Principal HRBP, AWS Tech, PXT, AGS WW TECH & SUP

Amazon • Arlington, VA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Are you both data savvy and emotionally intelligent? We are looking for a dynamic HR professional to join Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a HR Business Partner partnering across our Global Sales Tech organization. In this position, you will help your business leaders to develop and execute HR strategies that enable business priorities and foster the employee experience. It requires strong leadership and team collaboration across global leadership teams, as well as broader projects and HR initiatives. We are looking for a seasoned professional who will partner with business leaders on strategic people initiatives, has the ability to implement and optimize HR programs and processes, as well as identify and drive appropriate solutions aligned with labor relations, HR policies, processes. We are looking for a Human Resources leader who has the ability to diagnose issues and influence long-term solutions and outcomes. You must be able to collaborate across groups, influence all levels of the organization. You should be comfortable rolling up your sleeves and engaging on a hands-on basis with individuals and teams as well as operating strategically with leadership teams. You will need strong business acumen, executive coaching skills, excellent communications skills, strategic thinking, and planning/project management skills. You must be able to balance competing priorities and conflicting opinions and facilitate the best decisions for employees and the business in an environment of ambiguity and rapid change.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, Human Resources Management, Labor Relations, Business/Management, Psychology, or a related field
• Experience in an HR leadership role with broad knowledge of human resource management, including experience in a technology environment

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years of advising and influencing leadership experience
• Knowledge of compensation/total rewards, talent management, performance management, compliance, and organization design and development
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in managing and troublshooting network
• Experience leading and influencing the data strategy of your team or organization
• Experience hiring and developing strong talent and building a team
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
• Experience working in international cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement people plans and solutions in order to achieve people initiatives and deliver results. This includes serving as a critical champion of programs that help to export talent to the broader AWS organization from customer teams.
• Partner with senior leaders and their leadership teams to develop the talent strategy needed to support our tremendous growth, and build a work environment where all employees can thrive and grow.
• Working closely with both world wide and specialist central HR teams, as well as matrixed site and international HR colleagues, to keep the right focus on assessing the HR needs in areas such as performance management, talent acquisition, career development, engagement, employee relations, diversity, organisational design, and compensation/rewards.
• Function as a consultant and counselor to key leaders and their respective organizations; engage in strategic planning meetings to translate business needs into HR plans.
• Partner with the business on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment and development.
• Review and analyze business metrics including data on retention and employee experience in order to recommend systemic improvements.
• Partner with the business to lead our Organization and Leadership Review, which focuses on succession planning, talent development and organizational health priorities.
• Provide compensation support including salary planning, approval of salary actions, and promotions.
• Partner with central HR Partner (AWS Builder Experience Team) organization to work with line managers and employees to address various employee relations issues, fairly representing all interests.
• Partner with the AWS talent acquisition team to build systemic and scalable recruiting programs to create a sustainable pipeline of talent.
• Work with the Tech Director and executive leadership team to develop and implement organizational initiatives and solutions at scale.
• Define people goals that are based on business drivers and tied to strategic priorities of the business.
• Earn trust as a partner to the extended PXT leadership locally and regionally/globally.
• Provide coaching to Director and leadership team.
• Partner with the business to lead both annual and mid-year review processes which focus on performance management and talent development.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal