Senior Capital Planning PM for Grocery Development

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Worldwide Retail Grocery Development (WWRGD) Capital Planning team seeks a Sr. Program Manager to own the end-to-end capital approval process for a multi-banner grocery portfolio.

You will partner with Real Estate, Design, Pre-Construction, Construction, and Finance to ensure disciplined capital stewardship at scale from annual budget planning to CAR creation and approval routing. The role requires managing large annual capital budgets, leveraging AI and data analysis to improve

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead OP1/OP2 and quarterly guidance cycles end-to-end, including timelines, stakeholder coordination, and estimation methodology.
• Provide analyses and coordinate with key stakeholders on averages, variance bridging, and cost drivers.
• Develop written OP/Guidance narrative documents for leadership review, providing strategic context alongside the numbers.
• Facilitate alignment between business and finance leaders to secure agreement on costs, project lists, and investment priorities.
• Own and manage the full CAR process end-to-end for Real Estate, Land, Pre-Construction, Construction, Startup, and Lease funding requests.
• Maintain and continuously improve CAR Funding Templates and standardized white paper formats.
• Engage cross-functional POCs and assemble comprehensive CAR packages.
• Present construction, startup, and lease costs prior to lease signatures for approval.
• Lead CAR scheduling, document reviews, leadership presentations, and action item follow-ups.

Skills

5+ years PM experience

Data-driven decision making

Strategic program ownership

Education

Master's degree or MBA in related field

Tools

AI tools knowledge

Job description

Amazon's Worldwide Retail Grocery Development (WWRGD) Capital Planning team seeks a Sr. Program Manager to own the end-to-end capital approval process for a multi-banner grocery portfolio.

You will partner with Real Estate, Design, Pre-Construction, Construction, and Finance to ensure disciplined capital stewardship at scale from annual budget planning to CAR creation and approval routing. The role requires managing large annual capital budgets, leveraging AI and data analysis to improve