Sr. Pre-Construction Manager, North America Quick Commerce
About The Position
Amazon’s Quick Commerce team is revolutionizing the customer experience through sub-30-minute delivery, rapidly scaling micro-fulfillment sites across North America. We are seeking a highly motivated Sr. Pre-Construction Manager to lead a team responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of pre-construction activities supporting this first-of-its-kind retail and logistics network. This role is ideal for a strategic builder and people leader who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can drive scalable mechanisms across a rapidly expanding portfolio. The Pre-Construction Manager will oversee site due diligence, design development, budgeting, permitting strategy, procurement coordination, and pre-construction execution while partnering closely with Real Estate, Design, Construction, Launch, Operations, Legal, and external consultants. This individual will play a critical role in enabling accelerated delivery timelines while maintaining high standards for cost, quality, and operational readiness. Successful candidates will bring experience leading teams within construction management, architecture, engineering, development, or owner-side project delivery organizations. The ideal candidate combines strong technical knowledge with operational rigor, executive communication skills, and a bias for action.
Requirements
- Experience in project or program management
- Experience conducting financial business case analysis and translating information into useful formats to draw conclusions
- Experience in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience
- Experience managing construction, pre-construction, architecture, engineering, or development teams across multiple projects simultaneously
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing teams who deliver on defined goals and timelines
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- Master's degree in Construction Management
- Strong Design, Engineering, or Construction Management experience in the commercial, or industrial warehouse industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Pre-Construction Managers supporting a large-scale portfolio of Quick Commerce tenant improvement and conversion projects
- Own pre-construction strategy across multiple active sites, ensuring alignment on scope, schedule, budget, and launch milestones
- Drive site due diligence activities including entitlement review, utility coordination, zoning analysis, permitting strategy, MEP feasibility, and landlord coordination
- Partner with internal stakeholders to establish standardized processes, scalable mechanisms, and reporting tools that support rapid portfolio expansion
- Manage RFP processes, bid leveling, contractor and consultant procurement, and pre-construction budgeting efforts
- Review conceptual and detailed designs to ensure operational functionality, constructability, schedule feasibility, and cost optimization
- Coordinate closely with Design, Construction, Launch, Operations, and external partners to proactively identify and mitigate project risks
- Serve as escalation point for complex permitting, jurisdictional, landlord, or design challenges impacting project delivery
- Present budgets, schedules, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing cost, shortening timelines, improving launch readiness, and enhancing standardization across programs
- Ensure projects transition seamlessly from pre-construction into active construction and launch phases
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)
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
