Program Manager L&D, AWS Health & Safety

Amazon • Herndon, VA

3d • $74,200 - $129,800 • Onsite

About The Position

At Amazon, the Leadership Principle "Strive to be Earth's Best Employer" challenges us to create a safer, more productive, and higher performing environment, reinforcing that nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our teams. At AWS Health and Safety, we take that challenge seriously. Our Programs team sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and people, driving the initiatives and standards that protect employees and partners across the globe. We believe that great safety outcomes are built on great programs, and we are looking for passionate, driven individuals who are ready to roll up their sleeves, collaborate across teams, and make a meaningful impact at scale.

As a Program Manager, you will work across teams to collaborate, generate buy-in, develop and execute to a plan. You will drive the expansion and growth of our global safety training programs, scaling globally. You will play a crucial role in devising strategies, fostering partnerships, and executing initiatives to enhance the program's reach and impact. This entails serving as the main point of contact for stakeholders in coordinating and managing strategic, cross-functional, and business-critical programs and projects.

The ideal candidate excels in crafting large-scale global training program strategies, encompassing training design, roadmaps, gap analyses, financial planning, communication, and launch plans in a dynamic and diverse business environment. Effective communication and program management skills are essential, enabling you to manage multiple competing priorities and coordinate work across teams. The successful candidate will be proficient at working with data to identify trends, identify improvement opportunities, and proactively define plans to realize these opportunities.
To be successful in this role, the candidate will effectively multitask and prioritize, utilize data to encourage decisions, and maintain a high level of independence. They will be comfortable working in a growing and ambiguous work environment as we constantly improve and innovate. This leader must have solid written and verbal communications skills, the ability to influence stakeholders, and willingness to dive deep into details.

Requirements

• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the overall program strategy and planning for safety L&D, communicate program requirements, negotiate priorities, and define success metrics
• Apply project management best practices to drive plan execution, mitigate risks, and improve effectiveness to deliver results in a timely manner
• Continuously improve program components and mechanisms to drive results and provide program status communication, deliver clear and concise summaries to leadership teams and effectively answer questions
• Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating and managing strategic, cross-functional, and business-critical training programs and projects
• Build partnerships with key stakeholders and organizations to promote training program adoption.
• Effectively communicate and manage multiple, competing priorities while coordinating work across teams
• Define, track, and monitor progress against success metrics and project plans. Analyze and report on overall project health using key performance indicators and success metrics, and accurately and clearly report on status against program objectives

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed