Project Director - Design and Construction

As a member of the Global Real Estate & Facilities (GREF) team overseeing corporate office space, this position will manage Workplace Design & Construction (D&C) projects in India. This role combines team leadership with deep design, project management, and construction management expertise, while maintaining a customer centric approach. We seek a Construction Manager who demonstrates proven success in a fast-growing real estate organization delivering large scale corporate office projects on time and on budget.

This person must be comfortable operating on both the strategic and tactical levels, simultaneously diving deep into projects while delivering multiple projects and managing through ambiguity. A proven track-record, expertise, passion for construction management, and strong financial acumen are critical.

The optimal candidate is an experienced and engaging professional who will excel within an entrepreneurial culture – providing vision, leadership, and communication – not afraid to dive deep into details. Represent GREF to internal customers for the design, build, and delivery of office space

Partner with project managers, architects, design consultants, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure decisions are made at the appropriate level and Amazon's priorities are the driving factor.

Accountable for capital management, project service delivery, and coordination of GREF and project stakeholder input such as Facilities, Sustainability, Procurement, Legal, Tax, Compliance, Transactions, Finance teams, security, Infra-technology and system etc.

Collaborate with peers on a consistent global experience for customers, while respecting and adhering to local codes, regulations and customs.

Lead and develop a diverse team where employees feel empowered, supported and successful. Manage your region's construction projects to include resource plans, budgets, timelines, prospective building evaluations, SLAs, etc. Serve as liaison between landlords/ developers and Amazon. Drive the construction process, to include selection of vendor partners (e.g., contract negotiations, budget approvals, change orders, and vendor management.

Influence design guidelines, including design basis, building systems, and minimum specifications. Responsible for design reviews including customer approvals and rejections.

Each day you will represent GREF in ensuring the on time and in budget execution of Amazon construction projects, while strategically improving processes. Daily tasks may comprise of construction coordination management and design document development with various consultants on projected changes, project status, ensuring consultants are meeting contractual obligations, and utilizing the Amazon information systems to record and update scheduling, budget and other key developments. Each day you will be navigating through uncertainty, proactively unblocking project barriers and influencing the best project decisions. You will be negotiating terms of contracts with developers, contractors and consultants all the while driving to meet or exceed schedules and budgets of the approved scope.

Daily tasks may be comprised of stakeholder management, coordinating with internal teams/vendors/contractors on projected changes and project status, ensuring vendors and contractors are meeting their contractual obligations, seeking sustainable environmentally friendly solutions throughout the design and construction process while implementing Amazon's building environmentally friendly practices, and utilizing the Amazon information systems to record and update scheduling, budget, and other key developments. You may be negotiating terms of contracts with designers and contractors all the while driving them to meet or exceed agreed-to schedules and budgets.

You will represent Amazon's interests in weekly architect, consultants, and contractor meetings providing input on root causes and corrective action. You will lead multiple medium sized to large sized projects of varying sizes and functions. At Amazon, we are all owners and leverage unique opportunities presented to us by owning everything from the Initiation, Planning, Design, Procurement and construction execution prior to final hand-off to our internal stakeholder. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team of designers, engineers and managers working daily to develop innovative sustainable facilities and efficient innovative buildings for our customers. Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field

Experience in project management in construction and contracts management

Experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner's project management representative or in other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines

Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software

Experience working with global teams and diverse partners

Strong stakeholder management and communication abilities, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to synthesize complex ideas into well-constructed project plans.

Experience leading large projects in a matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders or in a high-growth environment.

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