Global Head of Community Development & Planning, Global Sustainable Development

Amazon is seeking a Global Head of Community Development & Planning for its Global Sustainable Development team in Culver City, CA. The ideal candidate will be a strategic business partner with strong leadership and communication skills, comfortable engaging with C-Suite executives. Responsibilities include building relationships with real estate stakeholders, driving community planning initiatives, optimizing site selection, and collaborating across the organization to address market dynamics. The role offers full-time benefits, including medical coverage and paid time off.
The optimal candidate is an experienced business partner who excels in an entrepreneurial environment, building trust quickly. They have a strong mastery of the range of challenges and scope within a globally-matrixed environment. They have vision, strong leadership and communication skills, and are comfortable with C-Suite executives.

This person must be able to dive deep and deliver on behalf of the customer while dealing with ambiguity.

Key job responsibilities
- Leverage professional relationships and develop new strategic contacts to generate business opportunities with potential real estate partners, private sellers, brokers, investment bankers, owners, developers and consultants.
- Identify, anticipate, communicate and capitalize on public policy strategic pillars to drive community planning priorities in concert with Portfolio Optimization and Transactions team.
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of assets, strategy, underwriting criteria, processes and systems to optimize site selection process and planning.
- Drive strategic initiatives related to complex entitlement and zoning projects focused on site plan design, entitlement and land use within local municipalities for both existing high profile development projects and new opportunities to improve timelines and save money.
- Forge and maintain deep Customer relationships which will help uncover opportunities in collaboration with Legal, Public Policy/Econ Dev, etc.
- Keep a pulse on external market forces and industry leader analysis, including customer dynamics, to inform strategy development; identify and provide solutions for any areas of misalignment.
- Collaborate across the organization, including the executive leadership team and key stakeholders, to identify key strategic challenges and opportunities linked to market dynamics or customer changes, product performance, competitive intelligence and business needs.

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:

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Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
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401(k) Plan