Program Manager L&D, AWS Health & Safety

At Amazon the Leadership Principle Strive to be Earths Best Employer challenges us to create a safer more productive and higher performing environment reinforcing that nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our teams. At AWS Health and Safety we take that challenge seriously. Our Programs team sits at the intersection of strategy execution and people driving the initiatives and standards that protect employees and partners across the globe. We believe that great safety outcomes are built on great programs and we are looking for passionate driven individuals who are ready to roll up their sleeves collaborate across teams and make a meaningful impact at scale.

As a Program Manager you will work across teams to collaborate generate buy-in develop and execute to a plan. You will drive the expansion and growth of our global safety training programs scaling globally. You will play a crucial role in devising strategies fostering partnerships and executing initiatives to enhance the programs reach and impact. This entails serving as the main point of contact for stakeholders in coordinating and managing strategic cross-functional and business-critical programs and projects.

The ideal candidate excels in crafting large-scale global training program strategies encompassing training design roadmaps gap analyses financial planning communication and launch plans in a dynamic and diverse business environment. Effective communication and program management skills are essential enabling you to manage multiple competing priorities and coordinate work across teams. The successful candidate will be proficient at working with data to identify trends identify improvement opportunities and proactively define plans to realize these opportunities.
To be successful in this role the candidate will effectively multitask and prioritize utilize data to encourage decisions and maintain a high level of independence. They will be comfortable working in a growing and ambiguous work environment as we constantly improve and innovate. This leader must have solid written and verbal communications skills the ability to influence stakeholders and willingness to dive deep into details.


Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
Accountable for the overall program strategy and planning for safety L&D communicate program requirements negotiate priorities and define success metrics
Apply project management best practices to drive plan execution mitigate risks and improve effectiveness to deliver results in a timely manner
Continuously improve program components and mechanisms to drive results and provide program status communication deliver clear and concise summaries to leadership teams and effectively answer questions
Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating and managing strategic cross-functional and business-critical training programs and projects
Build partnerships with key stakeholders and organizations to promote training program adoption.
Effectively communicate and manage multiple competing priorities while coordinating work across teams
Define track and monitor progress against success metrics and project plans. Analyze and report on overall project health using key performance indicators and success metrics and accurately and clearly report on status against program objectives

A day in the life
The AWS Health and Safety (H&S) team is an expanding dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWSs growth around the world as well as ensuring compliance of AWSs global operations including physical data centers as well as other AWS facilities customer-facing enterprises and products. The H&S team has responsibility for architecting and implementing AWSs global safety programs. This includes defining and implementing risk management and compliance systems and driving their continuous improvement; setting and refining global policies and procedures; overseeing the development of standards tools auditing and metrics and employee training; ensuring effective engagement by H&S teams on global initiatives including those that are part of Amazons ambitious sustainability goals; providing specialist expertise; and engaging with all AWS business units to provide scalable and H&S compliance strategies that support current and future business objectives while ensuring employee safety and compliance with H&S regulations.

About the team




- 3 years of program or project management experience
- 3 years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

- 3 years of driving end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3 years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes project management and schedules

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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 VA Herndon - 74200.00 - 129800.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 82700.00 - 129800.00 USD annually