Senior HR Manager - Amazon.com

Job Description: Sr. HR Manager – Chennai

Introduction:

Amazon, (www.amazon.com) a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington, is the global leader in e-commerce. Since Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1995, we have significantly expanded our product offerings, international sites, and worldwide network of fulfillment and customer service centers. Today, Amazon offers everything from books and electronics to tennis rackets and diamond jewelry. We operate sites in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Italy, and China (Joyo.com) and maintain dozens of fulfillment centers around the world which encompass more than 26 million square feet. Amazon.com brand has become synonymous with a superior level of convenience, selection, low prices, and customer service.

At Amazon, we strive to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. We’ve invested more than $2 billion in technology and content to date to solve some of the most complex technical challenges in distributed systems, operations, data mining, optimization, scalability, security and algorithms.

At Amazon, we hire the world’s brightest minds and offer them an environment in which they can relentlessly improve the experience for our customers. We want you to help share and shape our mission to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. Amazon’s evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of our DNA. We do this every day by solving complex technical and business problems with ingenuity and simplicity. We’re making history and the good news is that we’ve only just begun.

Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon.com to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.

About Amazon India Development Centers:

Amazon India Development Center (AIDC) started in Bangalore in 2004 followed by centers in Hyderabad (2005) and Chennai (2006). The vision was to utilize the top talent available in India to drive our global business growth. Today, AIDC builds, supports, tests and manages technology, products & services which support millions of Amazon customers worldwide. Check us out at www.india.amazon.com

Scope of Role:

This role will have business partner responsibility for Amazon in Chennai. The Sr. HR Manager will work with the Chennai management teams to drive results increasing organizational effectiveness and efficiency. This includes implementing annual HR programs such as performance reviews, promotions, and succession planning, as well as acting as a strong liaison with technology leaders and HR Partners in the US to support and drive global initiatives. You will partner with your clients throughout the planning and execution for these programs, tying them back to the business strategy. You will also work to improve organizational design and structure, provide change leadership and management coaching, as well as design and deliver management training. You will lead and participate in cross group and companywide projects including career management and career development initiatives, employee engagement frameworks, creation of new job families and career paths and development of internal processes and policies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement the HR roadmap for the business unit, working with senior business management and the HR leadership (local and global)

- Partner w/ business on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, performance assessment, skills assessment and development.

- Provide management coaching to front line managers and senior leaders.

- Work with business groups to assess, create and implement innovative solutions for a variety of employee engagement initiatives within the client group.

- Working with the learning and development team, assess business unit's HR training needs and deliver training sessions as appropriate.

- Review and analyze business metrics including data on retention and employee experience in order to recommend systemic improvements.

- Provide compensation advice including salary planning, approval of salary actions, promotion and job re-leveling recommendations.

- Partner on hiring the best talent for the business and HR teams.

Critical Skills and Abilities:

- Ability to quickly form strong relationships, enabling you to influence and partner with different levels of the organization to achieve results.

- Strong business and HR acumen, including strong problem solving skills, critical thinking, and analysis.

- Experience assessing management and executive level talent.

- Experience working in an environment of high innovation and ownership requiring strong multi-tasking abilities.

- Excellent communication and presentation skills.

- Knowledge of local employment laws and how to apply them in a business setting.

Amazon is looking for Sr. Manager – HR (10+ years work experience in all facets of the HR function) who will work with the teams to drive change and increase organizational effectiveness and efficiency. This also includes implementing annual HR programs such as performance reviews, promotions, and succession planning, as well as acting as a strong liaison with technology leaders and HR Partners in the US to support and drive global initiatives.”

Please find attached the job description and interested candidates can send us your resume to veenav@amazon.com

Veena V
Talent Acquisition - India | Amazon