Head of Portfolio & Asset Management
Amazon
Head of Portfolio & Asset Management
Amazon
Sells products online and rents cloud computing
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of AWS global infrastructure — the data centers and infrastructure that keep the cloud running.
AWS is seeking a Head of Portfolio & Asset Management for EMEA, based in London, Madrid or Dublin, to lead portfolio strategy, optimization, and lifecycle management of its regional data center real estate portfolio, including owned and leased real estate, land, data center assets, and related infrastructure commitments. Operating across real estate, capacity planning, finance, colocation, delivery, and operations, this leader sets the regional vendor, portfolio, and asset management strategy, ensuring assets and commitments support long-term capacity requirements while maximizing utilization, flexibility, and capital efficiency.
As the regional owner of the existing portfolio, this leader manages assets across their lifecycle — from contract execution and handoff through end of life — and is accountable for post-contract execution performance of owned and leased data centers. This includes governing third-party property management vendors (PMA negotiation, renewals, performance, and budget), administering leases and maintaining data accuracy and compliance, and standardizing portfolio operations through SOPs, playbooks, and repeatable processes. The leader also establishes the governance, decision rights, reporting metrics, and escalation paths that keep portfolio performance visible and risks surfaced early.
Building on that foundation, the role evaluates the full range of portfolio options — invest, expand, redevelop, consolidate, restructure, sublease, dispose, or exit — unlocks underutilized or constrained assets, and ensures new supply decisions account for the existing portfolio. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking, commercial judgment, data-driven analysis, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across EMEA. The individual has a passion for developing talent and building new organizational competencies.
Key job responsibilities
Portfolio Strategy & Optimization
• Own the long-term EMEA portfolio strategy across owned land, leased assets, and real estate commitments.
• Recommend hold, invest, expand, redevelop, restructure, consolidate, sublease, dispose, or exit decisions to improve utilization, unlock capacity, reduce unnecessary commitments, and strengthen flexibility.
• Translate capacity demand and infrastructure plans into portfolio actions, and inform new commitments in the context of existing assets.
Asset Management
• Establish asset management standards and lifecycle accountability from acquisition and handoff through end of life.
• Oversee post-acquisition management of owned and leased data center assets, including property management oversight, financial and compliance performance.
• Govern property management vendors, including Property Management Agreement (PMA) negotiation, renewals, performance management, and budget accountability.
• Standardize portfolio operations through SOPs, playbooks (e.g., site exit, lease renewal), and repeatable processes.
Portfolio Performance & Analytics
• Define portfolio reporting metrics and review mechanisms for utilization, capacity, cost, risk, optionality, and performance.
• Integrate real estate, operational, capacity, financial, and market data into portfolio strategy.
• Measure the outcomes of portfolio interventions, identify emerging risks early, and support the complex transactions that result (restructuring, subleasing, redevelopment, or disposition).
Market & Portfolio Intelligence
• Track EMEA real estate and data center market dynamics, power constraints, land and lease economics, and investor activity.
• Benchmark portfolio performance and identify external changes that affect asset strategy.
• Provide forward-looking insights to acquisition, development, leasing, and capacity planning teams.
Cross-Functional Leadership
• Serve as EMEA's senior portfolio and asset management subject matter expert.
• Influence decisions across Real Estate, Colocation, Capacity Planning, Finance, Legal, Tax, Energy, Engineering, Construction, and Operations.
• Establish clear governance, decision rights, accountability, and timely escalation.
• Build relationships with external advisors, landlords, developers, and investors, and develop a high-performing regional team.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, , and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
- Experience managing people including development, hiring, performance management, and leading teams dispersed across various regions
- Experience in commercial real estate or lease administration within an industrial, commercial, and/or data center environment
- Experience leading complex global or country-wide initiatives
- 10+ years of experience in real estate, infrastructure, data centers, portfolio or asset management, or investment management.
- Experience managing third-party property management vendors and negotiating service agreements.
- Experience assessing asset performance and investment, restructuring, redevelopment, or disposition options.
- Strong commercial acumen, executive communication, and cross-functional influence.
- Direct experience with data center, hyperscale infrastructure, or mission-critical real estate portfolios.
- Experience across owned and leased assets and multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
- Experience with portfolio management technology platforms (Argus, CoStar, Yardi, or similar).
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