Job Description
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
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)
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Bellevue, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Automotive Assemblyunmatched
- Benchmarkingunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Business Operationsunmatched
- Capital Appropriation Request (CAR)unmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Fundingunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Metricsunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Process Managementunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Real Estateunmatched
- Real Estate Developmentunmatched
- Resource Managementunmatched
- Startupunmatched
- Stewardshipunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- White Papersunmatched
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