Sr PM, Risk Management Program, GEMS D&C, GEMS D&C, Quality Management

Amazon•Arlington, VA

18h

About The Position

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our Global Engineering, Maintenance, & Sustainability - Design & Construction Quality Management team as a Senior Program Manager, specializing in Risk Management. The Senior Program Manager will play a critical role for defining process risk within the Preconstruction and Construction Execution team and benchmark the processes within the different business units globally. They will be responsible for defining risk standards, governance, and framework. The team will benchmark processes across facility and infrastructure Pre-Construction and Construction lifecycle. Travel up to 60% within assigned regions regional 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. A day in the life Amazon Benefits: Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3. Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

Requirements

5+ 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
Bachelor's degree in business, data science, public administration, finance, engineering, human resources or related field
Experience in Risk Management Standards, Governance, and Framework
Experience in facility and infrastructure construction management
PMP

Nice To Haves

Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field

Responsibilities

Utilize industry standard methodologies to include PMP and Lean Six Sigma based continuous improvement methodologies to engage teams to solve customer problems.
Provide oversight of D&C's risk management program
Establish and scale the organizations risk management standards, governance, and framework.
Drive speed, quality, and simplification by eliminating rework loops, reducing and automating manual work and hand-offs, identifying and implementing best practices across the business, and minimizing process variability through standardization and automation.
Motivate others to achieve impeccable quality in an explosive growth and deadline-driven environment.
Diagnose Amazon processes, identify improvement opportunities, prescribe improvement strategies, and guide the improvement effort.
Responsible for leading and driving process improvements (short-term wins) as well as process design / redesign (long-term wins) efforts.
Create global best practice documentation and facilitate sharing across the globe.
Maintain close relationships with internal stakeholders and understanding our highest priority execution pain-points and opportunities, which will translate into benchmarking initiatives that improve processes, tools, and team capabilities.