Construction Project Manager- Area Lead, GREF – Workplace Design & Construction (WD&C)

Amazon is hiring a Construction Project Manager- Area Lead, GREF – Workplace Design & Construction (WD&C) in San Jose, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

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The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team provides real estate transaction expertise, business partnering, space & occupancy planning, design and construction, capital investment program management and facility maintenance and operations for Amazon’s corporate office portfolio across multiple countries. We partner with suppliers to ensure quality, innovation and operational excellence with Amazon’s business and utilize customer driven feedback to continuously improve and exceed employee expectations.
The Global Construction (GC) team under GREF is looking for a Construction Area Manager (Level 6, CM III) to lead the Area 3 portfolio that corresponds to the Southeast United States and Latin America. This leader will drive the construction services across the Area, including new builds, retrofits, renovations, expansions, decommissions, and program initiatives from design through construction, closeout and occupancy. You will lead a team of Construction Managers overseeing the construction, renovation, and decommissioning of multiple corporate facilities across a large geographic footprint—including planning, design, and facility construction. You will partner with internal and external stakeholders to establish and follow scope, budget, and schedule commitments, and you will own the execution and standardization of construction related processes across the Area.
Key competencies include defining Area-level construction strategy, managing cross-functional stakeholder relationships, driving financial governance across multiple currencies and regulatory environments, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of capital projects, vendor governance, talent development, and safety program ownership. Translating technical documents into a clear end-to-end narrative, including detailed risk analysis for leaders and customers is essential. This role combines construction management, project delivery, real estate development, design oversight, multi-disciplinary coordination, contract management, and organizational leadership across eight countries.
This position requires travel of up to 25% within the assigned region. Outside of required travel, this position is office-based; however, Amazon encourages open communication about unique needs for flexible arrangements.

Key job responsibilities
• Define the Area's construction strategy and delivery standards, ensuring consistent execution across eight countries and multiple regulatory environments. Translate direction from leadership into Area-specific operating models adapted to local conditions.
• Lead a team of Construction Managers for the GREF Area 3 portfolio—overseeing project management services, design services, and external partner performance for complex projects.
• Represent GREF construction delivery to Country Leaders (LATAM) who serve as customer stakeholders. Navigate competing country-level priorities and negotiate resource allocation.
• Own the Area's financial governance—defining cost controls, reporting cadences, and change-management protocols across multiple currencies and regulatory environments.
• Work with internal stakeholders and external partners to secure resources, create and uphold contractual terms, and drive delivery. Influence and negotiate across a cross-functional network
• Manage vendor procurement and oversee professional service providers, ensuring competencies meet requirements. Own vendor selection, performance standards, and termination decisions for all General Contractor (GC) and specialty trade partners within the Area.
• Prepare project status and risk reports and concise summaries to present to leadership. Write effective narratives.
• Coordinate with the authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) on projects to ensure regulatory compliance and smooth execution.
• Drive continuous improvement—creating sustainable and repeatable processes, streamlining excess process and risk, and recommending improvements to how projects are scoped, built, tested, and deployed across the region.

Basic qualifications

- 7+ years of project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of directly managing and responsible for multiple large projects experience
- Experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner's project management representative or in other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines
- Speak, write, and read fluently in French and English with respect to complex technical instructions and concepts

Preferred qualifications

- Experience in commercial real estate or lease administration within an industrial, commercial, and/or data center environment
- Experience operating within at least two disciplines within the construction industry, such as Contracting, Owners Representation, Architecture, Design and Engineering, Commercial Development, analysis and control of construction costs or similar

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How we rate this

Construction Project Manager- Area Lead, GREF – Workplace Design & Construction (WD&C) at Amazon rates 37 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
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Key facts

Construction Project Manager- Area Lead, GREF – Workplace Design & Construction (WD&C) is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in CR, San Jose.
The job was posted on October 8, 2026.
Seniority: lead.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon