Design Program Manager, Global Realty Building Design & Engineering

About the position

Be a part of shaping Amazon's industrial building portfolio! Your expertise in applying technology to architectural design and construction will deliver insights into what makes our facilities industry leading. Amazon is seeking a Design Program Manager (DPM) within the Global Realty Building Design and Engineering (GR BD&E) team, who is responsible for developing innovative and sustainable customer fulfillment and logistics building design solutions for Worldwide Operations. The successful candidate will support cross functional teams by creating Amazon's design criteria and building design templates that govern the design of these technologically advanced facilities. This includes responsibility for coordination of up to 30 technical, operational, and functional stakeholder groups representing internal operations, process design, engineering, critical security and safety in the development of integrated facility designs.

Responsibilities

• Support a multi-disciplinary team that is creating sustainable, efficient, economical, and standardized customer fulfillment and logistics building designs in North America
• Coordinate and collaborate with a wide variety of internal operations, design, and engineering stakeholders to increase the efficiency and efficacy of the building design program.
• Demonstrate performance that serves as a model of excellence establishing business requirements, design team collaboration, and stakeholder alignment.
• Direct third-party architects, engineers and designers responsible for creating the building design templates (i.e. prototypes) for customer fulfillment and logistics buildings.
• Support workshops that drive alignment on key issues for new building designs and initiatives to drive the associate experience, operational efficiency, and reduction of first and lifecycle costs.
• Conduct technical reviews of building models to develop efficient workflow practices. Improve production, procedures, visualizations, standards, and methodologies to increase efficiency and quality.
• Provide project support for operations network buildings including fulfillment, sortation, and/or last mile facilities.
• Drive compliance of Amazon's worldwide design standards.
• Develop strategic building solutions which meet or exceed our quality requirements and drive value engineering and standardization across all aspects of the facility.

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience
• Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies, related to infrastructure (i.e. network, data center, hardware, software)
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, engineering, building design, or similar
• Architect with 5+ years of experience leading technical industrial or similar projects
• Experience with building design and construction project management, including programming, design, construction, and operations, as well as project planning for scope, schedule, and budgets
• Vendor management of subconsultant teams from RFP through project completion
• Demonstrated expertise in software programs for BIM360, Revit, Bluebeam, and/or AutoCAD
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners and drive solutions with multiple stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in architecture, engineering, or business
• Support scalable ML solutions that positively impact building efficiency, sustainability, and utilization
• Knowledge of database management systems, arcGIS and/or AWS products
• Architectural Registration, Professional Engineer Registration, CEM and/or other building professional accreditation
• LEED AP BD+C and/or PHIUS+ certification
• PMP certification
• Proven experience implementing and managing a building design program including development of templates (aka prototypes), technical specifications, and design standards
• Technological strategy knowledge and understanding in support of architectural innovation in the industry
• Dive Deep to help understand product processing and integration with buildings
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous situation and navigate blockers and deliver projects
• Invent and create simplified products to support customer goals.
• Strong competency with time management, organization, and attention to detail

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan