Real Estate Program Manager, Global Business Partnering, (GBP) ID-6104

January 7, 2025

Description

The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team provides real estate transaction expertise, business partnering, occupancy planning, capital investment management, workplace strategy and facility operations for Amazon’s corporate office portfolio globally. This role is on the Global Business Partnering (GBP) team who’s overarching purpose is to create a bridge between each business unit and GREF to align real estate strategies in support of business objectives. As a Manager on GREF’s Business Partnering team, you will serve as a business partner (BP) for the Global Media & Entertainment (GME) business units, working with the org's and GREF’s senior leaders. This includes two separate business units – Prime Video & Studios (PVS); and Audio, Twitch & Games (ATG).

This role serves as a critical link between Amazon’s global media businesses and GREF’s services and programs, requiring extensive cross-functional collaboration. It focuses on two key objectives: 1) identifying and addressing defects within ATG & PVS corporate real estate to enhance operational performance and support GREF’s scalability, and 2) amplifying the impact of GREF’s products and programs to drive improved customer experiences and operational efficiencies.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned leader who thrives in entrepreneurial environments and quickly earns trust. They possess a deep understanding of corporate real estate and workplace experience challenges, combined with strong vision, leadership, and communication abilities. This individual is adept at engaging with C-Suite executives, navigating ambiguity, and diving deep to deliver results that prioritize customer needs.

You will implement real estate and workplace reporting mechanisms to support Amazon leaders with the data, analytics, and insights necessary to inform their business goals and spend approvals.

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Key job responsibilities

Partner across enterprise partners (e.g., Finance, PXT, Public Relations, Legal, Security), all cross-functional GREF real estate teams, Corporate FP&A, and Public Policy to support executive leaders in managing through ambiguity while inspecting and understanding the consequences of choices and trade-offs.
Build systems and tracking mechanisms to deliver agreed upon SLAs.
Establish rhythm of business for each org, integrating GREF into business-level OP1/OP2 planning process and WBR/MBR/QBR cadence.
Implement reporting mechanisms to support leaders with data, analytics, metrics and research to make the best decisions.
Balance expectations and needs with Amazon fiduciary stewardship, as well as cost savings mandates and GREF standards/protocols.
Lead and support the development and delivery of S-team executive-level real estate presentations, recommendations, and business cases; incorporate input from GREF teams to secure decisions and alignment for those presentations.
Oversee issue escalation processes
Partner with GREF teams and external stakeholders to drive the successful development, implementation, and execution of GREF strategies across organizations and regions
Provide thought leadership, industry best practices and market insights to PVS & ATG leadership to inform recommendations and decisions.

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
5+ years of delivering cross functional projects experience
Bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience