Sr. Pre-Construction Manager, North America Quick Commerce

About the role

The 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.

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
• Conduct 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
• Closely coordinate with Design, Construction, Launch, Operations, and external partners to proactively identify and mitigate project risks
• 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

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

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge with operational rigor
• Executive communication skills
• A bias for action

Skills

• Strategic builder and people leader
• Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Enables accelerated delivery timelines
• Maintains high standards for cost, quality, and operational readiness

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.