Global Specialty Recruiting (GSR) is responsible for hiring Amazon’s most senior and specialized talent. GSR’s Event, Marketing, and Conference team is looking for a global program manager to own and deliver on a suite of 20+ conferences. Our team’s mission is to engage Amazon’s Science and Engineering Total Addressable Markets across the world and continue strengthening Amazon’s brand reputation as a top choice employer for technical talent. Technical conferences are a vital piece of our recruiting strategy and how we highlight Amazon as a global technology leader.

The Program Manager will own end-to-end conference strategy by defining the vision, building the roadmap and executing each event in order to drive recruiting efforts. The successful candidate will have excellent organization, prioritization and communication skills, paired with extreme attention to detail. You will need to influence team members across the globe, so the ability to collaborate and influence without authority is a must. To be successful in this role, you must have a high level of customer focus, a passion for process improvement and ability to drive continuous improvements YoY!

3-5+ years of experience managing events with recent examples of end-to-end execution from conception to completion is required for this position.

Key job responsibilities
1. Drive the vision, roadmap and execution for Specialty Recruiting Conferences.
2. Own and continually improve program mechanisms to leverage the support of senior Amazonians at conferences.
3. Own communication with business and recruiting stakeholders attending the conference.
4. Build reporting metrics to measure and analyze the impact from the conferences program.
5. Manage, analyze, and communicate relevant results to customers and senior management.

This person will be expected to travel 25% of the year.