GEMS Startup Project Manager, Global Engineering, Materials, & Sustainability (GEMS)

Amazon • Houston, TX

6d • $74,200 - $129,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Project Manager, for GEMS Startup, you will work closely with First, Middle and Last Mile AMXL stakeholders to successfully deliver projects that allow Amazon to continue to honor our customer delivery promise. You will be able to immerse yourself in program and project management activities that will continuously challenge you. This role requires up to 80% travel 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.

Requirements

• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
• Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, coordinate and track to completion all activities necessary for partner execution teams to successfully launch new builds, retrofits and expansions in support of the First, Middle and Last Mile network.
• Ensure the installation of all finishing aspects and equipment that make a building functional to process volume for our customers.
• Drive project execution, standardization and process improvement.
• Build partnerships and lead through influence with contractors, installation vendors, construction and engineering teams along with other stakeholders to meet project milestones.
• Collaborate with all project teams to meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Support program initiative goals by delivering projects of varying complexity.
• Ensure contracted resources deliver work on time and within safety, quality and budget requirements.
• Own projects from kick-off to close-out while also executing program level initiatives to better the organization.
• Lead by influencing stakeholders through a cadence of business meetings, site visits and technical discussions.
• Physically be on site to meet project goals and roll up your sleeves with a Bias for Action to get things done and support project execution.
• Execute scope in a construction environment.
• Coordinate with vendors and contractors, removing barriers, working across teams, communicating project status and risk, using internal and external software and driving results.
• Lead by example when on site, communicating across stakeholders up to PMO.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be provided.
• 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: Mid Level