Sr. Program Manager, Capital Planning , Amazon Last Mile

About the role

The SCALE (Strategic Capital, Asset Lifecycle, and Expansions) organization within Amazon Last Mile is seeking a Sr. Program Manager, Capital Planning to join our Capital & Construction Business Operations (CCBO) team. This role will own the end-to-end capital approval process for Last Mile's development portfolio — from OP budget planning through Capital Appropriation Request (CAR) creation and approval routing. You will be the connective tissue between senior leadership, construction execution teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring capital is approved efficiently and with the strategic context leadership needs to make informed decisions as we scale Amazon's delivery network.

Key job responsibilities

OP Budget Planning & Guidance Cycles

• Lead OP1/OP2 and quarterly guidance cycles end-to-end, including timelines, stakeholder coordination, and estimation
• Build budget inputs by aggregating development costs across business lines (AMZL, RSR) by building type and design configuration
• Produce benchmark analyses and coordinate with Finance on averages and variance bridging
• Develop written OP/Guidance narrative documents for leadership review, providing strategic context alongside the numbers

Capital Appropriation Requests (CARs)

• Own and manage the CAR process end-to-end for new development CARs (Real Estate, Land, Pre-Construction, Construction, Startup)
• Maintain and continuously improve CAR Funding Templates and standardized white paper formats
• Engage cross-functional POCs (Real Estate, Pre-Construction, Construction, Finance) and assemble comprehensive CAR packages
• Lead CAR scheduling, doc reviews, leadership presentations, and action item follow-ups
• Route CARs through Amazon Approvals and manage the full approval lifecycle

Cost Stewardship & Tracking

• Maintain a macro-level schedule lookahead across the portfolio to inform planning cycles and resource allocation
• Monitor portfolio-wide cost posture from OP through CAR
• Serve as a quality gate on cost accuracy at each CAR milestone prior to submission
• Identify and escalate cost outliers or trends requiring leadership attention
• Contribute to WBR/MBR reporting on capital approval metrics and portfolio health

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Build repeatable processes to improve CAR creation efficiency, including AI-powered automation via QuickSight
• Drive standardization across business units to enable consistent processes and shared best practices
• Measure and report on CAR cycle-time KPIs (OP-to-CAR accuracy, on-time delivery, revision rates)

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Knowledge of general AI tools
• Experience designing, implementing, and scaling upskilling, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions

Pay

• USA, TN, Nashville: 104,100.00 - 155,400.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Bellevue: 115,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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 and restricted stock units (RSUs)

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