Senior Industrial Real Estate Development Leader - NA

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Development Manager for the North America Ops Real Estate Team. You will own end-to-end development from site control to construction delivery, leading cross-functional teams across Operations, Design, Finance, and Legal to align with Amazon's long-term capacity strategy.

Your role emphasizes proactive site sourcing, entitlements, and delivering complex industrial developments with a focus on value, resilience, and operational readiness across North America.

Qualifications

• Must be able to identify strategic development opportunities years ahead of capacity needs.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver large industrial developments.
• Strong financial stewardship, budget management, and risk mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Lead proactive site sourcing and strategic development opportunities years ahead of identified capacity needs, creating competitive advantages in site selection, development timing, and cost-to-deliver across North America
• Drive end-to-end project lifecycle ownership from site evaluation and acquisition through entitlements, design development, construction management, and operational handover for large, complex industrial developments
• Develop and execute comprehensive financial stewardship strategies including feasibility analyses, investment evaluation, budget management, and risk mitigation to optimize economic returns while preserving operational readiness
• Create and implement innovative processes, tools, and metrics systems to ensure predictable, efficient project delivery that balances speed, flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and operational excellence
• Build and maintain lasting partnerships with internal cross-functional teams (Operations, Building Design, Pre-Construction, WHS, Construction Management, Finance, Legal, Asset Management, Economic Development, and Public Relations) and external stakeholders including developers, municipalities, landowners, consultants, and community leaders
• Navigate complex entitlements and permitting processes, working directly with government officials and regulatory bodies to secure necessary approvals for strategic development projects
• Lead data-informed decision making considering portfolio-wide impacts, network optimization, and strategic positioning within Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Travel throughout North America up to 30% of the time to oversee development activities and maintain stakeholder relationships

Skills

Site sourcing

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Project lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Development Manager for the North America Ops Real Estate Team. You will own end-to-end development from site control to construction delivery, leading cross-functional teams across Operations, Design, Finance, and Legal to align with Amazon's long-term capacity strategy.

Your role emphasizes proactive site sourcing, entitlements, and delivering complex industrial developments with a focus on value, resilience, and operational readiness across North America.