HR Director, AWS – North America Commercial Sales, AWS PXT

POSITION SUMMARY
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a dynamic, growing business unit within Amazon.com and for more than 16 years has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers a broad set of global cloud-based products including compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking, mobile, developer tools, management tools, Internet of Things (IoT), security and enterprise applications from 99 Availability Zones, across 31 geographic regions. AWS services are trusted by millions of active customers around the world - including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—to power their infrastructure, make them more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com

This position is part of the AWS People, eXperience & Technology (PXT) (PXT=HR) leadership team and reports to the Head of PXT for AWS Global Commercial Go-To-Market (GTM). This individual will be the PXT leader for one of the largest and dynamic GTM teams in AWS. The scope of this role includes direct partnership with an executive leadership team, led by the Vice President, Americas Commercial Sales of AWS. The role leads the formulation of the people and organization strategy, building of appropriate mechanisms, and support for the AWS North America Commercial Sales business. This role can be based in select AWS locations including HQ2 (Arlington VA), New York NY, Austin TX, San Francisco Bay Area, or Seattle WA.

This position is both a strategic and hands-on role that provides full cycle human resources support to our AWS North America Commercial Sales organization. We are looking for an HR professional who has the ability to diagnose issues and influence solutions/outcomes. The individual in this role must be able to interface effectively with professionals at all levels of the organization. You will need business acumen, excellent communication skills, influencing skills, strategic thinking and planning/project management skills, as well as the ability to thrive in a fast paced, rigorous environment.



Key job responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role, you will:
• Partner with PXT and business leadership to formulate strategy, mitigate risks and drive results
• Work across multiple functions to accelerate the retention and development of talent
• Partner with the AWS talent acquisition team to build systemic and scalable recruiting programs to create a sustainable pipeline of talent.
• Function as a consultant and counselor to key leaders and their respective organizations; engage in strategic planning meetings to translate business needs into human resources plans
• Lead the annual PXT efforts relating to Talent and Performance Management, Compensation Management, Succession Planning and Leadership Development for respective client groups
• Drive operational excellence and efficiency in human resources processes to enable the organization to hire and develop talent at scale and consistently to Amazon principles
• Lead and develop a direct team of HRBPs in the United States


KEY OBJECTIVES
Key Strategic Objectives
• Co-develop and implement talent acquisition/growth strategy/roadmap on an annual and long-range basis to meet the overall growth goals of the AWS North America Commercial Sales organization
• Partner with cross functional teams to develop comprehensive workforce planning to meet future staffing goals
• Bring innovative strategic thinking to the talent management function and devise alternative development and succession planning approaches within the respective client group
• Ensure we are hiring and promoting the right people who perpetuate our culture


Focus and Deliverables for First 12 Months
• Develop and own the strategic human resources plans and goals for the business
• Partner with business to drive the GTM strategy
• Define leadership capacity needs and operationalize strategy
• Lead the annual talent management programs including performance management, promotions, development plans, and compensation across the organization at all levels
• Establish organizational metrics and audit core people metrics to measure the health of the organization and develop programs that lead to improvement


A day in the life
THE CANDIDATE
This leader will have experience working in high growth, fast-paced, technology driven environments and will have served as a critical member of a leadership team in helping a business scale rapidly. Ideally, this person has experience in a progressive technology company of significant scale. The successful candidate will be known as a savvy business executive who is an ambitious, strategic, and results-oriented professional who can engage collaboratively at all levels of a commercial organization.

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