Senior Program Manager, Amazon Talent & Compensation

Amazon • Arlington, VA

22d • $115,600 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon is looking for a Talent Management Program Manager with a proven delivery record and program management experience to own strategic, tactical, cross-functional and technology projects and programs. This role requires scoping and creating project plans, developing processes, coordinating and driving execution, and communicating to senior management on status, risks and process/product changes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

Nice To Haves

• 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 complex problem solving, and working in a tight schedule environment
• Experience working cross-functionally with tech and non-tech teams

Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations
• Engaging with and coordinating work between product, UX design, technical and analytics teams. Developing go-to-market and change management strategy and assets.
• Development of the overall program strategy, aligning plans with senior leadership, and tactically driving teams in and outside of your organization to deliver
• Define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set objectives, analyze data and drive improvements that are quantified with metrics
• Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions
• Partner with teams across the business you support and beyond to source, allocate, and coordinate resources
• Oversee gaps between teams, processes and systems, helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from third-party solutions, security not considered, insufficient stakeholder review, etc.)
• Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks
• Work with program managers, business leaders and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives
• Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects

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: Senior