AmazonDesign Program Manager – EU Amazon Logistics (AMZL) Standards Management, Global Building Design and Engineering
Amazon is hiring a Design Program Manager – EU Amazon Logistics (AMZL) Standards Management, Global Building Design and Engineering in Madrid, Spain. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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Key job responsibilities
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams to support the end-to-end delivery of EU AMZL design initiatives, ensuring programs are executed with precision and pace
- Contribute to the development and documentation of building design standards for EU AMZL and sub-programs, working within established frameworks
- Support cross-regional and cross-program initiatives to ensure EU design standards are globally informed and transferable across Amazon's logistics network
- Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, bringing structure and clarity to complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Qualify, track, and drive design change proposals through the standards governance process, aligning stakeholders and monitoring outcomes until changes are adopted
- Produce clear, data-driven documentation and communications in English, and present findings to senior stakeholders
- Conduct cross-regional benchmarking by leveraging curiosity about other markets and cultures to identify transferable design and cost efficiencies
- Travel across the EU up to 30% of the time to support program delivery, site reviews, and stakeholder engagement
A day in the life
Indicative - You start by reviewing active EU AMZL initiative status, identifying blockers and aligning priorities. You connect with engineering, construction, and operations partners across time zones to move proposals forward and keep delivery on track. Mid-morning, you review design change proposals or prepare documentation to drive stakeholder alignment. In the afternoon, you translate technical decisions into clear, structured standards outputs for EU teams to adopt. You close with a cross-regional check-in, drawing on benchmarking insights from other markets to sharpen EU program recommendations. No two days are identical, but every day moves something forward.
About the team
Amazon's Global Building Design and Engineering (GBDE) team defines and maintains the physical infrastructure standards behind one of the world's most complex logistics networks. Operating across multiple regions — including North America, Europe, and International (covering markets such as LATAM and India) — GBDE works at the intersection of design, engineering, and program delivery, translating strategic direction into standards that scale across hundreds of facilities globally. The team collaborates closely with construction, operations, and technology partners to ensure standards are rigorous, globally informed, and continuously improved through cross-regional benchmarking and alignment.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner's project management representative or in other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- Experience with operations/supply chain
- Experience in operations management of fulfillment or distribution centers
- Experience running metrics reports, analyzing data to identify problems and using data analysis to generate and explain metrics
- Speak, write, and read fluently in French, Spanish, German or Italian
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How we rate this
Design Program Manager – EU Amazon Logistics (AMZL) Standards Management, Global Building Design and Engineering at Amazon rates 36 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.
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