The Senior OpsEx Lead will spearhead the entire cost management portfolio, driving large-scale initiatives that optimize financial efficiency across the organization. This role requires a consultant mindset, identifying gaps, opportunities, and areas for improvement to refine GTS cost structure while ensuring operational excellence. The ideal candidate will own end-to-end cost optimization strategies, leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making, reduce inefficiencies, and drive sustainable savings.

This leader will work across Amazon Talent Acquisition, PXT Finance, and global recruiting partners, influencing Director-level+ Senior Manager stakeholders and delivering high-impact programs. They must thrive in ambiguous environments, think strategically, and execute with precision. With a deep passion for process improvement and scalability, they will design and implement mechanisms that streamline financial operations and enhance customer experience.

We seek a customer-obsessed leader with a strong analytical foundation, proven influence skills, and expertise in cost governance and operational strategy. The ideal candidate has a history of driving long term change, navigating complexity, and working backwards from the customer to implement innovative, scalable solutions. If you are highly resourceful, results-driven, and ready to transform operational excellence in a dynamic, ever-evolving landscape, we want to hear from you.


Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
• Shape the future of Global Talent Solutions and Amazon Talent Acquisition, owning critical goals to achieve growth, scale and drive continuous innovation
• Design, prioritize, and drive strategic programs and roadmap inputs
• Partner with and influence Finance, Operations, and GTS partners
• Create and maintain complex program plans and manage project schedules; collaborate effectively across teams to drive commitment to timelines and deliverables.
• Define cost operational planning and work alongside the senior leadership team
• Own communications to project members and stakeholders on progress, issues, and risks including regular status updates and various white paper analysis
• Lead and own the execution of Cost reporting, working on high ambiguous data set with rigor and precision. Develop new methods and mechanisms on cost savings at large scale

About the team
The Global Talent Solutions Team is reinventing how we recruit at Amazon. Recruiting the right candidates across all of Amazon is critical to our ability to innovate and build on behalf of customers. As the search for talent becomes more competitive, we are bringing together recruiting, science, tech, programs, and process teams to find and hire candidates who raise the bar more quickly and efficiently. We are seeking a Senior Engagement Leader to lead initiatives that innovate, scale, and improve global services and capabilities for the Amazon recruiting community.