Sr. Program Manager, Integrated Planning, GEMS, NA Startup

Amazon

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 116,000 - 160,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Sr. Program Manager to join the Startup Integrated Planning team within the GEMS organization. The role leads a team of contracted planners, aligning schedules across large infrastructure projects in North America.

You will drive strategy, governance, and continuous improvement for integrated planning, leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency. Willingness to travel up to 50% and relocate near an office is required.

Qualifications

5+ years of program or project management experience.
5+ years of owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
Experience with cross-functional teams and tech/non-tech stakeholders.
Bachelor's degree required.
5+ years of integrated scheduling experience with MS Project/Primavera P6 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Shape and advance the workforce and vendor strategy for contracted planners and scale with portfolio growth.
Oversee contracted project planners: set expectations, train on planning standards, review deliverables, support escalations.
Assign and rebalance planners across projects based on priority and workload.
Track project budgets, manage invoicing, and provide funding inputs for planning resources.
Refine quality standards for integrated project schedules and ensure they form a single source of truth.
Develop governance mechanisms to validate schedule quality at scale and reduce manual review.
Ensure weekly planning status reports are accurate and distributed on time.
Track planning health via KPI dashboards for schedule integrity and milestones.
Build program-level partnerships with design, operations, construction, IT, and engineering.

Skills

Program management

Integrated scheduling

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

AI tooling & automation

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Sr. Program Manager to join the Startup Integrated Planning team within the Global Engineering, Materials, & Sustainability (GEMS) organization. This team owns the integrated planning function for North America's infrastructure project portfolio, connecting cross-functional workstreams into unified, reliable schedules that guide execution across large-scale new build and expansion/retrofit projects.

This Sr. Program Manager will contribute to the strategic evolution of the integrated planning program, helping mature planning as a discipline. The role oversees a team of contracted project planners, setting the bar for quality and ensuring consistent delivery, while balancing program-level strategy, cross-functional influence, and scaling mechanisms.

This is a rapidly scaling environment where processes exist but are still maturing. Success requires strategic thinking, comfort navigating ambiguity, and the judgment to refine and extend existing frameworks. A strong background in integrated scheduling is critical for providing effective program management at this scale.

This role requires up to 50% travel in the US and Canada and availability to work from a corporate office when not traveling. Candidates should either live near or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance of the office. Relocation assistance may be provided.

Key job responsibilities

Program Strategy & Contracted Planner Oversight

Shape and advance the workforce and vendor strategy for contracted planners, including capacity modeling, skill-mix optimization, and procurement negotiations that scale with portfolio growth.
Oversee contracted project planners: set expectations, provide training on planning standards, review deliverable quality, and support escalations.
Assign and rebalance planners across projects based on priority, complexity, and workload.
Track project budgets, manage invoicing, and provide funding inputs for planning resources.

Planning Quality, Standards, & Governance

Refine and enforce quality standards for integrated project schedules, ensuring all plans connect discipline timelines, dependencies, and handovers into a single source of truth.
Contribute to the planning maturity model and roadmap, setting progressive quality targets that evolve as the program scales.
Design and implement governance mechanisms that validate schedule quality at scale, removing the need for manual review.
Ensure weekly planning status reports are accurate, complete, and distributed on time to stakeholders.
Track planning health via KPI dashboards measuring schedule integrity, milestone adherence, plan variance, and delivery date accuracy.

Standardization & Continuous Improvement

Develop, maintain, and enforce Standard Operating Procedures for all planning activities.
Develop and improve planning tools, templates, and AI-driven automations to boost planner productivity and eliminate manual workflows.
Identify and lead initiatives that advance planning maturity, including automation, tooling, and capability building.
Capture lessons learned from completed projects and convert them into repeatable, scalable best practices.

Risk Management & Reporting

Identify and mitigate program-level planning risks; own escalation paths and drive issues to resolution.
Ensure planners identify cross-functional dependencies and surface risks early, before they become execution problems.
Develop and refine risk and reporting frameworks that give leadership the signal needed to make portfolio-level decisions.
Provide clear, data-driven status reporting to senior leadership on portfolio-wide planning performance.

Program-Level Cross-Functional Partnership

Build and maintain program-level relationships with key partner functions (design, operations, construction, launch, IT, engineering) to drive planning adoption and standardization.
Serve as the planning liaison with partner functions, championing integrated scheduling practices and ensuring planning inputs are prioritized.
Drive continuous improvement of integrated planning by gathering feedback from partner functions and refining how planning intersects with their workflows.
Represent the Integrated Planning program in global and cross-functional forums, aligning planning standards and resolving systemic gaps across disciplines.

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of program or project management experience
5+ years of owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
Bachelor's degree
Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
5+ years of integrated scheduling experience including use of MS Project, Primavera P6, or equivalent tool
Experience applying AI tools and automation to scale program operations and drive measurable efficiency improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree
5+ years of directly managing and being responsible for multiple large projects experience
Experience in construction or industrial infrastructure projects.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or PMI-SP
Experience developing and deploying standardized planning templates/procedures
Experience with vendor/contract management including statement of work development, rate negotiation, and performance governance
5+ years of developing program strategies and plans, driving execution, and influencing senior stakeholders experience
Master's degree

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