At Amazon we are committed to being Earths Best Employer and the Most CustomerCentric Company. To achieve this we need exceptionally talented and empathetic leaders passionate about making every day better for all employees (Builders) and you would play a key role in that journey! Our Sr. HR Partners care deeply about the employee experience and support Builders and managers to focus on people through engagement technology and innovation.
The Sr. HR Partner role in our Builder Experience Team (BeXT) focuses on the Builder experience. You can expect to do the following in your day to day:
Influence change and foster an environment of inclusion for our Builders and other HR Partners
Advanced problem solving and influencing in diverse populations
Working in a fastpaced and complex changing environment driven by continuous innovation
Application of HR fundamentals
Partnering with leaders at multiple levels of the organization to develop forward looking strategies and goals focused on the Builder experience
Serve as an escalation point and mentor teammates by role modeling Amazons Leadership Principles
BeXT delivers personalized peoplesupport to AWS Builders to amplify the voice of the Builder. In this role you will collaborate with AWS business leaders and other HR teams to innovate implement and deploy HR strategies from talent and performance management compensation employee relations and other HR functions. In addition you will provide support to our Builders and their leaders aligned to an AWS business line or region calling on HR expertise and empathy. To thrive you will need a flexible skill set including the ability to prioritize work in a highvolume environment and autonomously pivot through various scenarios utilizing HR expertise highly effective consulting skills as well as the ability to connect to the bigger picture while diving deep into the details and collaborate and influence across many teams levels and regions.
Key job responsibilities
As a BeXT Sr. HR Partner no two days look the same but a typical day will most likely include the following responsibilities:
Consult coach and develop leadership through decision making with empathy and high judgement; collaborating and actioning on talent management processes people development and performance management compensation and employee relations issues.
Foster and role model an environment of inclusion for all Builders.
Advocate for Builders needs through endtoend experiences that help Builders feel fully engaged in the work they do and valued for who they are.
Exercise highjudgement manage through ambiguity and serve as first point of escalation for other HR teammates and Builder concerns.
Support Builder queries and situations with discretion and expertise navigating Amazon Policies and applying high judgement as necessary.
Actively promote adoption of technology and selfservice.
Collaborate and influence multiple levels of the organization ranging from Builders senior leaders and other HR professionals.
Conduct complex workplace investigations with significant autonomy.
Understand business goals as well as design and implement new approaches or procedures to effect continual improvements both in the business and on the HR team.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree or higher in Human Resources Labor Relations Business/Management Psychology or a related field
7 years of relevant Human Resources Generalist experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in a matrixed organization
Coaching and consulting skills experience influencing Sr. Managers and other salaried leaders
Strong business and HR acumen including strong problemsolving skills critical thinking and analysis experience consulting on complex performance management cases
Employee Relations/Investigations experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; effective communication with the ability to build relationships and influence across a wide set of process partners and business stakeholders
Possess conviction and tenacity and excellent written and verbal communication skills
Thrives in a highpressure highvolume ambiguous environment and able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities
Intellectual curiosity; brings insight to team and business
Ability to demonstrate highjudgement empathy autonomy and flexibility
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality regarding employee issues in Human Resources
Experience coaching mentoring and influencing other HR professionals through informal leadership
Work Councils or other employee representative bodies (ERB) experience in the Nordics
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