Sr. HR Business Partner, Advertising

As a Sr. HR Business Partner on the Amazon Advertising People eXperience and Technology (PXT) team you will provide HR generalist support to a population of tech and non-tech employees and business leaders. This role provides the opportunity to do a variety of strategic work in an environment that encourages both independent initiative and collaborative teamwork. You will partner with business leaders to deliver HR initiatives focused on internal customer service employee onboarding talent management and employee engagement. You will understand the importance of accurate and timely HR metrics as well as their inputs and impacts.

To be successful in this role you must understand business priorities and translate them into the highest impact work. Youll help business leaders look around corners with data-driven recommendations that improve organizational effectiveness employee engagement and talent development. You will drive strategic initiatives related to organizational design and effectiveness culture inclusion and other opportunities that you uncover. You will support and develop senior management to be effective Amazon leaders and culture champions.

Key job responsibilities
The role is both a strategic and hands on role including improving organizational effectiveness & design leading change management providing leadership coaching and driving HR functional excellence. Successful candidates will also demonstrate:
Partner with business leaders to formulate people and organization strategy mitigate risks and drive results in a dynamic and often ambiguous high growth environment.
Work with line managers and employees to address various employee relations issues operating as a fact finder.
Use data and metrics to identify trends anticipate business needs and implement action plans focused on employee experience and organizational health.
Ability to write strategic narratives (e.g. organizational health talent planning etc.) that directly affect the business to propose people-focused solutions and drive business outcomes.
Creative problem solving that works backwards from the end customer and the business client.
The ability to think big but also not be afraid to roll up your sleeves.
The ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while continually moving initiatives forward.
Must be able to interface at executive levels of the organization.
Coaching and mentoring at executive management levels.
Success in creating and driving effective career development retention and recognition programs.
Being an enthusiastic team player with a strong drive to create meaningful client relationships.
Excellent organization and interpersonal skills.

A day in the life
A typical day in this role involves providing strategic and tactical leadership direction executing on people initiatives providing internal customer support advising and coaching employees and leaders through development and performance matters and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement. This role operates with autonomy and requires discretion and a hands-on approach to monitor the pulse of the employees to ensure a high level of engagement. The Sr. HRBP routinely partners with leaders at multiple levels of the organization to develop forward-looking strategies and goals focused on the employee experience and operational objectives.

- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience with research and investigation skills or equivalent
- Experience working with data and leveraging analytics to make decisions
- Experience partnering with business leaders in highly complex and dynamic business settings
- Experience managing cross-functional projects and initiatives
- 7 years of HR experience

- Experience working in a fast-paced environment similar to a high-tech start-up
- Experience dealing well with ambiguity prioritizing needs and delivering measurable results in an agile environment

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $117000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $193400/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.