Geo Strategist, Middle East, GREF – Regional Portfolio Management (RPM) EMEA

Work hard have fun make history. Thats what we do every day at Amazon. Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) in the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region manages an extensive corporate office portfolio encompassing approximately 10 million rentable square feet (RSF) spread over 43 countries 86 cities and 139 buildings. Currently GREFs EMEA operations are organized into nine distinct areas to efficiently serve its diverse customer base including various business teams leaders and vendors who utilize Amazons corporate offices. Looking ahead to 2025 GREF plans to restructure its services to align more closely with major Amazon organizations such as AWS Stores Devices and FGBS. This strategic realignment will consolidate the existing nine areas into five geographical regions or Geos mirroring the operational and reporting structures of Amazons key business units.

Amazons GREF team is seeking a Geo Strategist a leader who will be expected to align real estate strategy to business needs in partnership with key GREF Stakeholders and maintain a customer centric approach. The role will partner with all Amazon teams and functions such as PP PR TRAD (Talent Research & Development) along with internal GREF teams such as Global Business Partnering Space and Occupancy planning and Design and Construction to support the implementation of workplace design space and strategic needs for the Geo in order to support business requirements. This role will support GEO 5: Middle East North Africa which will oversee 9 countries 12 cities 22 buildings and .6 MM RSF. This position requires the candidate to be based within this specific geo facilitating direct and efficient support for GREFs operations in the region.

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 and 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
Develop and lead the implementation of strategic initiatives to support business requirements
Write documents and provide writing support in line with Amazon standards
Supporting in person and remote meetings with internal GREF stakeholders and customers
Collaborate with global business partnering and business leaders to understand their real estate and portfolio needs ensuring these requirements are accurately captured and addressed
Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including but not limited to Amazon Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Finance Leaders and PXT to validate headcount data (i.e. forecasted demand)
Maintain clear and consistent communication with business units providing updates and addressing any concerns or questions related to real estate and portfolio matters
Work in a matrix reporting structure encompassing both dotted and hard reporting lines
Cross functionally engage and coordinate with Regional Portfolio Strategist


Significant experience of program or project management
Significant experience developing real estate strategies working in space planning occupancy planning program management or customer 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
Customer-experience focused; consistently exceeding expectations and prioritizing customer needs
Exhibit excellence in reporting; capable of synthesizing complex information into clear actionable insights
Communicates effectively with stakeholders at all levels providing regular updates and maintaining transparency
While independent and self-driven values collaboration working effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals
Problem-solving mindset: actively seeking opportunities to identify and address areas for improvement


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