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Design & Startup Program Manager, WHS, WHS DCS

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At a glance

Compensation
$104–155K/yr
Location
Multiple U.S. locations
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The New Construction & Launch Workplace Health and Safety Program Manager partners with Launch and Engineering teams to manage safety deliverables for new sites. The role executes site safety start-up plans, conducts equipment and process risk assessments, and guides design teams on regulatory and company safety compliance. It also reviews designs, validates vendor solutions, analyzes incident trends, and coordinates with stakeholders to improve safety across launches.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementData AnalysisProgram StrategyEnd-to-End DeliveryCross-Functional CollaborationProcess ImprovementAI ToolsWorkforce Development ProgramsWorkforce ForecastingAnalytics

Qualifications

7+ Years Program Management7+ Years Cross-Functional Work7+ Years Project DeliveryBachelor's in Safety, Engineering or Environmental2+ Years Process ImprovementMaster's or MBA in Related Field

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Description

The New Construction & Launch Workplace Health and Safety Program Manager (WHS PM) will be responsible for partnering with the Launch and Engineering teams to manage the safety deliverables required when opening new sites. They will execute the new site safety start-up plan to help ensure the site successfully implements our company safety procedures and all applicable local and regional regulations. The New Construction & Launch WHS PM will coordinate safety start-up functions.

Key job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Manage and monitor the WHS start-up plan for new facilities.

Deep Dive trends and design improvements to develop proposed action plans to Sr. Leadership

Maintain organizational safety engineering risk assessment methodology including risk tolerances and make recommendations to senior management.

Support new launches by performing suitable risk assessments when appropriate.

Identify gaps/opportunities in or between regions, processes, and organizations (e.g., workflows, risk assessments, controls, etc.) to enable high standards and consistency in application.

Support the development of solutions that meet Amazon high standards for safety, risk reduction, customer satisfaction, efficiency, scalable, simplicity, and operational excellence.

Possess technical knowledge and the ability to engage with cross functional teams, transforming this knowledge into sound, compliant processes.

Validate vendor proposed technical safety solutions and work in partnership with internal engineering and reliability maintenance teams to ensure right first time, legally compliant safety standards for equipment.

Support business change by effectively influencing change management processes within operations.

Support complex risk programs where the organization or business problem and risks strategy are not defined, or where endemic problems surface.

Provide functional working links with other critical functional teams including; Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Procurement, New Build Safety and Real Estate teams.

Generate regular technical updates for stakeholders.

Provide monthly reports on upcoming projects and current in -process schemes with clear analytical measures of status and risk.

Serve as a WHS mentor and subject matter expert for all launching sites for both WHS site leadership and Operations.

Review processes, including liaison with other critical support functions such as Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Procurement, and New Build/Real Estate teams to effectively deliver machinery and system safety standards.

Perform risk assessments on all equipment to include Factory Acceptance Testing of new technologies.

Provide guidance and design standards to ensure compliance to all applicable local/state/federal regulatory standards and Amazon Safety Policies and Procedures.

Possess strong understanding of Ergonomics and the ability to use these principles in the review and design of equipment/processes.

Review and interpret data and use this information to develop improvement plans within new processes.

Conduct safety reviews of all new processes and equipment. Develop safety punch list items with all applicable business partners identifying, in detail, all safety issues and recommendations on how such opportunities can be addressed both short and long-term.

Perform Design Reviews with Worldwide Engineering and Ops Engineering in AutoCAD to design in Safety features to the building/processes.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

  1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

  2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

  3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

  4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team

Role consists of reading blueprints to interpret building template design to ensure it meets regulatory requirements, all safety requirements, aligns with current Amazon Policies and Procedures, and Federal/State/Local jurisdiction requirements. Provide guidance to design teams and launch stakeholders on compliance requirements, supported by risk assessments, regulatory compliance and Amazon Policies and Procedures. Senior Manager will also be responsible for traveling sites to perform risk assessments, Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, as well as validation of WHS DCS program managers commissioning of equipment/building/modules/safety supplies. The role requires communication across multiple stakeholders, analyzing incident trends as it relates to design, and designing out risk to operations. Post launch lessons learned, design changes and improvements, and module updates/changes will be documented and actioned. Collaboration with stakeholders to align changes/improvements of design including risk assessments and risk reduction.

Basic Qualifications

  • 7+ years of program or project management experience

  • Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements

  • Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

  • 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience

  • 7+ years of cross functional project delivery experience

  • 7+ years of program or project management experience

  • Bachelor's degree in safety, engineering or environmental

  • Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years of driving process improvements experience

  • Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field

  • Knowledge of general AI tools

  • Experience designing, implementing, and scaling upskilling, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions

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, TN, Nashville - 104,100.00 - 155,400.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 115,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Bellevue - 115,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 10,557 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$104–155K/yr
  • Tennessee median$104–178K/yr152 salary ranges
  • US median$126–201K/yr7,615 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $130K, is 12% below the Tennessee median midpoint ($147K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Tennessee.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 191 open Program Management jobs in Tennessee and 10,557 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Tennessee
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (9,101 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,232 of the 10,557 open Program Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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