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.

AWS Infrastructure Services is seeking a strategic and experienced Network Planning Manager to lead network capacity planning, room build readiness, and deployment execution across our Singapore cluster and wider APJC region. This role owns the full network planning lifecycle — from long-range capacity forecasting and data hall readiness through to deployment execution and post-delivery review.

This is a single-threaded ownership role. You will define the network capacity strategy for one of AWS's fastest-growing regions, make high-judgement trade-offs under ambiguity, influence senior stakeholders across multiple functions, and build a team that delivers consistently across a complex, multi-site, multi-country operating environment. You will represent network planning in regional leadership reviews, providing clear, data-driven narratives on capacity posture, delivery confidence, and forward-looking risks. You will partner with Network Engineering, Capacity Planning, Finance, and Business Development to align network scaling roadmaps with regional growth objectives and capital investment cycles.

This role reports into the APJC Network Planning leadership team and is based in Singapore.

Key job responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Capacity Ownership. You own the long-range network capacity strategy for the SIN cluster and broader APJC region. You translate business demand signals into actionable infrastructure plans, identify and quantify strategic risks to capacity delivery — supply chain constraints, vendor dependencies, regulatory shifts, construction timelines — and develop mitigation plans that protect customer commitments. You align network scaling roadmaps with capital investment cycles and regional growth objectives.

Room Build Readiness & Data Hall Turn-Up. You lead and coordinate room build planning activities, ensuring all network infrastructure prerequisites — rack placement, cable pathway readiness, power and cooling validation — are met ahead of equipment staging and deployment. You own the cross-functional room build timeline, driving alignment between Facility, Mechanical, Electrical, Cabling Infrastructure, and DCO teams. You develop and maintain room build playbooks and checklists that capture dependencies, escalation paths, and lessons learned from prior builds to drive repeatable, predictable delivery.

Deployment Execution. You drive end-to-end network deployment execution across multiple data centers and availability zones, ensuring turn-up activities are completed on time, on quality, and within budget. You manage multiple concurrent high-priority projects and make clear trade-off decisions when resources or timelines are constrained. You ensure compliance with local regulations and AWS global standards across both AWS-operated and colocated facilities.

Cross-Functional Influence. You spearhead collaboration with Network Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, DCO, Infrastructure Delivery, and Technical Program Management teams to remove blockers and ensure seamless capacity execution. You build and maintain strong relationships with third-party vendors, contractors, and colocation providers, holding them accountable to delivery commitments and quality standards.

People Leadership. You build, lead, and develop a team of network deployment planners. You coach team members to grow their technical depth, stakeholder management skills, and ability to operate independently at increasing levels of complexity. You drive consistency in planning and execution standards across the region.

Mechanisms & Continuous Improvement. You establish scalable mechanisms — regular reviews, dashboards, escalation frameworks — that give the team and leadership clear visibility into capacity posture and delivery health. You lead continuous improvement initiatives using post-build retrospectives and data analysis to systematically reduce cycle times and eliminate recurring failure modes. You drive automation and tooling improvements to reduce manual effort and improve forecast accuracy.


A day in the life
Your morning starts with a review of the regional capacity dashboard. A new room build in SIN is approaching its network readiness milestone, and you check the cross-functional tracker to confirm that rack positioning, cable pathway clearance, and power energisation are on track. One dependency is slipping — a cabling contractor has flagged a delay. You get on a call with the vendor and the local Infrastructure Delivery lead to understand the root cause, assess the impact on the overall timeline, and agree on a recovery plan before it escalates.

Mid-morning, you join a regional capacity planning review with Network Engineering and Capacity Planning leadership. Demand forecasts for the next two quarters have shifted, and you walk the room through what that means for your deployment pipeline — which sites can absorb the acceleration, where you need to pull forward room build timelines, and what trade-offs exist if supply chain lead times don't improve. You present options with clear data and a recommendation.

After lunch, you spend time with your team. One of your planners is working through a complex multi-site deployment sequence and needs help thinking through the dependencies. Another is preparing a post-build retrospective for a recently completed room turn-up — you review the findings together and identify two process improvements worth scaling across the region. You also have a one-on-one with a team member you're developing toward a senior individual contributor path, and you discuss a stretch project that will give them more exposure to cross-functional leadership.

Later in the afternoon, you have a working session with Procurement and Supply Chain on vendor performance for an upcoming quarter's deployments. One vendor has been inconsistent on delivery timelines, and you work through the data together to decide whether to escalate, diversify, or adjust your planning assumptions.

Your day ends with a quick sync with your counterparts in other APJC clusters. You share a playbook update from your latest room build and pick up a lesson learned from a deployment challenge in another region that you want your team to incorporate.

Some weeks, you travel to a data center site to walk a room build in progress, meet with local teams, or support a critical deployment milestone. Most of your time, though, is spent in Singapore — planning, problem-solving, coaching your team, and making sure the region's network infrastructure is ready to meet customer demand.

About the team
The APJC Network Planning team is responsible for ensuring AWS's network infrastructure across the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China region is planned, built, and delivered at the pace our customers require. We sit at the intersection of network engineering strategy and operational execution — translating long-range capacity forecasts into physical infrastructure that is ready when and where it is needed.

Our team works across a diverse set of countries, cultures, regulatory environments, and data center types — from large-scale AWS-operated campuses to colocated facilities. This diversity is a strength. It means every member of the team develops a broad perspective on how to deliver infrastructure at scale, and learns to adapt standard processes to local realities without compromising on quality or safety.

We operate with a strong bias for ownership. Each planner owns their scope end-to-end and is trusted to make decisions, escalate early when needed, and drive outcomes rather than activities. We invest in each other's growth — through regular knowledge sharing, post-build retrospectives, and deliberate stretch assignments. We believe that building a strong team is not separate from delivering results; it is how we deliver results sustainably.

Our mission is straightforward: the right network capacity, in the right place, at the right time — every time.