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Description

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inclusive eXperiences and Technology (IXT) team is seeking an experienced and influential IXT Business Partner to lead as a Single Threaded Global Leader for the Sales, Marketing & Global Services Business (SMGS) of AWS. This leader will collaborate with the SMGS Leadership and PXT teams to contribute diversity, inclusion and equity perspectives to business strategy and goals.

You’ll use your skills to work both across the business as well as with specific teams to help them develop and rollout innovative and impactful data driven IXT plans. You’ll partner with the business leadership team to design, coordinate, and measure our IXT initiatives. You will also partner with the Amazon Inclusive Communities and Inclusive Experiences Offices to drive adoption of corporate-wide programs into our organization. You will measure and communicate results against committed IXT actions, so that we can ensure meaningful and measurable progress towards IXT and business goals.

This role will plan, execute, and deliver work product in multiple formats including mechanisms and frameworks, self-service tools, in-person development activities, presentations and specific consultation based on leader need. Just as importantly, at times, you will help track and communicate results at the senior leadership level. Ability to access and analyze quantitative and qualitative data, assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, address partner concerns, make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs as they implement centralized guidance around diversity program execution is critical. You are a strategic thinker who can roll up their sleeves and implement at the same time. This role requires the ability to be a thought leader, to customize solutions for SMGS, AWS and the unique Amazon culture, to educate and influence a team of passionate and engaged Sr. leaders, and the ability to translate strategies or prior practices into practical and actionable solutions that meet business needs.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and drive the SMGS IXT strategy and initiatives

• Lead a team of IXT Business Partners to build and execute the IXT strategy to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive workspace

• Leverage mechanisms to regularly update the business leaders on progress and business impact

• Build IXT plans aligned and in support of our business plans

• Develop goals and strategies; implement and scale initiatives globally across large, diverse and multifunctional organization

• Provide consulting to HR Business Partners and Sr. Business leaders to develop appropriate reports, metrics and research

• Maintain ID&E data integrity and report on such data

• Partner with the HR team to develop mechanisms that foster a more inclusive environment

• Establish alignment and partnership with the HR Business Partners and Recruiting Teams

• Earn trust across a range of levels and disciplines to establish yourself and the team as a trusted tech SME with business partners and HR teams

• Be an active member of the IXT community teams and affinity groups

• Partner with Central IXT teams to share and identify best practices, leverage effective tools from across Amazon and deploy them in a way that is meaningful to business partners

• Influence global diversity strategies and practices across all of Amazon through collaborative partnership with the broader IXT Organization.·

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

Seattle, WA, USA | Washington Dc, DC, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 7 years of experience operating as strategic global partners for the leaders, defining and delivering IXT strategies with significant business impact.

• Previous work that focuses on efforts that solve large, significantly complex, and/or highly confidential problems to surface proposals grounded in subject matter expertise and internal/external research.

• Significant and deep experience working in an HR or business function, preferably with tech background

Preferred Qualifications

Strong analytical skills and the ability to think strategically and programmatically. ·

• Significant years of relevant ID&E experience

• Experience in enabling and embedding world class projects across multiple businesses.

• Experience and credibility as a leader in an environment where the ability to influence, work across a complex matrix, and build relationships is critical.

• Strong organizational skills, successful collaboration with colleagues, team members and a strong results orientation.

• Ability to identify and surfaces risks/opportunities in org-level strategies and makes trade-offs: business opportunity vs. resources vs. sustainability.

• A driven, results-oriented and resourceful people leader who is capable of quickly taking control of their responsibilities and establishing themselves as a credible strategic partner.

• A highly effective written communicator with the ability to clearly and concisely ideas, concepts, and proposals to engage team, peers, and leaders.

• Experience of running global teams or working outside the US

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $254,800/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.