Corporate Real Estate Business Partner, Devices, GREF Business Partnering

Amazon • San Francisco, CA

10d

About The Position

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 who’s 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 the Devices and Services (D&S) business
unit, working with the org's and GREF’s senior leaders.

You'll develop plans and strategies that align with Devices and Services
headcount, specialty space (ie. labs), and location requirements globally. These
will be created and approved in partnership with Devices leadership, business
finance and GREF cross functional stakeholders.

Our core objective is to connect business operating plans to GREF's operating
plan; to do so, we engage directly with stakeholders across all Amazon business
orgs and GREF teams. As a result, we deliver business real estate requirements,
real estate transaction rationale, and business line reporting.

Requirements

• 6+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Experience in corporate real estate strategy, transactions, operations, design and construction.

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 D&S 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 D&S strategies across organizations and regions
• Provide thought leadership, industry best practices and market insights to D&S leadership to inform recommendations and decisions

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager