Principal, Talent Partner, AWS Industries

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Amazon Business EU SARL (UK) - H91 Full time
At 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 a Principal Talent Partner supporting the AWS Industries (AWSI) 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.

Key job responsibilities
The Principal Talent Partner is the talent management partner to the leader of the AWS Industries organization. They lead executive talent management across our growing and global sales 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 Industries 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 industry business 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 quarterly executive level talent reviews for the AWS SMGS Industries organization, incorporating matrixed industry leaders reporting into our global sales organization. They work backwards from the needs of the business vis a vis our talent, driving buy in from HR and business leaders. 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.
Finally, the Principal, Talent Partner will build and scale our industry capability model across AWS. Through this project, they will partner with business leaders and AWS Executive Development to create a success profile for industry leaders, build necessary development and training programs, and identify and address opportunities to increase industry capability/acumen globally. In doing so, this role is responsible for building upon our recent organizational transformation to build industry capability for the future.

About the team
This role sits on the AWS SMGS Executive Talent Management Leadership Team and is matrixed to the AWSI HR team. The primary client for this role is the AWS Industries organization, with influence and responsibility across AWS Global Sales through our industry aligned model.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: London, NY, Munich

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

London, GBR

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.

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