Sr. Pre-Construction Manager, North America Quick Commerce

Amazon's Quick Commerce team is revolutionizing the customer experience through sub-30-minute delivery by rapidly scaling a first-of-its-kind micro-fulfillment network across North America. We are seeking a highly motivated Sr. Pre-Construction Manager to serve as a senior individual contributor responsible for leading pre-construction strategy and execution across a portfolio of complex retail and logistics projects. This role is ideal for a strategic builder who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can influence cross-functional stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions. The Sr. Pre-Construction Manager will own site due diligence, design development, budgeting, permitting strategy, procurement coordination, and pre-construction execution while partnering closely with Real Estate, Design, Construction, Launch, Operations, Legal, and external consultants. This individual will play a critical role in enabling accelerated delivery timelines while maintaining high standards for cost, quality, and operational readiness. Successful candidates bring deep experience in construction management, architecture, engineering, development, or owner-side project delivery. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise, operational rigor, executive communication skills, and the ability to influence without direct authority while driving complex initiatives across a broad stakeholder network. Key job responsibilities - Own pre-construction execution across a portfolio of Quick Commerce tenant improvement and conversion projects, ensuring alignment on scope, schedule, budget, and launch milestones. - Lead site due diligence activities, including entitlement review, utility coordination, zoning analysis, permitting strategy, MEP feasibility, and landlord coordination. - Drive cross-functional alignment with Real Estate, Design, Construction, Launch, Operations, Finance, and Legal to enable successful project delivery. - Develop and implement standardized processes, scalable mechanisms, and reporting tools that improve portfolio execution and support network expansion. - Lead RFP development, bid leveling, contractor and consultant procurement, and pre-construction budgeting activities. - Review conceptual and detailed designs to optimize operational functionality, constructability, schedule, and cost. - Identify, assess, and resolve permitting, jurisdictional, landlord, utility, and design risks throughout the pre-construction lifecycle. - Present project status, budgets, schedules, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing costs, shortening project timelines, increasing launch readiness, and improving program standardization. - Partner with Construction and Launch teams to ensure seamless transitions from pre-construction through project execution and operational handoff. - Serve as a subject matter expert, providing technical guidance and influencing strategic decisions across the broader Quick Commerce development portfolio. ## Basic qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering - 5+ years of construction or project management, or 5+ years of relevant discipline work experience - 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 in tax, finance or a related analytical field - Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders - Experience analyzing large datasets and translating them to actionable business insight - Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment ## Preferred qualifications - PMP, or PMP certificate - Experience influencing at all levels w…