Mgr, GREF Hire & Org Dev, GREF

$113,600 - $183,600/Yr

Amazon - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Manager

Seattle, WA

10,001+ employees

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

The Manager of GREF Hiring and Org Development at Amazon is responsible for enhancing the organizational structure and hiring processes within the Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team. This role involves collaborating with service line leaders to improve hiring practices, develop job descriptions, and maintain organizational charts. The manager will oversee third-party vendors and ensure alignment with GREF's strategic hiring objectives, while also providing metrics and insights on hiring trends.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with GREF service line customers and Amazon HR stakeholders to define and execute continuous improvement initiatives
• Drive consistent and accurate communication across stakeholders and customers; build strong relationships with GREF service line leaders
• Identify opportunities to evolve; develop and maintain job description and hiring resource library
• Ensure team alignment with the most important opportunities; help GREF Hire team prioritize as needs shift
• Contribute to innovation and customer obsession principles through communication and solution development
• Achieve consistency and quality through robust, scalable, and detailed global documentation, mechanisms, and deliverables while integrating GREF region diversity
• Provide metrics and reporting on hiring trends, pipeline, and needs for actionable insights
• Build strong partnership with leadership, regional service line leads, and program managers to supply strategic support for key organizational development needs
• Manage escalations and urgent development needs requiring immediate action and problem-solving
• Act as a thought leader on operational improvement opportunities within the GREF structure, contributing to organizational awareness on best practices
• Strategize with stakeholders, challenge outcomes, and propose deliverables to ensure fit for purpose and scalable solutions
• Identify lessons learned from initiatives and ensure these contribute to the growth of the organization
• Contribute to the development of the GREF org development process and expectations, and overall user experience when hiring

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience delivering process and organizational structure improvements on a global scale
• 5+ years of experience in human resources, organizational development or a similar team, with specific experience in recruiting, hiring, or org design
• 5+ years of experience managing highly confidential information with sensitivity and maturity
• 5+ years of experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
• 5+ years of program management experience

Nice-to-haves

• Experience defining program requirements and using data/metrics to determine improvements
• Experience managing local and global process governance mechanisms and documentation, preferably in real estate/facilities projects and operations
• Experience managing vendor teams
• Comfortable working across multiple geographies/cultures, virtually, across time zones, in a highly dynamic organization
• Solid communication skills, including ability to moderate large forums and drive senior stakeholder alignment, building consensus within constraints and conflicting priorities
• Ability to write in narrative format
• Tech-savvy with the ability to drive adoption of new tools
• Strong analytical capabilities
• Experience driving change management plans to roll out new requirements or processes

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Financial benefits
• Equity options
• Sign-on payments
• Comprehensive employee benefits package