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Senior Program Manager, AWS re/Start, Skilling & Social Impact (SSI)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Seattle, WA · 1 wk ago
AdvertisingFull-time

About the role

AWS Skilling and Social Impact (SSI) offers AWS re/Start as a workforce development program that helps adults build skills including AI and cloud, utilizes AWS certifications to validate those skills, and connects graduates with career pathways. The program is free to the learner and delivered through a network of third-party collaborating organizations, led by the AWS re/Start Regional Program Manager.

This individual will join the AWS re/Start team and be focused on building the program and expanding offerings in the Western part of the US and Canada. The successful candidate will take ownership of the program in the region by sustaining an effective network of delivery organizations, earning the trust of internal stakeholders, and supporting the program's success across the region.

The candidate will establish solid working relationships with other Amazon teams to access local and regional funding mechanisms for workforce development, identify underserved communities who could benefit from AWS upskilling and reskilling offerings, monitor impact, and seek ways to improve effectiveness across the region. The candidate must have a collaborative work style, an entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

  • Use local knowledge to deepen stakeholder network externally, deepening funding channels across public bodies, charities, and corporate organizations.
  • Engage with AWS account teams in public sector and commercial organizations, as well as externally with AWS customers and Partners, to identify opportunities to introduce adult skilling programs as a solution to customer needs.
  • Serve as the key AWS point of contact for collaborating organizations, answering questions and directing them.
  • Work with local AWS public relations teams to showcase program opportunities and success.

About the team

Our mission is to fuel, align, and amplify the good that AWS does in the world. Focusing on education, health, and climate resilience, with an emphasis on AI for good, we aim to position AWS as the go-to cloud and AI provider for developers and organizations working to transform the world for the better.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of program or project management experience.
  • Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
  • Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of driving process improvements experience.
  • Master's degree or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design, or related field.
  • Knowledge of general AI tools.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and scaling upskilling, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions.

Pay

USA, WA, Seattle - $115,600.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually.

Benefits

  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans).
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
  • Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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