Position summary

AWS is hiring an Energy Procurement Manager to join the AWS Energy Team and support the growth of clean energy at scale across the Western US and Canada, and Latin America. The role negotiates and executes power supply contracts across AWS regions and creates innovative supply structures that integrate the company’s clean energy portfolio, identifying key market conditions, regulations, and opportunities to help evaluate deals.

Why this role matters

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, including the power that keeps data centers running. Securing clean electricity supply on favorable terms adds new clean energy capacity to the grid, controls cost, and manages risk as the business scales.

Key responsibilities

• Support clean energy strategy by helping develop and execute a comprehensive clean energy and utilities strategy for AWS data centers.
• Execute electricity supply contracts that create new clean energy capacity on the grid, reduce cost, minimize risk, and leverage opportunities that benefit Amazon.
• Partner across infrastructure teams by working collaboratively with the Amazon Infrastructure team to support the development of strategic energy sourcing opportunities.
• Analyze markets and regulations in the energy space to proactively identify opportunities that benefit Amazon.

Team and stakeholders

The role sits within the AWS Energy Team, part of AWS Infrastructure Services, and works closely with the Amazon Infrastructure team as well as industry stakeholders such as utilities, regional power planning agencies, renewable project developers, project investors, and OEMs.

Key details

This role supports AWS regions across the Western US and Canada, and Latin America, and is based in Austin, TX, Arlington, VA, or Seattle, WA. The package includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) in addition to base salary.

Requirements

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities.
• 3+ years working in the utility/energy industry.
• 2+ years of power transaction or contracting experience in US energy markets (WECC, PJM, MISO, SPP, SERC).

Preferred

• Master’s degree in management, business administration, economics, engineering, or marketing.
• Experience managing multiple projects in parallel through prioritization, planning, and task delegation.
• Proven ability to evaluate new energy markets, utility tariffs, policies, and power contracts, or to assess new energy sourcing opportunities and technologies.
• Familiarity with renewable credit programs, renewable project development, power forecasting and scheduling, portfolio management theory, advanced energy storage, or alternative energy resources.
• Experience building relationships with industry stakeholders such as utilities, regional power planning agencies, renewable project developers, project investors, and renewable OEMs.
• 5+ years of experience in energy markets, energy trading, power contract negotiations, energy regulations, renewable development, or energy generation technologies.