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Principal Program Manager, WHS Central Programs

Amazon

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About the Role

As Principal Program Manager for WW WHS Central Programs, you will own the delivery of Amazon's most complex, high-impact safety projects and drive critical business operations across the global WHS organization. This role combines leading multi-year, large-scale safety initiatives with strategic operations, reporting to the Director of WHS Central Programs. What You'll Do

  • Own end-to-end delivery of WHS's most complex, high-capex projects that deliver the highest safety entitlement across the network, such as Load Quality technology.

  • Lead multi-year, cross-functional engineering control projects including automation, ergonomic solutions, material handling equipment, and other large-scale solutions.

  • Ensure projects deliver on time and within budget across all Amazon business units and geographies.

  • Drive execution excellence through rigorous program management, anticipating and mitigating risks before they impact delivery.

  • Own and drive WHS goal-setting processes, facilitating alignment meetings with VPs and Directors across the organization, and reporting on safety initiatives.

  • Serve as a strategic partner to WHS leadership on portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, and organizational planning.

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with Directors and VPs across WHS, Operations, Finance, and Engineering to ensure successful project adoption and sustained safety improvements.

  • Track and report on project delivery metrics including on-time delivery rate, capex plan adherence, and safety entitlement achievement; provide regular updates to senior leadership; develop insights from project and incident data to inform portfolio planning. What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • 7+ years of program or project management experience

  • 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

  • 7+ years of managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience

  • Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization

  • Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

  • Experience delivering projects within scope, time, budget and quality Nice to Have

  • MBA

  • 10+ years of program or project management experience

  • Experience working with, presenting to and influencing senior executives up to VP level

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