Sr. Pre-construction Manager, Worldwide Grocery Stores - Retail Pre-Construction

About the role

Join the Worldwide Grocery Store's Pre-construction team and work across Whole Foods and Amazon retail formats. We're seeking a Sr. Pre-Construction Manager to collaborate cross-functionally with Landlords, Real Estate, Design, Construction, and Legal Teams throughout the pre-construction phase. Our ideal candidate is highly skilled, detail-oriented, and customer-focused, excelling at managing stakeholder expectations, schedules, budgets, and scopes with precision. You identify efficiency opportunities, develop long-term strategies, and adapt quickly to changing business needs.

This role requires strong end-user focus, creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and the ability to efficiently plan and prioritize deliverables across multiple projects. You must make confident, timely decisions, take ownership of your work with sound judgment and effective negotiation skills, and thrive in a collaborative, entrepreneurial, start-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and effectively influence, negotiate, and communicate with internal and external business partners.
• Act as the single point of contact to Landlords and Developers to negotiate Work Letters/Leases and coordinate due diligence.
• Establish pre-construction project budgets.
• Coordinate Tenant’s requirements with Landlords including utility requirements.
• Evaluate site feasibility including truck routing plans.
• Manage projects efficiently through the pre-construction phase to ensure a timely and thorough hand-off to the construction team.
• Review and approve Landlord’s base building plans.
• Responsible for approval of developer/landlord building envelope delivery.
• Create cost-benefit analysis and highlight risks to support decision making.
• Establish effective relationships along with an understanding of municipalities and permit processes.
• Lead meetings, produce minutes, and strive for a collaborative team environment.
• Demonstrate exceptional written communication, verbal communication, and organizational skills.
• Navigate ambiguous business environments and manage change.
• Partner effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify solutions, remove roadblocks, and consistently deliver results.
• Enable informed decision-making while leading and contributing to strategic cross-functional initiatives.
• Travel up to 30% depending on project needs with average travel around 15-20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications.
• Experience in creating and managing budgets.
• Proficiency with MS Office, particularly MS Excel.
• 7+ years of project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience analyzing data to drive decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience negotiating Leases, specifically Work Letters.
• Experience with Smartsheet, Salesforce, Procore, and similar real estate, project, and portfolio management tools.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Pay

• USA, NJ, Jersey City: $142,900.00 - $193,300.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin: $129,900.00 - $175,700.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington: $129,900.00 - $175,700.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle: $129,900.00 - $175,700.00 USD annually

Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.