Principal Program Manager, WHS Central Programs, WHS Central Programs

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 WHSs 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.