GEMS Startup Project Manager, Global Engineering, Materials, & Sustainability (GEMS)

As a Project Manager for GEMS Startup you will work closely with First Middle and Last Mile AMXL stakeholders to successfully deliver projects that allow Amazon to continue to honor our customer delivery promise. You will be able to immerse yourself in program and project management activities that will continuously challenge you.

This role requires up to 80% travel 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
As a Project Manager on this team you plan implement coordinate and track to completion all activities necessary for partner execution teams to successfully launch new builds retrofits and expansions in support of the First Middle and Last Mile network. Generally speaking this role is responsible for ensuring the installation of all finishing aspects and equipment that make a building functional to process volume for our customers. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager who can drive project execution standardization and process improvement. Critical to this role is the ability to build partnerships and lead through influence with contractors installation vendors construction and engineering teams along with other stakeholders to meet project milestones. You collaborate with all project teams to meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). You support program initiative goals by delivering projects of varying complexity. Projects may overlap in different regions. You are required to travel across applicable regions for this role. The amount of travel may vary based on the project type and the time of the year. The ability to travel is needed throughout the year and should be expected to reach up to 80% at peak times to support our customers. Key competencies of this position include controllership to ensure your contracted resources deliver work on time and within safety quality and budget requirements.

A day in the life
Each day you represent GEMS in managing projects that vary in complexity time and budget. You own projects from kick-off to close-out while also executing program level initiatives to better the organization. You are expected to work at pace with high levels of ambiguity and little oversight whilst demonstrating ownership throughout the project life cycle. You lead by influencing stakeholders through a cadence of business meetings business meetings site visits and technical discussions. You are expected to physically be on site to meet project goals and roll up your sleeves with a Bias for Action to get things done and support project execution. Your scope is dependent on upstream partners such as construction engineering and design teams. You execute your scope in a construction environment. Daily tasks include coordination with vendors and contractors removing barriers working across teams communicating project status and risk using internal and external software and driving results. You are expected to lead by example when on site communicating across stakeholders up to PMO.

- 3 years of program or project management experience
- 3 years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Bachelors degree

- 3 years of driving end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3 years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes project management and schedules

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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 TX Houston - 74200.00 - 129800.00 USD annually