Sr. Construction Program Manager, Worldwide Grocery Stores - Growth & Development

Amazon; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Worldwide Retail Grocery Development (WWRGD) team seeks a Sr. Construction Program Manager to design governance frameworks and scale programs from the ground up, driving disciplined Procore adoption across hundreds of team members.

You will build role-based training, SOP libraries, and change-management programs, while shaping permitting frameworks and cost governance as the portfolio grows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in project management, real estate development, or architecture/design.
• Procore expertise across RFI, Submittals, Bidding, Change Management, PCO/CCO.
• Experience governing permitting, entitlements, and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.
• Strong data analysis and executive-facing reporting skills (PowerBI or equivalent).
• PMI PMP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and govern company policy, construction standards, and WFM specification book.
• Own end-to-end Procore governance for execution teams and ensure cross-stage information flow.
• Advocate for system enhancements and scalability as the portfolio grows.
• Govern value engineering, cost governance, and procurement performance scorecards.
• Create training curricula, SOP libraries, and change-management programs for Procore and Coupa.

Skills

Project management experience

Data analysis

Permitting & entitlements

MOPs and SWMS development

AI/ML knowledge in construction

Cross-functional collaboration

Construction program governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Tools

Procore

PowerBI

Job description

Description

Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores, Growth & Development team is seeking a Sr. Construction Program Manager, a leader who combines deep construction industry expertise with the strategic vision and operational rigor needed to build scalable programs from the ground up. This is a program-focused role, not a Construction Project Manager position. You'll design governance frameworks, formalize what doesn't exist, fix what's broken at a systemic level, and equip hundreds of team members to do their jobs more effectively through disciplined Procore adoption, structured training, and scalable SOPs.

Key job responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Develop and govern company policy, construction standards, and the Whole Foods Market (WFM) standard construction specification book.
• Own end-to-end Procore process governance for execution teams (RFI, Submittals, Bidding Tool, and PCO/CCO workflows) and ensure information flows seamlessly across the construction lifecycle.
• Advocate for system enhancements, integrations, and functionality improvements that drive scalability as the portfolio grows.
• Govern value engineering review processes and cost governance frameworks across the construction portfolio.
• Partner with Strategic Category Management and Vendor Management on GC performance assessment and scorecard frameworks.
• Develop and govern permitting and entitlements coordination frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.
• Define milestone frameworks and scheduling standards that Construction Operations Groups operate within.
• Build and deliver role-based training curricula, SOP libraries, and change management programs for Procore and Coupa adoption.
• Identify AI and automation opportunities within construction workflows and develop roadmaps in partnership with the LSA Product Management team.

A day in the life

No two days look exactly the same. You start your morning reviewing Procore compliance dashboards, flagging a pattern in stalled submittals (a process gap, not a project problem) for leadership. Mid-morning, you're presenting a business case for a Bidding Tool integration to a Procore Steering Committee. After lunch, you're facilitating cross-functional alignment across Pipeline, Indirect Procurement, and Construction teams. Late afternoon, you're delivering a Procore onboarding session using a curriculum you built. By end of week, you've advanced two SOPs, submitted enhancement requests, and documented a training gap to close next quarter.

About The Team

Amazon's Worldwide Retail Grocery Development (WWRGD) team manages the full lifecycle of Amazon and Whole Foods Market grocery retail and industrial facilities — from pre-lease due diligence through construction delivery, facilities maintenance, and decommissioning. With more than 600 active sites, 100+ active pipeline locations, and a portfolio scaling toward 2,000+ active projects, we operate at the intersection of construction, technology, and organizational scale. Our mission is to deliver best-in-class facilities faster, at best value, and with greater consistency across every site we build and maintain.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience
• Experience in construction, or experience developing MOPs and SWMS for planned works
• Demonstrated Procore expertise across RFI, Submittals, Bidding, Change Management, and PCO/CCO financial workflow modules
• Experience developing and governing permitting, entitlements, and regulatory compliance frameworks across multiple jurisdictions
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting with ability to translate construction program data into executive-facing insights (PowerBI or equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing and implementing training programs
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or experience in project, program or product management with focus on technical education programs
• Experience using managed ML/AI solutions
• Experience in grocery retail, food service, or temperature-controlled facility construction environments

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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Company

Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10460185