Principal Program Manager, WHS Central Programs, WHS Central Programs
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Apr 28, 2026. Amazon scores B on the Alion truth index.
At Amazon, Safety is our top priority. Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) creates an environment where we are safe to go by championing health, safety, and well-being for our employees, contractors, and partners. To support this, Amazon is seeking an exceptional and strategic individual contributor to serve as a Principal Program Manager for WW WHS Central Programs. In this role, you will own the delivery of our most complex, highest-impact safety projects while driving critical business operations processes across the global WHS organization.
This role uniquely combines two critical functions: (1) leading the execution of Amazon's largest and most complex safety projects with budgets ranging from $10M to $30M in capex, and (2) driving strategic business operations initiatives across the WHS leadership team, including goal-setting processes and safety roadmap alignment. You will be responsible for the most complex projects that deliver the highest safety entitlement across our network while ensuring organizational alignment and execution excellence across all WHS programs.
This Principal Program Manager will report to the Director of WHS Central Programs and work collaboratively across all Amazon Business Units to deliver innovative safety solutions and drive organizational effectiveness. You will interact regularly with Directors and VPs across WHS, Operations, Finance, and Engineering teams, serving as a trusted advisor and execution leader. This position requires travel up to approximately 20% for critical stakeholder meetings and project deployments.
Key job responsibilities
Strategic Project Delivery & Execution
- Own end-to-end delivery of Amazon WHS’s most complex, high-capex projects that deliver the highest safety entitlement across the network, such as Load Quality technology
- Lead multi-year, cross-functional engineering control projects including automation, ergonomic solutions, material handling equipment, and other large-scale solutions
- Ensure projects deliver their planned safety entitlement on time and within budget across all Amazon business units and geographies
- Drive execution excellence through rigorous program management, anticipating and mitigating risks before they impact delivery WHS Business Operations & Strategic Initiatives
- Own and drive business processes like the WHS goal-setting process, facilitating alignment meetings with VPs and Directors across the organization
- Drive reporting and alignment processes for safety initiatives, ensuring clear line-of-sight from projects to safety outcomes
- Serve as a strategic partner to WHS leadership on portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, and organizational planning Executive Stakeholder Management & Influence
- Build and maintain strong relationships with Directors and VPs across WHS, Operations, Finance, and Engineering to ensure successful project adoption and sustained safety improvements
- Influence senior leaders without direct authority to drive alignment across multiple business units and geographies with competing priorities Performance Management & Strategic Reporting
- Track and report on project delivery metrics including on-time delivery rate, capex plan adherence, and safety entitlement achievement
- Provide regular updates to senior leadership on project status, business operations initiatives, risks, and mitigation plans
- Develop insights from project and incident data to inform portfolio prioritization and strategic planning About the team Our team is dedicated to engineering risk out of Amazon's operations through innovative program delivery and strategic organizational leadership. We execute Amazon's largest and most complex safety projects across the global network, working across multiple business units to implement solutions that protect our employees while maintaining operational excellence. The team's mission focuses on delivering high-impact safety improvements through capital investments in automation, ergonomic solutions, and process improvements, while also driving the business operations processes that ensure organizational alignment and execution excellence across WW WHS. Our collaborative approach brings together expertise from Operations, Engineering, and WHS to deploy comprehensive safety solutions that drive measurable reductions in incident rates across the network.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of program or project management experience
- 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 7+ years of managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- Experience delivering projects within scope, time, budget and quality
Preferred qualifications
- MBA
- 10+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience working with, presenting to and influencing senior executives up to VP level
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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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.
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