Senior HR Business Partner, Amazon

• If you thrive in a challenging and fast-paced environment, this is the place for you. We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join the People Experience and Technology (PXT) Workplace Health & Safety PXT team as a Senior HR Business Partner
• The person in this role must be able to work independently, take a hands-on approach, and interface effectively with professionals at all levels
• You will need excellent communication, professional interpersonal skills, and the ability to function in an innovative environment
• You will need strong analytic skills and the ability to translate your clients' business plans and goals into the human resource capabilities needed to achieve results
• A degree
• Relevant experience in an HR role operating in an international, fast-paced and customer-driven environment
• Relevant expertise in employment law in EU
• Relevant experience in using data or anecdotal evidence to negotiate/influence business decisions and key stakeholders
• Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership, within a multicultural and multi-location environment

Desirable

• At Amazon, our HR department plays a vital role in looking after our people. Known as the People Experience and Technology Solutions (PXT) team, our priority is making the Amazon experience brilliant for our people, helping us remain one of the world’s most innovative, customer-centric and nimble businesses
• We operate proactively and take a holistic approach to people management. Our team is ‘Customer Obsessed’ and focuses on solving employee engagement issues quickly, ensuring nothing impacts our seamless employee and customer experience
• Ultimately, it’s our job to insist on the highest standards and drive progress across Amazon’s strategy and goals
• Own and manage the relationships with client group business leaders, including Regional Directors, supporting teams in CEU regions
• Develop and own the delivery of the strategic PXT plan for each business supported, ensuring consistency with EU and global PXT goals
• Act as a consultant to your client groups and provide input on the PXT implications of strategic and operational decisions and plans, acting as an integral member of each group’s management team
• Maintain a strong focus on employee relations, performance management, engagement and retention activities, including an understanding of compensation and benefits and development activity
• Support and develop line managers in driving a performance culture through coaching, facilitating talent assessments and succession planning meetings
• Provide expert input to your client groups as well as the WHS PXT team in terms of employment legislation, policies and practices
• Support the design and delivery of appropriate training and development programs
• Deliver on business-critical PXT related projects
• Ensure alignment of PXT related programs by partnering with peers and colleagues across the globe
• Support team face to face as required, with up to 50% travel in CEU regions

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.