsible for working with partner teams  (e.g. transaction, economic development, engineering, construction, utility, and environment teams) to develop, coordinate and negotiate a permit strategy, ensure that strategy is being executed effectively, and identify and mitigate risks associated with AHJ approval processes.

Accordingly, the Strategic Permit Manager will crucially be a primary owner of direct AHJ engagement.

A successful candidate in this role will have experience with real estate development regulations and AHJ/government engagement. Candidate should have a proven track record of delivering multiple, high-priority projects with tight timelines that required strong project management and cross-functional coordination with internal partner teams and outside consultants and counsel.

Candidate must be able work in assigned office up to five days each week, with exception of work travel 25-50% of the time.

Key job responsibilities

- Identify all government approvals required to construct data center infrastructure.

- Support entitlements approval process.

- Coordinate internal and external project development teams to develop, negotiate and execute a permitting plan, ensuring all internal and external stakeholders are performing required actions at the appropriate time.

- Own key relationships with AHJs and other key external stakeholders to act as a single point of contact for all strategic AHJ approval negotiations and escalations.

- Identify, assess, mitigate and communicate risks to the permitting strategy to internal stakeholders and leadership.

- Engage and manage the work of entitlement and permitting scheduling consultants and specialists.

- Track real-time permit delivery metrics and complete after-action reviews to identify and solution opportunities for process improvement.

- 25-50% travel

A day in the life

- Coordination communications (emails, calls, messages) with internal teams and consultants to plan and execute projects.

- Analyze and develop technical AHJ approval materials.

- Meet virtually and in-person with AHJ staff to coordinate requirements and approval strategy.

- Develop and maintain AHJ approval schedules.

- Travel to in-person internal and external meetings and workshops.

About the team

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…