Description

　　The position can be based in the Seattle, WA, Herndon, VA, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, or Washington DC. This is a hybrid role (3 days a week in the office) because we believe it is easier to learn, model, practice, and strengthen our culture when we’re in the office surrounded by our colleagues.

　　Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a dynamic, growing business unit within Amazon.com. Since early 2006, AWS has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure platform in the cloud. Using AWS, companies can requisition compute power, storage, and other services – gaining access to a global computing infrastructure that is the backbone of Amazon.com’s multi-billion dollar retail business. Today, AWS provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers millions of active monthly customers from start-ups to multi-national corporations to governments.

　　The AWS Talent Development team is looking for an innovative practitioner with executive development, executive coaching, and leadership assessment experience to serve as the Principal, Executive Development Partner for the AWS Infrastructure Services and Applications businesses. In this role, you will partner with business-aligned Talent Leads to support their vision, strategy, priorities, and actions required to maximize the potential of our executive talent and build a strong pipeline for our most critical roles.

　　This is a great opportunity for a strong systems thinker and builder to directly impact mechanisms we use to identify, develop, and deploy AWS executive talent. As a senior member of the AWS Talent Development team, this role provides ample opportunity to design innovate solutions and regularly engage with key HR and business leaders. This role requires dealing with a high level of ambiguity and feeling comfortable operating in a space often with little direction to solve hard, complex talent and organizational business problems. You must also be an excellent operator who can break down large plans into tangible initiatives and goals, and track these closely to deliver results.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　Serve as a strategic consultant and thought partner for their Talent Lead.

　　Provide service delivery for assigned workload across our executive development portfolio, which may include: executive onboarding, leadership assessment and coaching, and program design and facilitation.

　　Design, build and deliver business-specific executive development solutions as needed.

　　Represent Talent Lead priorities and feedback during AWS Talent Development roadmap and program reviews.

　　Build mechanisms to engage with the Talent Lead and partner teams.

　　Use data-driven insights to improve executive development mechanisms and measure impact.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Herndon, VA, USA | New York, NY, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Washington, DC, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　Bachelor’s degree

　　10+ years progressive experience partnering with senior executives and managing complex programs and solutions with demonstrated impact

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　• Master’s degree or PhD in Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or an MBA

　　• Completion of an International Coaching Federation accredited leadership coaching certification program

　　• Experience with the design, development, and delivery of experiential executive development programs

　　• Familiar with assessment-for-development tools (e.g., Amazon 360, Korn Ferry-CTD, Hogan, DISC)

　　• Strong business partnering skills and HR acumen, including problem solving skills, critical thinking abilities, coaching skills, project management abilities

　　• Ability to influence and partner with different levels of the organization and across countries to achieve results

　　• Proven project management skills including planning work, prioritizing and managing details, keeping multiple tasks/projects on track, using time well, and delivering results with tight deadlines

　　• Experience driving large scale change management initiatives across multiple geographies and business lines

　　• Excellent oral and written communication skills, paired with sound business judgment and ability to see around corners

　　• Proven ability to influence without authority, motivate cross-functional teams, and self-start

　　• Proficiency with data gathering, analysis, and presentation of insights

　　• Ability to deal with ambiguity and prioritize, manage, and complete projects with tight deadlines

　　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.

　　Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $121,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $225,600/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.