Business Operations Manager, GREF | Regional Portfolio Management (RPM) – APAC

The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team provides real estate transaction expertise, business partnering, space & occupancy planning, capital investment program management and facility maintenance and operations for Amazon's corporate office portfolio across multiple countries. We partner with suppliers to ensure quality, innovation and operational excellence with Amazon's business and utilize customer driven feedback to continuously improve and exceed employee expectations.

The Business Operations Manager will work on innovative and high-impact business projects, working with our internal business partners, industry experts and strategic vendors to further foster innovation while delivering renowned solutions across our campus. This position will support the RE&F Regional Director's and their team's by making the business more efficient and drive best practices across our diverse lines of business.

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 and take ownership. They should also understand the nuance of being approachable, while at the same time consultative providing direction/recommendations and fostering transparent relationships. The candidate must be able to balance frugality with creativity in offering solutions and approach problem-solving with an emphasis on root cause. An ideal candidate is able to navigate high level of ambiguity and demonstrate a bias for action, taking calculated risks in a fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Establish and own the end-to-end business rhythm, incorporating finance, corporate and RE&F global activities.
• Oversee the preparation for, and facilitation of, monthly business review meetings, highlighting financial variances and business performance against key initiatives.
• Develop and publish quarterly business review presentations.
• Facilitate monthly leadership team meetings to ensure the agenda is enabled via tight and effective sessions.
• Steward the annual planning process, forums and commitment establishment.
• Manage team reporting tools to track progress against regional commitments.
• Lead cross team projects to ensure regional and business alignment on key strategic RE&F initiatives.
• Represent the region with partner groups as required to drive business initiatives, ensure regional perspective is represented, and needs/asks are communicated.
• Own and drive deployment of selected regional programs or initiatives, as identified by the Puget Sound Regional Director, working either with delegated authority or via strong influence. Convene and manage remote teams, where needed, in order to drive execution of assigned programs and initiatives.
• Serve as the primary point for control and aggregation for vendor performance management tracking, assessment, and feedback
• Maintain cross regional peer connections
• Manage department T&E and controllable line items within budget.
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Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• 5+ years of delivering cross functional projects experience
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Project Management, Finance or Engineering
• Background knowledge of supplier protocol, financial analysis and budget processes, contract administration and proposal process, procurement principles, vendor quality and productivity criteria.
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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
• Experience in the areas of implementation, information, and service provider relationships.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytics and data management skills
• A proven ability to influence and collaborate across groups and build virtual teams.
• Be self-motivated and directed and require minimal supervision.
• Project management, organizational and entrepreneurial skills.
• Proven analytical experience.
• Drive to overcome adversity.