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Amazon is looking for an exceptional HR leader to drive the development and implementation of the HR Strategy in support of the AWS Europe Data Centers. This role requires a progressive data driven and customer obsessed Human Resources Leader who will have responsibility of driving organization effectiveness while implementing HR programs such as annual review process promotions and performance management and employee engagement.
The individual in this role must understand business priorities and translate them into a HR agenda that supports the business. The ideal candidate will have the ability to diagnose issues and influence solutions/outcomes. The individual in this role will need to interface effectively with professionals at all levels of the organization. You will need business acumen excellent communication skills influencing skills strategic thinking and planning/project management skills as well as the ability to thrive in a fast paced rigorous environment.
Key job responsibilities
Day to day this person will:
Work with senior management to develop and implement HR plans and solutions.
Contribute broadly to the European teams influencing beyond a local remit
Define HR goals that are based on business drivers and ensuring HR is always looking for underlying people issues to help solve business challenges.
Earn trust as a partner to the Infrastructure leadership locally Regional HR team and beyond.
Partner with business on organizational design workforce planning succession planning and skills assessment and development.
Provide management coaching to front line managers and senior leaders.
Review and analyze business metrics including data on retention and employee experience in order to recommend systemic improvements.
Partner with the business to lead both annual and midyear review processes which focus on performance management and talent development.
Provide compensation support including salary planning approval of salary actions promotions and job releveling.
Work with line managers and employees to address all types of employee relations issues fairly representing all interests.
Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management or related field
8 years in related HR role
Experience partnering with business leaders in highly complex and dynamic business setting is required
Broad experience and specific knowledge of human resource theory including employee development and performance appraisal systems.
Strong understanding in local European employment laws
Ability to influence and partner with different levels of the organization to achieve results
Strong business and HR acumen including strong problem solving skills critical thinking and analysis.
Experience working in a hightech entrepreneurial environment requiring strong multitasking abilities.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced HR Business Partner with a reputation for taking strong and innovative talent decisions. They will have earned the trust of executives peers and teams through challenging preconceived norms to add value to a business beyond a pure human capital remit developing programs that yield measurable change. Possessing natural gravitas and credibility the ideal candidate will have a proven track record of acting as a counselor and sounding board to Senior Management and will be recognized for providing guidance that is indispensable in critical decision making.
They will have built deep relationships across cultural boundaries with both the business and peers within a global senior HR team and will be respected for approaching challenges with original thinking penetrating insight and tenacity. They may well also be a subject matter expert in a human capital discipline such as Learning & Development Talent Management or Compensation and Benefits. Experience of American corporate culture or postmerger / acquisition integration environments may also be beneficial.
They will be a natural strategic doer who will balance execution strength with strategic insight and may have had previous experience with an online or a game changing organization. They will thrive in fast paced data driven environments and will have excellent communication and presentation skills able to zoomin and zoomout of detail while not losing sight of biggerpicture objectives.
They will have a preference for factbased decision making be numerate write well and quickly and be able to effortlessly influence across cultures.
Other qualifications include: Will have worked in an international matrixed environment
Will demonstrate project/program management skills
Will be adept at coaching
Will have operated at pace; preferably in an organization experiencing hyper growth in new markets
Will have delivered change and measurable results in environments with high levels of ambiguity where proven structures or complete data are not the norm
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