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. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) People Experience and Technology (PXT) team want to be known for having built the builders who power tech, enabling success for thousands of employees, millions of customers, and billions of end users across very diverse societies. If you'd like to be part of building the most customer-centric Cloud services provider in the industry, this is your chance.

As Principal Program Manager for AWS HR, you’ll be responsible for owning and managing the HR scope in AWS-specific HR initiatives and big bets, mechanisms, cadences, data metrics & analytics, documents (business reviews, organization review documents, minutes, etc.), budget and headcount request, process improvement programs and projects, and overall HR Leadership Team project and program support. This role has direct partnership with AWS HRBP organization and COEs, but also partners extremely closely with the AWS business and Amazon’s central HR. Specific initiatives this year will including building and executing AWS’s region growth expansion, developing cultural assimilation strategies and developing an operational support model to reduce burden on line Human Resources. In addition, this individual will establish reporting dashboard and metrics to measure the success of the programs and track performance. They will also be able to work on ad hoc HR Projects that will come up on an as needed basis.

The ideal candidate:
• Is independent, creative, self-driven with the ability to work in a highly ambiguous environment with minimal guidance, and demonstrates good judgment
• Possesses strong project and program management capabilities
• Possesses strong teamwork, problem-solving, and execution skills
• Is creative, analytical, and customer-obsessed (i.e. thinks about the needs of HR team, employees, and the business)
• Is highly organized and is able to multi-task and prioritize competing requests from different stakeholders
• Is able to earn trust and influence others to drive actions; relies heavily on influence – not authority – to drive teams and resources toward project goals and outcomes
• Possesses a ‘can-do’ spirit
• Is attentive to details and insists on the highest standards
• Has exceptional writing and communications skills
• Able to operate in a lean, fast-paced, entrepreneurial, multi-cultural environment