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

Amazon • Jersey City, NJ

3d • $81,200 - $181,600 • Remote

About The Position

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. As our portfolio scales, information must flow end-to-end with minimal manual intervention, and every team member from Design to Construction Project Managers to Store Operations must be appropriately equipped to operate within governed, consistent processes. You will own that outcome - not by managing individual projects, but by designing, governing, and continuously improving the systems, standards, and tools that construction teams operate within so that our team can successfully execute individual project outcomes.

Requirements

• 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)

Nice To Haves

• 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

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.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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