DESCRIPTION
Are you an inventor, a planner, a driver? Do you tend to "happen to things" rather than have things "happen to you?" Do you want to make history, and fun while doing it? If that is you, you have found your place. At AWS we're working to be the most customer-centric Cloud Services company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented people. We are looking for a dynamic, bright, and organized self-starter to join our Human Resources team as a Human Resources Leader within Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
The role can be based in Seattle and reports into our AWS HR organization. This individual will be the HR leader for clients inside EC2, the web service that is pioneering cloud computing by providing resizable compute capacity in the cloud. EC2 gives any developer or IT professional complete control of their computing resources and allows them run on Amazon's proven computing environment. We are looking for passionate, experienced professionals to join us and to help us define and deliver high quality solutions in a hyper-growth environment where priorities evolve rapidly. We encourage you to apply today! The team covers multiple disciplines including software engineering, systems engineering, product management, and operations. This role is part of a fun and passionate global HR and business group and requires strong client management and team collaboration across organizations. We are looking for a professional who has the ability to diagnose issues, spot patterns, and develop solutions that de-risks and accelerates the business. Your best solutions are practical and valuable to our employees and yet show a deep understanding of complex problems, big thinking needed to innovate, and pragmatic approaches to deliver fast. You will forge strong trusting relationships with Business Leaders operating significantly large global organizations. You easily collaborate across groups, influence decisions at all levels of the organization, and roll-up your sleeves and execute hands on with individuals/groups of staff. Strong business acumen, coaching capabilities, communications skills, and change management practices are a must. This individual must be able to balance competing priorities and conflicting opinions, and facilitate the best decisions for employees in an environment of ambiguity and rapid change.
Responsibilities for this role includes:
•The AWS HR team is looking for an experienced HR professional to drive the development and implementation of the AWS HR strategy in partnership with leaders across the globe.
•In this position, you will partner with senior leaders and their leadership teams to develop the talent strategy needed to support our tremendous growth, and build a work environment where employees can thrive and grow.
•Working closely with specialist central HR teams, as well as matrixed site and international HR colleagues, you'll also keep the right focus on assessing the HR needs in areas such as performance management, workforce planning, talent acquisition, career development, diversity and compensation/rewards.
•Function as a consultant and a coach to key leaders and their respective organizations; engage in strategic planning meetings to translate business needs into HR plans.
•Partner with the business on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment and development.
•Review and analyze business and employee demographic metrics in order to recommend systemic improvements.
•Partner with the business to lead our Organization and Leadership Review, which focuses on promotions, talent development and organizational health priorities.
•Provide compensation support including salary planning, approval of salary actions, promotions and job re-leveling.
•Work with line managers and employees to address various employee relations issues, fairly representing all interests.
•Partner with the AWS talent acquisition team to build systemic and scalable recruiting programs to create a sustainable pipeline of talent.
•Able to travel domestically and internationally, as appropriate
Basic Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
· 6+ years of experience in an HR Business Partner leadership role, preferably in a high tech environment
· 3+ years experience working with global teams, and driving organizational change initiatives and developing talent management plans for a global organization
Preferred Qualifications
· Master's degree in Human Resources or MBA
· Global HR experience
· Proven ability to diagnose issues, drawing on both professional experience and systems thinking, and drive appropriate solutions with self-initiative
· Strong business acumen and ability to work well across different functions in order to integrate HR and business strategies
· Excellent knowledge of employment laws such as ERISA, COBRA, ADA, FMLA and other federal and state laws covering discrimination and equal opportunity employment
· Strong analytical skills, including the understanding of metrics to support plans and monitor performance
· Excellent written and verbal communication; high quality document preparation and presentation skills; strong facilitation skills
· Exceptional listening skills and ability to relate to, influence, and coach employees of all levels in the organization
· Experience in coaching senior leaders and managers, and strong talent assessment skills
· Ability to work independently, as well as an active member of both business and HR teams
· Resilient and able to thrive in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment with a high level
· Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
· Meets/exceeds Amazon's functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
Key job responsibilities
- The AWS HR team is looking for an experienced HRBP to drive the development and implementation of the AWS HR strategy for emerging technology teams, primarily across the Americas, with some populations in EMEA by partnering with leaders across the globe.
- In this position, you will partner with senior leaders and their leadership teams to develop the talent strategy needed to support our growth, and build a work environment where employees can thrive and grow.
- Working closely with specialist central HR teams, as well as matrixed site and international HR colleagues, you'll also keep the right focus on assessing the HR needs in areas such as performance management, workforce planning, talent acquisition, career development, diversity and compensation/rewards.
- Function as a consultant and coach to key leaders and their respective organizations; engage in strategic planning meetings to translate business needs into HR plans.
- Partner with the business on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment and development.
- Review and analyze business metrics including data on retention and employee experience in order to recommend systemic improvements.
- Partner with the business to lead our Organization and Leadership Review, which focuses on succession planning, talent development and organizational health priorities.
- Provide compensation support including salary planning, approval of salary actions, promotions and job re-leveling.
- Work with line managers and employees to address various employee relations issues, fairly representing all interests.
- Partner with the AWS talent acquisition team to build systemic and scalable recruiting programs to create a sustainable pipeline of talent.
- Able to travel domestically and internationally, as appropriate.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA BASIC QUALIFICATIONS · Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
· 10+ years of experience in an HR Business Partner leadership role, preferably in a high tech environment
· 5+ years experience working with global teams, and driving organizational change initiatives and developing talent management plans for a global organization
