Network Deployment Planning Manager, Global Network Delivery (GND)

Key Responsibilities

• Own the long-range network capacity strategy for the SIN cluster and broader APJC region.
• Translate business demand signals into actionable infrastructure plans, identify and quantify strategic risks to capacity delivery, and develop mitigation plans.
• Align network scaling roadmaps with capital investment cycles and regional growth objectives.
• Lead and coordinate room build planning activities, ensuring all network infrastructure prerequisites are met ahead of equipment staging and deployment.
• Own the cross-functional room build timeline, driving alignment between Facility, Mechanical, Electrical, Cabling Infrastructure, and DCO teams.
• Develop and maintain room build playbooks and checklists that capture dependencies, escalation paths, and lessons learned.
• 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.
• Manage multiple concurrent high-priority projects and make clear trade-off decisions when resources or timelines are constrained.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations and AWS global standards across both AWS-operated and colocated facilities.
• 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.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with third-party vendors, contractors, and colocation providers, holding them accountable to delivery commitments and quality standards.
• Build, lead, and develop a team of network deployment planners, coaching team members to grow their technical depth, stakeholder management skills, and ability to operate independently.