The Organizational Effectiveness team is responsible for diagnosing designing and delivering innovative organizational development solutions to drive positive sustainable growth across the business. We are a team of organizational development experts program leaders and analytics professionals ready to tackle a wide range of organizational structure and operating model challenges. We work collaboratively with other groups to enhance the way our organization is structured and positioned as well as how work is delivered across teams in order to unlock business impact and shape the future of work.
Amazon is seeking an experienced organizational effectiveness leader to spearhead highprofile needs across the AWS business. As the Principal Organization Effectiveness you will be responsible for envisioning and implementing innovative organizational development solutions that empower our employees and elevate our ability to deliver for customers. Your mission will be to leverage the latest research data and methodologies to transform how we structure align and operationally enable our workforce.
Key job responsibilities
Organizational Assessment & Design
Conduct comprehensive organizational assessments to pinpoint opportunities for growth across culture mindsets and behaviors
Collaborate with business leaders to define organizational visions design principles and strategic roadmaps
Design scalable highimpact organizational solutions (structures roles processes capabilities) tailored to evolving business needs
Continuously enhance solutions by studying internal data industry trends and cuttingedge practices
Organizational Development & Transformation
Partner with leaders to optimize organizational performance drive highperforming teams and manage largescale changes
Guide senior teams in resolving role ambiguities process inefficiencies and other organizational challenges
Lead the design and delivery of enterprisewide organizational effectiveness experiences services and tools
Change Management & Strategic Communication
Expertly lead dottedline crossfunctional teams to maximize performance and achieve goals in ambiguous environments
Develop highimpact strategic communications that prioritize the user experience and drive adoption of new ways of working
Set the strategic direction for and lead subject matter experts in delivering purposeled resonating change content
Analytics & Continuous Improvement
Define track and communicate appropriate performance metrics to stakeholders
Leverage data and insights to drive continuous improvement of organizational solutions and increase transformation success
Partner with analytics experts to holistically evaluate solution effectiveness and unlock organizational value
Travel is expected.
Bachelors degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology Organizational Development or a related field
Minimum 10 years of experience leading complex enterprisewide organizational development initiatives
Expertise in organizational design and effectiveness change management and strategic workforce planning
Barraising qualitative and quantitative research and analytics skills
Demonstrated success in organizational assessment user research and datadriven solution design
Proficiency in systems thinking humancentered design and organizational development approaches
Expertise in emerging organizational development practices tools and technologies
Strong business acumen and sound judgment to understand customer needs and shape strategies
Proven ability to build trusted partnerships lead matrixed teams and influence senior stakeholders
Datadriven decision making and a continuous improvement mindset
Excellent communication and presentation skills across technical and nontechnical audiences
Masters degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology Organizational Development or a related field
Experience with organizational change talent management and performance management initiatives
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $222800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.