Sr. Program Manager, Industrial L&E, WWGS BizOps

About the role

Description Drive the future of Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Supply Chain as a Sr. Program Manager leading high-impact launches and retrofits across our expanding industrial real estate portfolio. Join the Industrial Launch & Execution team where you'll orchestrate strategic initiatives for distribution centers that power Whole Foods Market and Amazon Grocery Logistics operations. We're seeking an experienced Sr. Program Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives, change management, and operational excellence across our growing grocery industrial footprint.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex, cross-functional programs for new and existing grocery distribution center launches, plus ASRS and operational retrofits, delivering ambitious goals across Operations, Construction, Real Estate, and Design teams.
• Lead end-to-end project execution for industrial facilities ranging from 60k to 1M square feet with sophisticated mechanical, electrical, and automation systems, ensuring seamless transitions from construction to operations.
• Develop and standardize scalable processes and mechanisms that become the blueprint for network-wide expansion, eliminating ambiguity and reducing churn across the organization.
• Orchestrate operational readiness activities, coordinating across Senior Operations Managers, Construction Managers, Reliability & Maintenance Engineering, and Workplace Health & Safety to ensure successful project launches.
• Own program communication and stakeholder management, presenting project status, metrics, and recommendations to leadership teams while accelerating progress through crisp decision-making and proactive issue escalation.
• Influence internal and external stakeholders without formal authority, driving adoption of new processes and change management initiatives across diverse teams.
• Manage multiple concurrent priorities simultaneously, demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and ability to context-switch between tactical execution and strategic planning.

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

Qualifications

• 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

Skills

• Strong ownership mindset
• Scoping projects
• Developing standardized processes
• Cross-functional coordination
• Effective communication
• Project management software proficiency

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Pay

Base salary range: $115,600.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

Regional travel up to 25%