Global Program Lead, Risk Engineering Solutions

CBRE, Inc.; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Program Manager to support planning, management, and execution of Amazon's Global Building Design Risk & Recovery (GBDR) organization, with a primary focus on Risk Engineering Solutions (RES). The role spans North America and Europe, with a preference for candidates in the Central or Eastern time zones.

You will partner with RES, DRI, and BD&E to verify business needs, drive cross-functional collaboration, and track metrics, delivering weekly/monthly status updates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in complex program management and implementation, with proven ability to design workable solutions and drive programs to completion.
• Experience managing projects that span technical and non-technical teams across multiple geographies.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment, including managing competing priorities across concurrent active incidents or programs.
• Superior written and verbal communications skills, with proven ability to manage, influence, negotiate, and communicate with external business partners and internal stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficient in project management software (such as Asana or Jira), AI prompting and basic agentic development (Claude, Quick, ChatGPT, Gemini) and Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Track and report on RES program performance, key metrics (cost of risk reduction, cost savings/avoidance, response time rates), and lessons learned through dashboards, newsletters, and white paper contributions.
• Scope, validate, and establish program initiatives that address RES stakeholder challenges across natural hazards assessments, risk audits of existing facilities, and new technology development and testing in support of these programs.
• Autonomously manage and facilitate weekly alignment meetings on RES program-specific updates with product/software development, finance, engineering, preconstruction, procurement, and third-party vendor stakeholders.
• Drive automation of RES manual workflows by developing and deploying agentic AI solutions, or identifying clear value propositions where AI is not preferred.
• Support GBDR program execution as needed, including tracking Engineering Risk Assessment (ERA) findings, Natural Hazard Due Diligence assessments, and construction risk audit pilot sites.
• Partner with BD&E to ensure DRI and RES learnings and corrective/preventative actions (CAPAs) are tracked and integrated into design standard updates.
• Independently manage and influence without authority to drive completion of deliverables that meet quality and safety standards, tracking progress and reporting on work completed.
• Identify and drive improvements to in-house tools by partnering with product development teams, recommending user stories, driving product roadmaps, and conducting user acceptance testing (UAT).

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent worker

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering, Architecture, Construction, Business, or related field)

MBA / advanced degree in Construction, Architecture, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Asana

Jira

AI prompting

Microsoft Office

Job description

CBRE is seeking a Program Manager to support planning, management, and execution of Amazon's Global Building Design Risk & Recovery (GBDR) organization, with a primary focus on Risk Engineering Solutions (RES). The role spans North America and Europe, with a preference for candidates in the Central or Eastern time zones.

You will partner with RES, DRI, and BD&E to verify business needs, drive cross-functional collaboration, and track metrics, delivering weekly/monthly status updates.