Sr. HR Generalist, AWS Databases

About the role

The database market is being reshaped by AI, real-time computing, and the migration of the world's most critical workloads to the cloud. AWS Databases — a $17B portfolio spanning Aurora, DynamoDB, Neptune, ElastiCache, and more — is at the center of that shift, serving millions of active customers who depend on our infrastructure every second of every day. This is one of the most consequential and competitive technology spaces in the world, and the people decisions we make here directly determine whether we keep inventing faster than anyone else.

Key job responsibilities

• Leverage knowledge of the business, global landscape, and trends to tailor people-focused solutions that drive business outcomes

• Interpret key people metrics and trends, utilizing mechanisms to inspect and monitor risks

• Design, recommend, and implement effective organizational structures that align with business strategy, strengthen culture, and enable inclusive decision-making

• Partner with senior leaders to build customer-centric organizations that foster agility and empower frontline decision-making

• Assess both long-term and immediate senior leader talent needs to achieve business goals

• Develop strategies to build required senior leader skills and establish inclusive talent pipelines

• Coach and advise individual leaders and leadership teams on improving management abilities, addressing business challenges, and strengthening culture

• Challenge senior leaders when necessary to break mental models on ways of working, biases, structure, and talent decisions

• Use listening mechanisms to identify trends, risks, and hotspots to inform change plans and maximize customer experience

• Drive effective change environments by leveraging multiple perspectives and inclusive communication strategies

• Influence and coach senior leaders as they build their teams' ability to navigate organizational changes

• Monitor and evaluate implemented changes to assess effectiveness and durability

• Build long-term inclusive workforce plans aligned with business objectives

• Coach and support senior leaders in executing workforce plans and making resource allocation decisions

• Anticipate industry trends and talent needs, determining gaps in current and future capabilities

• Create talent goals and cadence with the Senior Leadership team, building inclusive talent mechanisms into the organization's rhythm of business

Key Competencies

• Influence without Authority

• Dealing with Ambiguity

• Gen AI Fluency

• High Judgment

• Problem Solver/Scenario Planning

A day in the life

This role requires balancing strategic thought leadership with hands-on execution. You will partner with business leaders to develop HR solutions aligned with business objectives, lead organizational design initiatives, drive talent strategies, and create mechanisms to assess organizational health. You must be comfortable dealing with ambiguity while building structured mechanisms to drive successful and equitable outcomes.

About the team

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Program Management, Human Resources, Employment Law, Computer Science, Finance, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Operations Research or a related field

• 5+ years of HR, talent acquisition, management consulting, or project/program management experience

• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders

• Proven track record of end-to-end ownership of operational process, change management, and communications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a high-growth, technology company

• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

• Business Operations, Program Manager, or equivalent strategic operations leadership experience

• Expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, and resource allocation

• Experience with business process improvement, operational efficiency, and scaling organizations

• Familiarity with business metrics, dashboards, and data-driven operational decision-making