Sr Real Estate Development Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Real Estate Development Manager to join the Real Estate Development Management (REDM) team within Data Centre Supply Solutions (DCSS) EMEA. Based in London, this role carries responsibility for managing the full lifecycle of data centre developments across EMEA — with assignments spanning the United Kingdom, Ireland, and additional regions as to meet business need.

The REDM function exists because data centre land acquisitions are not simple property transactions. Each development requires complex planning and zoning entitlements navigated through local regulatory frameworks, infrastructure obligations negotiated with statutory authorities, performance bonds managed over multi-year delivery programmes, sustained relationships with Authorities Having Jurisdiction, and coordination across a dozen internal stakeholder teams. Without a Single-Threaded Owner, accountability fragments, decisions drift, costs accelerate, and programmes delay.

You will be that owner. You will exercise strategic and commercial judgement across complex, high-value development programmes. You will define and execute strategy with limited guidance, influence outcomes across organisations and geographies, and take end-to-end accountability for the developments assigned to you — from the first introduction of an opportunity through to close-out.

Travel:
Regular travel across EMEA

About the Team

The REDM function sits within DCSS EMEA and serves as the Single-Threaded Owner for the development management of all Hybrid, Build-to-Suit (BTS), and Owned Land developments across the region. The team currently manages approximately 60 developments with an aggregated Capital Approval value exceeding $14 billion, spanning 9 regions across EMEA.

The team comprises in-country real estate development professionals positioned across key EMEA markets — including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Ireland — each bringing deep local expertise, regulatory knowledge, and established AHJ relationships in their respective jurisdictions. The function holds a broad and expanding mandate:
Single-Threaded Ownership of all Hybrid and BTS development agreements, all Collateral Development Obligations (CDO) and Supporting Public Infrastructure (SPI) on land acquisitions, and all site development permitting from pre-acquisition through to Adoption/Taken-In-Charge (ATIC) and release of securities.

You will join a high-performing, internationally diverse team and work directly with counterparts in Business Development, Design Engineering, Pre-Construction, Construction, Legal, Finance, Environmental, Power, Water, and Public Policy.

The Role

Senior REDMs operate as the development owner — not as a support function, an advisor, or a coordinator. You will be the single point of authority and accountability for every development assigned to you, with the mandate to act on behalf of AWS and the judgement to know when to elevate.

The scope of the role spans three interconnected domains. In practice, you will be working across all three simultaneously:

Development Agreement Management

You will be the STO for Hybrid and BTS development agreements from pre-transaction through to close-out. In the pre-transaction phase, you will provide expert development management input to deal negotiations — shaping the commercial structure, specifications, cost arrangements, risk allocation, and change control provisions that will govern the development. Post-transaction, you will take ownership of delivering against the terms of the agreement: establishing the Development Business Plan, managing costs against approved budgets, managing the counter party relationship, chairing progress meetings, preparing monthly…