Workforce Development Manager, AWS Workforce Development

Amazon • Virtual,

20h • $152,300 - $206,100 • Remote

About The Position

Amazon is seeking a dynamic team member to play a key role in driving economic development initiatives forward. The role will be responsible for identifying evolving opportunities and leading an entrepreneurial approach to developing new solutions and approaches, building consensus internally and externally, iterating through real world pilot launches, fostering adoption, and driving implementation to scale. This includes analyzing labor demand and supply side dynamics, building novel partnership models and approaches, marshaling internal and external resources, aligning external political leadership, and partnering with other allied employers and educational institutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 7+ years’ experience in education leadership, workforce development, economic development, or public policy
• Ability to travel based on business needs, domestically and globally, and sometimes on short notice.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with and/or knowledge of curriculum development tools and practices
• Knowledge of education funding sources and programs
• Experience working in the context of large economic development projects
• Ability to effectively prioritize in a highly ambiguous environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and lead a portfolio of programs within our team’s broader efforts to develop sustainable and durable economic and work force development partnerships in communities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders (e.g. political, economic development, and education leaders, faculty, and employers) and internal teams (e.g. infrastructure, training, public relations, public policy, and recruiting).
• Drive successful implementation, including curriculum and program development, educator professional development, employer engagement, collaboration with government, non-profit organizations, and other workforce development organizations.
• Create strategically aligned workforce development plans that meet the short and long term needs of expansion projects.
• Manage program deliverables within budgetary, resourcing, and scheduling requirements against defined project milestones and deadlines.
• Systematically assess existing workforce development offerings against evolving labor market demands, expansion timelines, and community partner capabilities to identify where current programs fall short or where new programs are needed.
• Work with the research and analysis team to map in-demand workforce competencies and evaluate program effectiveness of existing and new program offerings.

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