Senior Program Manager, Global Ops Enterprise Services (GOES), Infrastructure Program Management Office (PMO)
Nashville, IN - USA
Job Summary
You will work with each phase of the project life cycle including build requirements fulfillment design planning execution and launch/hand-off. You will partner with Capacity Planning to validate project requests Engineering Design to coordinate proposals and milestone schedules Procurement to help release purchase orders and field teams to coordinate kick-off meetings and support ongoing execution risk reporting and mitigation.
The fulfillment network portfolio is scaling significantly year-over-year as Amazon expands capacity across multiple program types. You will own a subset of that portfolio managing complex greenfield conversion and expansion projects through the full lifecycle: conception design construction automation deployment and operational readiness. You will serve as the single point of accountability connecting planning engineering construction and operations partners into coordinated delivery.
Key job responsibilities
-Own end-to-end program management for a portfolio of fulfillment center projects from Plan of Record (POR) approval through design construction automation deployment and launch
-Drive cross-functional coordination and stakeholder alignment across 6 partner organizations by facilitating weekly alignment meetings managing planning-to-execution hand-offs and reporting to senior leadership (Weekly Business Reviews design reviews Capital Appropriation Request approvals and build plan presentations)
-Manage schedule integrity across the portfolio by reviewing Material Handling and Storage proposals for acceptable milestone schedules tracking and following up on milestone-level delays and coordinating with construction and automation vendors on First Access details
-Proactively identify escalate and mitigate risks that impact project schedules managing critical path dependencies and escalating to senior leadership with recommended mitigation paths
-Report on program status to Senior Leadership planning and execution teams by maintaining the network Engineering Project Tracker and providing inputs on resource tracking whitepaper development and program data
-Improve program management processes tools and mechanisms by driving efficiencies creating predictable delivery paths and developing scalable approaches that enable consistent repeatable delivery
-Mentor and develop program managers on the team; contribute to hiring interviews and promotion assessments
A day in the life
You start your morning reviewing milestone trackers and overnight escalations for your portfolio of sites in various stages of delivery. You join a design kickoff call for a new facility aligning design and automation teams on scope and schedule. After lunch you lead a cross-functional risk review where you escalate a permitting delay on a site approaching construction start and drive real-time replanning with the field team. Later you prepare a portfolio status update for your manager highlighting sites at risk and the mitigation paths youve initiated. You close the day by connecting with a peer to share a process improvement youve developed for accelerating vendor coordination.
About the team
The Infrastructure PMO team is a central entity in the Global Ops Enterprise Services (GOES) organization helping customers with their infrastructure development plans for Inbound Fulfillment Middle Mile and Last Mile by coordinating with the teams in Global Engineering Services and external support teams to develop schedules and plans. We sit within the GOES organization and serve as the connective tissue between planning functions (Capacity Capital Real Estate) and execution functions (Design Construction MHE Startup Operations). We work backwards from our global customers to develop scalable programs processes and mechanisms that allow us to deliver the requested capacity and processing capabilities. Our team drives proactive risk identification cross-functional alignment and launch readiness.
- 6 years of program or project management experience
- 6 years of leading large complex programs experience
- 6 years of developing program strategies and plans diving execution and influencing senior stakeholders experience
- 6 years of communicating with and presenting to executive and senior audiences experience
- Experience owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Experience in complex problem solving and working in a tight schedule environment
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g. pivot tables & charts multiple criteria lookups nested logical/IF formulas data cleansing array formulas etc.)
- Masters degree or MBA in business operations human resources adult education organizational development instructional design or related field
- 3 years of driving process improvements experience
- 3 years of Tableau or equivalent tools experience
- Knowledge of general AI tools
- PMP certificate
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at IL Chicago - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA TN Nashville - 104100.00 - 155400.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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