Principal, Talent Management, Amazon Talent & Compensation

The Principal Talent Management is a senior individual contributor who designs leads and scales enterprise-wide talent management strategies and programs. This role operates with significant autonomy in highly ambiguous environments driving talent management initiatives across multiple business units or geographies. The Principal Talent Management serves as a recognized subject-matter expert and trusted advisor to senior leaders (Director and VP level) shaping the talent agenda and influencing long-term workforce strategy.


Key job responsibilities
Enterprise Talent Strategy: Design and own the end-to-end talent management strategy for the enterprise including talent evaluation high-potential identification and retention performance management and AI-enhanced talent experiences.
Organizational Health & Insights: Leverage data and analytics to diagnose organizational health trends identify talent risks and develop proactive interventions. Translate complex talent data into actionable insights for senior leadership.
Talent Evaluation & Calibration: Design talent evaluation and calibration processes ensuring consistency fairness and alignment with role guidelines and leadership principles.
Growth & Development: Architect and implement scalable growth & development programs that accelerate the growth of high-value talent and address capability gaps across the organization.
Cross-Functional Influence: Drive alignment and adoption of talent management best practices across organizations and geographies. Build consensus among diverse stakeholders on complex ambiguous talent challenges.
Mechanisms & Scalability: Create scalable mechanisms tools and frameworks that raise the bar on talent management practices and can be adopted broadly across the company.
Change Management: Lead change management efforts related to talent programs ensuring effective communication stakeholder engagement and adoption at scale.


- Bachelors degree or equivalent in a relevant field such as Organizational Development Industrial/Organizational Psychology Human Resources Management or Development business or similar related discipline
- Can work proactively and independently meet deadlines and deliver on projects and tasks
- Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders
- 10 years of progressive experience in talent management organizational development HR business partnership or a related field
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise-wide talent management programs (e.g. talent evaluation performance management growth & development)
- Experience advising and influencing senior leaders (Director level and above) on talent strategy and organizational health
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data and voice of the customer to drive talent decisions and measure program effectiveness

- Experience working in a matrixed organization
- Experience in talent management organizational network analysis and organizational design and development
- Masters degree or advanced certification in a relevant discipline (e.g. MBA M.S. in I/O Psychology SHRM-SCP or equivalent)
- Track record of building scalable talent programs that have been adopted across multiple business units or geographies
- Experience with performance management systems competency frameworks and assessment methodologies
- Demonstrated ability to manage through influence rather than authority building consensus across diverse stakeholder groups

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 149800.00 - 202600.00 USD annually