Senior Program Manager, Fresh Kitchen Strategy

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Whole Foods Market in Arlington, VA is seeking a Principal Program Manager to shape the strategy for centralized commissary kitchens and fresh prepared foods across our stores. You will own the multi‑year roadmap, build business cases, align senior leaders across culinary merchandising, supply chain, operations, finance and technology, and drive pilots from concept to scale.

This is a high-ambition, strategic role requiring comfort with ambiguity and the ability to influence at VP/SVP levels to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management experience.
• 7+ years of managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience.
• Experience owning program strategy and end to end delivery.
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements.
• Experience in food production.
• Deep knowledge of food production and kitchen operations, supply chain and distribution, and the associated food safety and regulatory controls.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, strategy, and multi‑year roadmap for a significant, complex initiative, driving clarity where the business problem and strategy are not yet fully defined.
• Build out business cases and financial plans, framing capital, operational, and strategic tradeoffs for senior leaders and grounding recommendations in data.
• Partner across merchandising, supply chain, operations, quality assurance and food safety, finance, technology, and other functional teams to align the organization on a coherent operating model and clear ownership.
• Establish the planning, forecasting, and performance mechanisms needed to run the program and measure its success.
• Design and launch pilots to validate our strategy, including clear learning plans, and create the stage gates that govern how and when the program scales.
• Prepare and drive executive‑ready reviews, business cases, and PR/FAQ and narrative documents, representing complex decisions and tradeoffs clearly to VPs and, when needed, SVPs.
• Identify and mitigate program risks, building in the redundancy and contingency needed to protect continuity of service to stores and customers.
• Travel Requirements: Approximately 30% travel to facilities, stores, and partner sites may be required.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Whole Foods Market in Arlington, VA is seeking a Principal Program Manager to shape the strategy for centralized commissary kitchens and fresh prepared foods across our stores. You will own the multi‑year roadmap, build business cases, align senior leaders across culinary merchandising, supply chain, operations, finance and technology, and drive pilots from concept to scale.

This is a high-ambition, strategic role requiring comfort with ambiguity and the ability to influence at VP/SVP levels to