Senior Program Manager Capital Planning Strategy, Global Real Estate, Project Controls & Programs

Are you passionate about shaping the future of Amazons global workplace portfolio through strategic capital investment Amazons Global Real Estate & Facilities (GREF) team manages 68.7 million rentable square feet across three regions North America (AMER) Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and were building a world-class capital planning function to ensure our workplaces support Amazonians in doing their best work. As a Senior Program Manager in Capital Planning supporting both Design Sustainability & Engineering (DSE) and Global Construction (GC) teams youll own the development and execution of site-level capital plans that connect renovation strategy to long-term portfolio investment decisions across our global office footprint.

Key job responsibilities
- Own the development and maintenance of five-year site-level capital plans for GREF CORE buildings globally ensuring alignment with the Global Portfolio Vision and renovation strategy framework
- Lead the annual Portfolio Review process (Q1) across five steps: Core Site Determination five-Year Plan Scoping five-Year Plan Review Site-Level Capital Plan development and five-Year Plan Approval
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders including Portfolio Strategy Design Engineering Construction (Pre-Con) Regional Portfolio Management Occupancy Planning Finance and Sustainability to develop integrated renovation plans
- Develop and maintain capital planning artefacts including site fact sheets prioritisation scorecards site-level budgets charters/scopes and schedules at appropriate fidelity levels (Full Charter for FY-1 Light Charter for FY-2 High/Medium/Low assessment for FY-3-5)
- Drive the Capital Plan Refinement process (Q2/Q3) leading up to OP2 ensuring the following fiscal years plan is refined and the 3-Year Forecast is updated and submitted to FP&A
- Apply the renovation prioritisation framework Must-Dos Space Layout Consistency with Current BOD Customer Satisfaction Scores and Building Condition to inform capital allocation decisions


A day in the life
As a Senior Program Manager in Capital Planning youll drive the end-to-end rhythm of business for developing and maintaining site-level capital plans across Amazons global corporate portfolio. Youll coordinate the annual Portfolio Review process from core site determination through five-Year Plan approval working backwards from OP1/3YF timelines to ensure capital plans are developed refined and approved on schedule.

On any given day you might be gathering inputs from regional portfolio management portfolio strategy and occupancy planning teams; facilitating a cross-functional scoping session with Design Engineering and Construction; analysing Workplace Experience Survey (WES) data and building condition assessments to prioritise capital investments; and/or presenting the global capital plan to executive leadership and Finance for approval.

Youll manage competing priorities across MEP infrastructure sustainability workplace functionality and customer (employee) satisfaction surveys and occupancy strategies ensuring plans are logistically feasible financially sound and aligned to GREFs renovation strategy tenets.



About the team
The Design & Construction (D&C) team within GREF is responsible for delivering Amazons workplace environments from pre-construction planning and design through construction execution and handover. The Capital Planning function sits within D&Cs Project Controls & Programs group and serves as the bridge between strategic business objectives and capital execution. We work cross-functionally with Portfolio Strategy Regional Portfolio Management Engineering Finance and Sustainability to develop and maintain five-year capital plans for GREFs core sites.

Our mission is to ensure efficient proactive capital investment that maintains our assets renovates underperforming spaces and meets sustainability requirements all aligned to GREFs Global Portfolio Vision.

- 5 years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership
- Demonstrated experience in capital planning program/project management within real estate construction or facilities management environments
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale programs or projects using project-management methodologies with cross-functional stakeholder engagement
- Demonstrated experience in financial planning budgeting or capital allocation processes
- Demonstrated experience communicating with and influencing senior management including presenting business cases and capital investment recommendations

- Bachelors or Masters degree in construction management real estate business administration or related field
- Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 APM PMP or similar
- Experience in corporate real estate portfolio management workplace strategy or facilities capital planning
- Experience developing and managing multi-year capital forecasts (3-5 year planning horizons) across large geographically distributed portfolios
- Experience with renovation/refurbishment program delivery in commercial office environments
- Understanding of building life-cycle management MEP stands for Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) systems and infrastructure replacement planning
- Experience with data-driven prioritization frameworks and governance structures for capital investment decisions
- Experience working with sustainability retrofit programs or building electrification initiatives
- Familiarity with workplace experience metrics post-occupancy evaluations or employee satisfaction survey data to inform capital investment decisions

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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 VA Arlington - 115600.00 - 160000.00 USD annually