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Sr. Pre-construction Manager, Worldwide Grocery Stores-Retail Pre-Construction

Amazon
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/5/2026
Description

Join the Worldwide Grocery Store's Pre-construction team and work across Whole Foods and Amazon retail formats. We're seeking a Sr. Pre-Construction Manager to collaborate cross-functionally with Landlords, Real Estate, Design, Construction, and Legal Teams throughout the pre-construction phase.

Our ideal candidate is highly skilled, detail-oriented, and customer-focused. You excel at managing stakeholder expectations, schedules, budgets, and scopes with precision. You identify efficiency opportunities, develop long-term strategies, and adapt quickly to changing business needs. You're the right fit if you demonstrate strong end-user focus and passion for quality work, are a self-starter with creative problem-solving abilities and critical thinking skills and efficiently plan and prioritize deliverables across multiple projects and working groups. You make confident, timely decisions without waiting for direction, take ownership of your work with sound judgment and effective negotiation skills, and thrive in a collaborative, entrepreneurial, start-up environment.

This role requires someone who wears many hats, displays initiative, and brings both professionalism and a sense of humor to their work.

Key job responsibilities

  • Manage projects and effectively influence, negotiate, and communicate with internal and external business partners.
  • Act as the single point of contact to Landlords and Developers to negotiate Work Letters/Leases and coordinate due diligence.
  • Establish pre-construction project budgets.
  • Coordinate Tenant’s requirements with Landlords including utility requirements.
  • Evaluate site feasibility including truck routing plans.
  • Mange projects efficiently through the pre-construction phase to ensure a timely and thorough hand off to the construction team.
  • Review and approve Landlord’s base building plans.
  • Responsible for approval of developer/landlord building envelope delivery.
  • Create cost-benefit analysis and highlight risks to support decision making.
  • Establish effective relationships along with an understanding of municipalities and permit processes.
  • Lead meetings, produce minutes, and strive for a collaborative team environment.
  • Demonstrate exceptional written communication, verbal communication, and organizational skills.
  • Navigate ambiguous business environments and manage change.
  • Partner effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify solutions, remove roadblocks, and consistently deliver results.
  • Enable informed decision-making while leading and contributing to strategic cross-functional initiatives.
  • Self-motivated, able to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
  • Travel up to 30% depending on project needs with average travel around 20% of the time.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications
  • Experience reading and interpreting lease language, managing critical lease dates, and conducting lease negotiations
  • Experience in creating and managing budgets
  • Experience with MS Office, in particular MS Excel
  • 7 years of project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience in analyzing data to drive decisions
  • Experience negotiating Leases, specifically Work Letters.
  • Experience with Smartsheet, Salesforce, Procore and similar real estate, project and portfolio management tools.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, NJ, Jersey City - 142,900.00 - 193,300.00 USD annually

USA, TX, AUSTIN - 129,900.00 - 175,700.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 129,900.00 - 175,700.00 USD annually


Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A3197706

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