Amazon.com

Principal HR Generalist

Posted on: 30 Mar 2021

Seattle, WA

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a HR Leader to join our Amazon Web Services (AWS) Human Resources team (Commercial Sales Americas) as a Principal HR Business Partner. In this position you will focus on supporting various revenue generating client groups to develop and execute people priorities that enable business performance and foster the employee experience.

The role will give support to remote executive leaders in the US. Maybe based virtually anywhere within US. Travel required, 40%.

Here is a sample of the job responsibilities:
Develop and implement HR plans and solutions in order to achieve HR initiatives.
Deliver results in a dynamic and often ambiguous environment.
Provide valuable input and expertise to your client groups in terms of employment legislation, policies and practices.
Review and improve processes in partnership stakeholders and service teams.
Work with line managers and employees to address various employee relations issues, ensuring a balance in representing all parties interests.
Partner with the business to lead our Organization and Leadership Review, which focuses on succession planning, talent development and organizational health priorities.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

10+ years of professional HR or HR management experience.
10+ years of broad experience and specific knowledge of human resource theory, including employee development and performance appraisal systems.
Bachelor's degree in human resources or business management.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

10+ years of broad experience and specific knowledge of human resource theory, including employee development and performance appraisal systems.
Experience multi-state and international employment laws.
Passion for data, innovative HR solutions and process improvement. A keen interest in experimentation.
Successful record of building and improving operational processes and procedures, ability to drive program efficiency and high levels of customer satisfaction.
High proficiency in excel. Proficiency in data visualization tools is a bonus.
Experience working in a start-up like environment where the pace is quick and your responsibilities stretch between strategic and tactical.
A graduate degree in Human Resources or social science is preferred.
Strong ownership and attention to detail.
Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong problem solving skills, critical thinking, and willingness to be vocally self-critical.
Able to manage workflow, with minimal oversight, in a fast-paced environment with multiple and sometimes changing priorities.
Proven ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and make the best use of limited resources.
Able to identify a business challenge, articulate it into a problem statement and then solve it using data, science and/or art.
Exceptional analytical skills, comfortable working with large amounts of data and communicating data findings.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Amazon.com

Seattle, WA

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.

The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.

In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.

Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.