Senior Program Manager , Talent & Comp

About the role

Amazon is looking for a Talent Management Program Manager with a proven delivery record and program management experience to own strategic, tactical, cross-functional, and technology projects and programs. This role requires scoping and creating project plans, developing processes, coordinating and driving execution, and communicating to senior management on status, risks, and process/product changes.

Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations.
• Engage with and coordinate work between product, UX design, technical, and analytics teams.
• Develop go-to-market and change management strategy and assets.
• Develop the overall program strategy, align plans with senior leadership, and tactically drive teams in and outside of your organization to deliver.
• Define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set objectives, analyze data, and drive improvements quantified with metrics.
• Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind leadership decisions.
• Partner with teams across the business you support and beyond to source, allocate, and coordinate resources.
• Oversee gaps between teams, processes, and systems, helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from third-party solutions, security not considered, insufficient stakeholder review, etc.).
• Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Work with program managers, business leaders, and the executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to milestones and performance across all projects.

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.
• Bachelor's degree.

Preferred 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.
• Experience in complex problem solving and working in a tight schedule environment.
• Experience working cross-functionally with tech and non-tech teams.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including:

• 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.

Pay

• USA, VA, Arlington: $115,600.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually.
• USA, WA, Seattle: $115,600.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually.

Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.