Senior Real Estate Business Partner, AWS GREF Business Partner

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) Business Partnering Manager in Arlington, VA. You will serve as BP for AI and Security units, coordinating with senior leaders to align real estate strategy with business objectives.

You’ll partner across finance, legal, and policy and drive data-driven decisions through reporting, planning rhythms, and executive-level presentations. Join a small, high-exposure team spanning Arlington, Seattle and San Francisco, where hands-off leadership

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance, PXT, Legal, Security and GREF teams to support executive leaders.
• Build systems and tracking to deliver SLAs.
• Establish rhythm of business for each org, integrating GREF into OP1/OP2 planning and cadence (WBR/MBR/QBR).
• Implement reporting to support data, analytics, metrics and research for decisions.
• Balance business needs with fiduciary stewardship and cost-savings mandates.
• Lead and support the development of executive real estate presentations, recommendations and business cases.
• Oversee issue escalation processes.
• Partner with GREF teams and external stakeholders to drive strategy across orgs and regions.
• Provide thought leadership and market insights to inform recommendations.

Job description

The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team provides real estate transaction expertise, business partnering, occupancy planning, capital investment management, workplace strategy and facility operations for Amazon’s corporate office portfolio globally. This role is on the GREF Business Partnering (GBP) team whose overarching purpose is to create a bridge between each business unit and GREF to align real estate strategies in support of business objectives. As a Manager on GREF’s Business Partnering team, you will serve as a Business Partner (BP) for AI and Security business units, working with the org's and GREF’s senior leaders.

Key job responsibilities

• Partner across enterprise partners (e.g., Finance, PXT, Public Relations, Legal, Security, etc.), all cross-functional GREF real estate teams, Corporate FP&A, and Public Policy to support executive leaders in managing through ambiguity while inspecting and understanding the consequences of choices and trade-offs.
• Build systems and tracking mechanisms to deliver agreed upon SLAs
• Establish rhythm of business for each org, integrating GREF into business-level OP1/OP2 planning process and WBR/MBR/QBR cadence
• Implement reporting mechanisms to support D&S leaders with data, analytics, metrics, and research to make informed decisions
• Balance business expectations and needs with Amazon fiduciary stewardship, as well as cost savings mandates and GREF standards/protocols
• Lead and support the development and delivery of S-team executive-level real estate presentations, recommendations, and business cases; incorporate input from GREF teams to secure decisions and alignment for those presentations
• Oversee issue escalation processes
• Partner with GREF teams and external stakeholders to drive the successful development, implementation, and execution of GREF and business strategies across organizations and regions
• Provide thought leadership, industry best practices and market insights to business leadership to inform recommendations and decisions

A day in the life

No two days look the same as a GREF Business Partner. One day you're advising a leader on portfolio strategy for their org's headcount growth and long-term vision. The next, you're presenting a QBR to the leadership team. The day after that, you're solving a space issue in New York. But every day shares one constant: solve the customer's immediate need while building the plan for their future.

About the team

About the team: We're a team of six with significant VP exposure. We hold a twice-annual summit to identify pain points and set goals, then work toward them throughout the year, supported by weekly team calls. The team spans Arlington, Seattle, and San Francisco, with each member owning their own org level (OL3) and sharing best practices across the group. Management style is hands-off — support is there when you need it, not imposed when you don't.