Sr. Program Manager, Career Choice, Career Choice

Amazon - Arlington, VA

Full-time

Arlington, VA

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

About the position

The Amazon Career Choice program is designed to empower employees by providing them with the skills necessary for career advancement within Amazon or in other fields. This role focuses on managing educational programs that align with employer needs, fostering partnerships with businesses, and ensuring successful outcomes for associates through data-driven strategies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in education, workforce development, and talent acquisition, and will be responsible for driving program strategy and execution.

Responsibilities

• Drive overall program strategy for an assigned Field of Study (e.g. Technology, Transportation, Healthcare).
• Develop new relationships with businesses inside and outside of Amazon to hire Career Choice graduates.
• Identify and learn from high-performing educational provider partners.
• Apply advanced knowledge of postsecondary education and systems to coordinate program design and launch within schedule and budget constraints.
• Set objectives, analyze data, drive improvements that are quantified with metrics; influence resource allocation based on those metrics.
• Write clear, effective narratives and presentations to communicate progress and outcomes at the executive level.
• Lead complex medium- to large-scale projects that are business critical, and may be global in nature.
• Recommend improvements to the way our programs are scoped, built, and deployed.
• Make smart trade-offs (e.g., time vs. effort vs. deliverables) and create plans that have clear, measurable success criteria.
• Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks before they become roadblocks.
• Develop others through mentoring, providing constructive feedback to more junior PMs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Related experience in postsecondary education, vocational education and training, workforce development, and/or high-volume entry-level talent acquisition.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field.

Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive workplace
• Equal opportunity employer
• Accommodations for individuals with disabilities