Sr. HR Business Partner, AWS Q for Business

Are you looking for the chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment while learning about cutting edge technology and GenAI products and services? We are looking for a dynamic HR professional to join our Amazon Web Services (AWS) Human Resources team supporting the [GenAI] Q for Business organization. The ideal candidate will be operationally strong in HR practitioner work, but also demonstrate a deep curiosity for our business and leverage that understanding to support the businesses future strategy and talent needs. Candidates should have had success in supporting an engineering population before, including software development engineers, product management leaders, and technology scientists.

Q for Business is part of the broader Utility Computing (UC) organization - which is the core engineering arm of AWS. Q for Business includes teams aligned to services such as QuickSight, the Q assistant features that are embedded in other AWS services, as well as emerging products. QuickSight is AWS's unified business intelligence platform that offers interactive dashboards, pixel-perfect reports, natural language queries and embedded analytics. Q Business contains a generative AI-powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and securely complete tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems. It empowers employees to be more creative, data-driven, efficient, prepared, and productive.

As the Sr. HRBP, you will be responsible for both strategy and execution across the entire Q for Business organization in important business focus areas such as driving Organizational Health and effectiveness, Workforce planning, Location strategy and more. You will also closely partner with the Organization's Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (ID&E) team to drive the ID&E goals for the organization and with Talent Acquisition stakeholders on building the right teams, with the right skills, in the right places.

To be successful in this role, you must understand business priorities and goals and translate them into the highest impact work. You'll help business leaders look around corners with recommendations based on data that improve organizational effective and builder experience. Ability to facilitate change management for large organizations within a rapid and complex changing work environment, create efficiencies, and make sound judgement in ambiguous situations are critical to the success of this role. Success will also require an aptitude to dive deep and analyze data to develop meaningful insights and conclusions, and to be able to present clearly and with purpose to the relevant audience.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop and implement people plans and solutions in order to achieve people initiatives and deliver results for the global specialist organization. Ensure these plans align with the larger organization's priorities.

• Partner with executive leadership teams to develop the talent strategy that enables the right level and type of growth; building a work environment where employees can thrive and grow.

• Work closely with specialist, central HR teams, as well as matrixed site and geographically aligned HR colleagues to support the global talent strategy. Contribute to the needs of the larger organization while still tailoring activities to the needs of your specific business.

• Function as a consultant and trusted advisor to key leaders and their respective organizations; engage in strategic planning efforts to translate business needs into HR plans.

• Partner with executives on organizational design, communication strategies, 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 on designing effective Talent Reviews and calibration sessions, focused 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. Must be able to travel domestically and internationally, as appropriate.

• Track and monitor progress of HR goals and partner closely with HRBP and partner teams to ensure delivery of goals.

• Create, deploy, and scale programmatic solutions based on current and potential future needs, in the fast paced, high growth business unit. Drive HR process and tool innovation for scale and efficiency.

Key job responsibilities

• \tDevelop and implement people plans and solutions in order to achieve people initiatives and deliver results for the global specialist organization.

• \tPartner with 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.

• \tWorking closely with specialist central HR teams, as well as matrixed site and international HR colleagues, keep the right focus on assessing the HR needs in areas such as performance management, talent acquisition, career development, diversity and compensation/rewards.

• \tFunction as a consultant and counselor to key leaders and their respective organizations; engage in strategic planning meetings to translate business needs into HR plans.

• \tPartner with the business on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment and development.

• \tReview and analyze business metrics including data on retention and employee experience in order to recommend systemic improvements.

• \tPartner with the business to lead our Organization and Leadership Review, which focuses on succession planning, talent development and organizational health priorities.

• \tProvide compensation support including salary planning, approval of salary actions, promotions and job re-leveling.

• \tWork with line managers and employees to address various employee relations issues, fairly representing all interests.

• \tPartner with the AWS talent acquisition team to build systemic and scalable recruiting programs to create a sustainable pipeline of talent. Must be able to travel domestically and internationally, as appropriate.

• \tTrack and monitor progress of HR goals and partner closely with HRBP and partner teams to ensure delivery of goals

• \tCreate, deploy, and scale programmatic solutions based on current and potential future needs, in the fast paced, high growth business unit. Drive HR process and tool innovation for scale and efficiency

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience

• 7+ years of experience in an HR generalist leadership role

• Strong judgment and experience coaching leaders.

• Broad experience and specific knowledge of human resource theory, including employee relations, learning, and performance management.

• Excellent written and verbal communication; high quality document preparation, data visualization, and facilitation skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in Human Resources or MBA

5+ years' experience working as a business partner, and driving organizational change initiatives and developing talent management plans for global organization teams

• Work experience in the tech industry

• Experience in highly matrixed organization

• Experience leading global HR programs and related change management

• Ability to diagnose issues and drive appropriate strategic solutions with self-initiative

• Ability to refine strategy and gain buy-in by influencing and partnering with different levels of the organization

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $117,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $193,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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