As part of the World Wide Engineering & Innovation (WWEI) org, we are seeking a customer focused leader to lead the Planning, Strategy, Launch, and Expansion of the North American Sort Center network. This Sr. leader will lead the Engineering roadmap for the 120+ site sort center network planning through strategic planning of major capacity and automation initiatives. This role partners with internal and external cross-functional teams to transform high-level objectives across capacity, non-capacity, and productivity initiatives, encompassing long-term planning build requirements and comprehensive capital justifications that enable programmatic actualization.
The leader manages programs from initial conception through go-live with end-to-end schedule, quality, and ownership, ensuring alignment across planning and execution goals. The role creates cohesive, actionable plans that drive informed network investment decisions across six integrated functional areas: Build Plan 3YF+, Infrastructure Strategy & Asset Management, OP/SPS Planning Cycles, Post-Beta Pilot Network Rollouts, Innovations & Expansions, and Network Initiatives.
This position oversees network-wide capacity build plans, multi-site engineering initiatives for network optimization, strategic automation expansions, programmatic funding support for Alpha/Beta pilots, and comprehensive asset portfolio management including hibernations, operational exits, transfers, lease decisions, and network strategy integration.
Key job responsibilities
This leader will lead comprehensive 3-year+ capacity planning for the Sortation network, managing programs from initial conception through go-live with downstream end-to-end program management. This includes leading capital funding approval processes, securing capital funds with rigorous business case development, and driving project execution from conception through CAR funding approval for new launches, retrofits, and capacity initiatives.
The leader will establish governance frameworks to reduce supplemental funding requests (10% YoY) through improved estimation accuracy and spend controls, while managing cross-functional coordination bridging planning and execution teams, identifying and mitigating project risks. The role oversees comprehensive asset management synthesizing engineering strategies with long-term planning outlooks, including strategic property portfolio management for lease renewals, exits, and standardization initiatives.
The leader manages innovation network deployment, driving tactical implementation planning, CAR funding justification, and standardized deployment strategies. This leader manages comprehensive OP1/OP2/SPS planning cycles integrating inputs from various organizations across capacity and non-capacity initiatives, synthesizing complex requirements into cohesive senior leadership level documentation.
This role ensures launch and expansion quality meets >90% launch quality targets across execution and operational metrics, through cross-functional mechanisms with granular critical path milestone tracking. The role drives SLA accountability and risk management with commitment to dates and zero project level delays, while leading and developing a team of engineering managers and program managers across functional areas, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, data-driven decision making, and end-to-end ownership.
About the team
This is the Engineering Planning, Strategy, Launch, and Expansion team accountable for engineering deliverables coordinating the planning and execution across various engineering and program teams enabling Operations to meet annual customer demands.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in team management
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain/Logistics, or a related field
- 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- Experience creating and implementing large-scale programs
- Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership while working cross functionally across several teams
- Experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving, or experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: data center or network capacity planning, data center or network infrastructure program/project management, or related technical fields
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
- Experience in Logistics, Distribution or Fulfillment processes
- Experience working with Material Handling Equipment (MHE) integrators
- Experience in solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits), or experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
- Experience assessing portfolio opportunity to make the appropriate long term strategic investments while maintaining the short-term delivery of leads
- Experience with process optimization
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TN, Nashville - 136,200.00 - 184,300.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 151,400.00 - 204,800.00 USD annually
