Sr. Program Manager, Integrated Planning, GEMS, NA Startup

Amazon is seeking a Sr. Program Manager to join the Startup Integrated Planning team within the Global Engineering Materials & Sustainability (GEMS) organization. This team owns the integrated planning function for North Americas infrastructure project portfolio connecting cross-functional workstreams into unified reliable schedules that guide execution across large-scale new build and expansion/retrofit projects.

This Sr. Program Manager will contribute to the strategic evolution of the integrated planning program helping mature planning as a discipline. The role oversees a team of contracted project planners setting the bar for quality and ensuring consistent delivery while balancing program-level strategy cross-functional influence and scaling mechanisms.

This is a rapidly scaling environment where processes exist but are still maturing. Success requires strategic thinking comfort navigating ambiguity and the judgment to refine and extend existing frameworks. A strong background in integrated scheduling is critical for providing effective program management at this scale.

This role requires up to 50% travel in the US and Canada and availability to work from a corporate office when not traveling. Candidates should either live near or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance of the office. Relocation assistance may be provided.


Key job responsibilities
Program Strategy & Contracted Planner Oversight
Shape and advance the workforce and vendor strategy for contracted planners including capacity modeling skill-mix optimization and procurement negotiations that scale with portfolio growth.
Oversee contracted project planners: set expectations provide training on planning standards review deliverable quality and support escalations.
Assign and rebalance planners across projects based on priority complexity and workload.
Track project budgets manage invoicing and provide funding inputs for planning resources.

Planning Quality Standards & Governance
Refine and enforce quality standards for integrated project schedules ensuring all plans connect discipline timelines dependencies and handovers into a single source of truth.
Contribute to the planning maturity model and roadmap setting progressive quality targets that evolve as the program scales.
Design and implement governance mechanisms that validate schedule quality at scale removing the need for manual review.
Ensure weekly planning status reports are accurate complete and distributed on time to stakeholders.
Track planning health via KPI dashboards measuring schedule integrity milestone adherence plan variance and delivery date accuracy.

Standardization & Continuous Improvement
Develop maintain and enforce Standard Operating Procedures for all planning activities.
Develop and improve planning tools templates and AI-driven automations to boost planner productivity and eliminate manual workflows.
Identify and lead initiatives that advance planning maturity including automation tooling and capability building.
Capture lessons learned from completed projects and convert them into repeatable scalable best practices.

Risk Management & Reporting
Identify and mitigate program-level planning risks; own escalation paths and drive issues to resolution.
Ensure planners identify cross-functional dependencies and surface risks early before they become execution problems.
Develop and refine risk and reporting frameworks that give leadership the signal needed to make portfolio-level decisions
Provide clear data-driven status reporting to senior leadership on portfolio-wide planning performance.

Program-Level Cross-Functional Partnership
Build and maintain program-level relationships with key partner functions (design operations construction launch IT engineering) to drive planning adoption and standardization.
Serve as the planning liaison with partner functions championing integrated scheduling practices and ensuring planning inputs are prioritized.
Drive continuous improvement of integrated planning by gathering feedback from partner functions and refining how planning intersects with their workflows.
Represent the Integrated Planning program in global and cross-functional forums aligning planning standards and resolving systemic gaps across disciplines.


- 5 years of program or project management experience
- 5 years of owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g. pivot tables & charts multiple criteria lookups nested logical/IF formulas data cleansing array formulas etc.)
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Bachelors degree
- Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
- 5 years of integrated scheduling experience including use of MS Project Primavera P6 or equivalent tool
- Experience applying AI tools and automation to scale program operations and drive measurable efficiency improvements.

- Masters degree
- 5 years of directly managing and being responsible for multiple large projects experience
- Experience in construction or industrial infrastructure projects.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or PMI-SP
- Experience developing and deploying standardized planning templates/procedures
- Experience with vendor/contract management including statement of work development rate negotiation and performance governance
- 5 years of developing program strategies and plans driving execution and influencing senior stakeholders experience
- Masters degree

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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 AZ Tempe - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA IL Chicago - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA MA Boston - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 127200.00 - 185000.00 USD annually
USA TN Nashville - 104100.00 - 155400.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA TX Houston - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually