Program Manager, Integrated Planning & AI-Driven Scheduling

Amazon Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits not specified

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Program Manager for the Startup Integrated Planning team within GEMS. The role focuses on integrated scheduling across North America infrastructure projects, coordinating cross-functional workstreams to deliver unified, reliable schedules for large-scale builds and expansions.

The ideal candidate brings 3+ years in program management, strong data-driven decision making, advanced Excel and SQL skills, and experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of program or project management experience.
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvements using data and metrics.
• Advanced Excel skills and SQL knowledge.
• Experience with cross-functional teams including tech and non-tech stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field; stakeholder management experience.
• 3+ years of integrated scheduling using MS Project, Primavera P6, or equivalents.
• Experience applying AI/tools to scale program operations.

Responsibilities

• Shape workforce and vendor strategy for contracted planners and capacity planning.
• Oversee contracting planners: train, review quality, handle escalations.
• Assign and rebalance planners across projects by priority and workload.
• Track budgets, manage invoicing, provide funding inputs for planning resources.
• Enforce quality standards linking schedules into a single source of truth.
• Design governance mechanisms to validate schedule quality at scale.
• Ensure weekly planning status reports are accurate and timely.
• Develop and refine risk and reporting frameworks for leadership insight.
• Build program-level relationships with design, operations, construction, IT, and engineering.

Skills

Program management

Process improvement

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Advanced Excel

SQL

Microsoft Project / Primavera P6

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookups)

SQL

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Program Manager for the Startup Integrated Planning team within GEMS. The role focuses on integrated scheduling across North America infrastructure projects, coordinating cross-functional workstreams to deliver unified, reliable schedules for large-scale builds and expansions.

The ideal candidate brings 3+ years in program management, strong data-driven decision making, advanced Excel and SQL skills, and experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams.