Senior PM Business Operations, Amazon University Talent Acquisition

Amazon.com Inc

Arlington, VA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Business Operations, Cadence, Candidate Pipeline, Cross-Functional, Data Analysis, Establish Priorities, Leadership, Microsoft SharePoint, Operational Strategy, Organizational Development/Management, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Project/Program Management, Risk Analysis, Strategic Planning, Track Customer Issues
LOCATION
Arlington, VA
POSTED
14 days ago

Join Amazon"s University Talent Acquisition organization as a Senior Program Manager, Business Operations at the forefront of early career hiring for the world"s most customer obsessed company. This highly visible role will shape the future of Amazon"s early career pipeline by partnering directly with PXT (People Experience and Technology) and Amazon leadership to drive transformative recruiting initiatives, operational excellence, and strategic innovation. You"ll have the unique opportunity to influence how hire and develop the best early career talent across all of Amazon"s businesses across the globe.

Key job responsibilities

As a Senior Program Manager at Amazon University Talent Acquisition, you will shape and execute solutions that directly impact our most strategic talent pipeline. This role demands both big thinking and precise execution, as you"ll support:

  • Rhythm of Business - Program management ownership and delivery of AUTA"s operating cadence, including but not limited to Goals, WBRs, MBRs, QBRs, Strategic Planning, ensuring the right topics reach the right stakeholders at the right time.
  • Communications & Events - Coordinate and support the effort for org-wide announcements, Town Halls, SKOs, and team events that drive alignment across geographies.
  • Critical Task Tracking - Manage cross-functional initiatives through structured inspection mechanisms, driving accountability, data analysis, and visibility into milestones and blockers to improve organizational efficiency.
  • Information Management - Coordinate and support SharePoint and Asana usage and structures across the team, as AUTA"s single source of truth, establishing governance and scalable workflows.

The ideal candidate:

  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment where they can toggle between strategic thinking and tactical execution, using data to drive decisions and influence across multiple stakeholders and geographies.
  • Makes data-driven decisions quickly while connecting day-to-day execution to long-term strategic goals, even with incomplete information.
  • Create clarity in ambiguous situations and move fast with calculated risks, experimenting rapidly and pivoting when needed to drive results.
  • Influence stakeholders at all levels through compelling data narratives and implement scalable process improvements that deliver measurable business impact.
  • Envision bold, disruptive solutions that anticipate future challenges while maintaining relentless focus on customer needs.
  • Set clear priorities aligned with business goals and defend difficult trade-off decisions between competing demands.
  • Build strong partnerships through transparent communication and leverage diverse perspectives to solve problems creatively using first-principles thinking.
  • Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and resourcefulness while maintaining the highest standards to drive exceptional outcomes.

This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on how we build and transform Amazon"s early career talent strategy.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles