Sr. Program Manager , Industrial Launch & Execution, Retail & Development

Position: Sr. Program Manager , Industrial Launch & Execution, Worldwide Retail Growth & Development
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DESCRIPTION:

Drive the future of Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Supply Chain as a Sr. Program Manager leading high-impact launches and retrofits across our expanding industrial real estate portfolio. Join the Industrial Launch & Execution team where you'll orchestrate strategic initiatives for fulfillment centers and distribution centers that power Whole Foods Market and Amazon Grocery Logistics operations.

We're seeking an experienced Sr. Program Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives, change management, and operational excellence across our growing grocery industrial footprint. In this role, you'll exhibit a strong ownership mindset: scoping projects, developing standardized processes, coordinating execution, and communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders. You'll influence teams spanning Operations, Start-Up, Construction, Real Estate, Design, Engineering, Safety, Maintenance, Loss Prevention, IT, and Food Safety to deliver new fulfillment center and distribution center launches, plus complex ASRS and physical retrofits that enable Amazon's grocery supply chain strategy.

Key job responsibilities
- Manage complex, cross-functional programs for new and existing grocery fulfillment center and distribution center launches, plus ASRS and operational retrofits, delivering ambitious goals across Operations, Construction, Real Estate, and Design teams.
- Lead end-to-end project execution for industrial facilities ranging from 60k to 1M square feet with sophisticated mechanical, electrical, and automation systems, ensuring seamless transitions from construction to operations.
- Develop and standardize scalable processes and mechanisms that become the blueprint for network-wide expansion, eliminating ambiguity and reducing churn across the organization.
- Orchestrate operational readiness activities, coordinating across Senior Operations Managers, Construction Managers, Reliability & Maintenance Engineering, and Workplace Health & Safety to ensure successful project launches.
- Own program communication and stakeholder management, presenting project status, metrics, and recommendations to leadership teams while accelerating progress through crisp decision-making and proactive issue escalation.
- Influence internal and external stakeholders without formal authority, driving adoption of new processes and change management initiatives across diverse teams.
- Manage multiple concurrent priorities simultaneously, demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and ability to context-switch between tactical execution and strategic planning.
- Regional travel up to 25% to support on-site launches, retrofits, and stakeholder engagement.

A day in the life
As a Program Manager on the Industrial Launch & Execution team, your days are dynamic and impactful. You'll review construction progress on fulfillment centers, lead cross-functional meetings with Operations, RME, and WHS teams to finalize operational readiness plans for project turnover, and solve high-impact problems like removing launch blockers or standardizing processes for network-wide replication. You'll coordinate with Senior Operations Managers, Construction Managers, Reliability & Maintenance Engineering, and Workplace Health & Safety teams, analyzing data, creating executive presentations, and occasionally traveling to sites to understand challenges firsthand and build relationships with operations teams.

About the team
The Industrial Launch & Execution team is part of Worldwide Retail Growth and Development is responsible for launching and maintaining Amazon's grocery supply chain facilities, including fulfillment centers and distribution centers, to support Whole Foods Market, Amazon Grocery Stores, and Amazon Grocery Logistics.

Our mission is to build a best-in-class launch function that enables grocery supply chain growth  eliminate ambiguity by standardizing processes and creating mechanisms that allow our construction, design, and operations partners to work efficiently. Our culture thrives on ownership, innovation, and collaboration, turning first-of-kind challenges into repeatable, scalable solutions while maintaining high standards and speed.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- 5+ years of leading large complex programs experience
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience defining and executing program requirements
- Experience in complex problem solving, and working in a tight schedule environment
- 5+ years of managing stakeholders in cross-functional project experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements

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