Senior New Store Construction Lead

Amazon; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Construction Manager for the Worldwide Grocery Real Estate & Store Development (WWGRD) - New Store Construction team. The role delivers Whole Foods Market stores and Amazon retail spaces, managing design review, contractor procurement, and handover across a regional portfolio.

You will interface with developers, general contractors, design consultants, and regulatory authorities, coordinating with internal teams to meet safety, budget, and schedule targets while traveling up

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years of project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day project execution in partnership with internal teams, ensuring alignment on schedule milestones and budget targets owned by the CPM.
• Serve as the primary liaison between construction project teams and internal partner organizations, fostering collaboration and clear communication across stakeholders.
• Align delivery from external project managers, architects, design consultants, contractors, and subcontractors to meet project requirements
• Manage customer and external partner relationships, meeting with stakeholders to define project parameters and ensure accountability for quality and timely delivery.
• Support negotiations of agreements with customers, suppliers, and external partners.
• Collaborate with internal teams to eliminate risks to innovation or customer satisfaction and find a path forward in difficult situations.
• Make trade-off decisions and defend those decisions to internal stakeholders.
• Monitor project execution metrics, report challenges to the CPM, and ensure corrective actions are taken.
• Recommend improvements to the way projects are scoped, built, tested, and deployed.
• Review project requests against business need to provide approvals or alternate solutions.
• Execute day-to-day operations autonomously and deliver the right outcomes with limited guidance.

Skills

Project management

Real estate development

Architecture design

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Construction Manager for the Worldwide Grocery Real Estate & Store Development (WWGRD) - New Store Construction team. The role delivers Whole Foods Market stores and Amazon retail spaces, managing design review, contractor procurement, and handover across a regional portfolio.

You will interface with developers, general contractors, design consultants, and regulatory authorities, coordinating with internal teams to meet safety, budget, and schedule targets while traveling up