Sr. Manager, Cost Management, Worldwide Grocery Stores - Growth & Development
About The Position
Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores, Growth & Development team is searching for a Sr. Manager, Cost Management. This role is an opportunity to lead program-level financial accountability and controllership for one of the world's most ambitious physical retail networks and own cost intelligence, vendor performance, and financial governance across the Store Development team who supports more than 600+ grocery locations across North America and Europe. As Senior Manager of Cost Management, you'll lead a program management team that informs how we invest, operate, and scale across hundreds of grocery locations. This role is engaged in the full picture, leading the function responsible for financial accountability across the full development lifecycle: cost intelligence, vendor performance, and the governance that keeps every dollar accountable. Construction strategy, Repairs & Maintenance (R&M) performance, and executive reporting all flow through your team and the output directly impacts decisions made by the most senior leaders in the business. You'll drive AI strategy for Store Development by coordinating across teams, influencing prioritization, and driving adoption of AI-powered tools so the right capabilities get resourced, implemented, and measured for real impact across the portfolio.
Requirements
- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of team management experience
- Experience defining and executing program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- 6+ years of construction cost management experience
- Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Finance, Business, or a related field
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AI/ML technologies
- Experience in a procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding
- Experience in retail or grocery construction or facilities management
- Experience with programmatic cost management across multiple projects or locations
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of program managers delivering financial accountability and controllership across cost analytics, vendor lifecycle management, and executive financial reporting.
- Set the strategic direction for cost-to-build baseline development and cost modeling across all store formats, serving as the senior escalation point.
- Oversee the team that owns the full R&M vendor lifecycle - contracting, onboarding, performance management, rate validation, and invoice auditing - for Whole Foods Market and Daily Shop locations.
- Own executive-level cost and vendor performance reporting to senior and VP-level leadership, including monthly goal tracking and quarterly business reviews.
- Serve as the single-threaded AI leader for Store Development and drive requirements, testing, and adoption of AI-powered cost and vendor management platforms.
- Drive cross-functional alignment across construction, design, capital planning, procurement, finance, and facilities on cost control goals and financial guardrails.
- Lead process improvement, governance, and controls across construction management and vendor management systems to drive consistency, data integrity, and scalability across the portfolio.
Benefits
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
