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Principal, Talent Lead DCC, Talent and Development

Amazon, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127


Principal, Talent Lead DCC, Talent and Development

Job ID: 2718930 | Amazon.com Services LLCAt AWS we're working to be the most customer-centric Cloud Services company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented people. We are looking for a dynamic, bright, and organized self-starter with a passion for talent management to join our team as the Principal Talent Partner supporting the Data Center organization. This role is part of a fun and passionate global HR and business group and requires strong client management and team collaboration across organizations. We are looking for a professional who has the ability to earn trust and influence senior leaders, think strategically about talent and the business in a matrixed organization, and diagnose issues, spot patterns, and develop solutions that de-risk and accelerates the business. This principal must possess an ability to assess and coach talent at an executive level. The Principal Talent Partner is a skilled communicator and facilitator, with experience driving strategic people conversations with senior leaders. Finally, this leader must be strategic and a systems thinker, with the skills necessary to clearly define problem statements and iterate, launch and scale mechanisms that address them. They will demonstrate analytical capabilities and be able to influence business priorities with data-driven recommendations.

About the teamThis role sits on the AWS Infrastructure Services Talent Management Leadership Team and is matrixed to the AWS Data Center Community HR team. The primary client for this role is the AWS Data Center organizations.

Key job responsibilities

The Principal Talent Partner is the talent management partner to the leader of the Data Center Community. They lead executive talent management across our growing and global organization, working closely with HR to support the business leader in delivering on shared goals. The Principal Talent Partner is responsible for ensuring our executive talent management processes (e.g. Directors and VPs) are launched, scaled, and improved upon for the AWS Data Center organization. This includes leading the talent cadence for comprehensive succession planning, critical role mapping, executive promotions and talent movement across a global organization. In doing so, the Principal Talent Partner ensures our services leaders are consistently inspecting and assessing their organizational design, the strength of their leadership teams and succession plans, the depth of our leadership pipeline, their leadership capacity needs, and whether we have an optimal match between critical talent and critical roles. When opportunity to improve is identified, the Principal, Talent Partner consults with relevant business leaders and then builds, iterates, and scales solutions to address.

A day in the life

The Principal Talent Partner will plan, coordinate, and facilitate the executive level talent cadence for the Data Center Community organization, including succession planning, promotions, talent reviews and organizational analysis. They work backwards from the needs of the business to derive talent strategies and partner with HR and business leaders to align on and execute plans. The Principal Talent Partner not only runs the talent cadence, they are a consultant and thought partner with the HR Director and their VP(s) regarding critical talent, succession readiness, and development planning.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience with 10+ years progressive in Talent Management or Human Resources.• Demonstrates business and HR acumen, including problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and analytical acuity.• Proficient in partnering effectively with senior leaders through skillful navigation of ambiguous situations using strategic planning and effective project management.• Communication, coaching and influencing skills across diverse counterparts, globally.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's Degree in Business, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources Management or related field.• Executive Coaching certification or experience as HR Business Partner to senior executives.• Experience leading organizational design efforts to accelerate business growth.• Demonstrated agility in thriving within fast-paced and innovative environments.

Posted:

October 4, 2024

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