Sr. Dei Business Partner

5+ years of experience in program or project management
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Previous experience in HR or DEI Functional or Business Partner Role
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of progressive prior work and experience in leadership roles in Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- Experience and comfort with analytics and insights generation (e.g. drive impact in recruitment, talent, and inclusion metrics)
- Experience delivering programs for large, cross-functional audiences

Job summary

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our International DEI team as a Senior DEI Business Partner in the EU. The Senior DEI Business Partner will be a results-oriented and resourceful leader who is capable of quickly taking control of their responsibilities and partner with our Business Leaders, DEI taskforce volunteer teams and Affinity Groups. The individual has demonstrated skills in the following areas: DEI leadership, program and project management focused on outcomes, data and situational analysis, cross group coordination across all levels of the organization, excellent oral and written communications.

This role is offered on a part-time basis.

Key job responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Design and evolve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy for an EU VP leader
- Design the DEI roadmap identifying key pillars of the DEI strategy and translating them into relevant initiatives, in collaboration with Business Leaders, DEI taskforce teams, Affinity Groups and the Head of EU Consumer DEI.
- Build strong relationships with senior leaders to develop a deep understanding of the business and increase awareness of DEI as a critical business imperative.
- Ensure consistency of actions across our local Affinity groups and our DEI taskforce volunteer teams as part of the broader DEI strategy and roadmap
- As a member of the EU DEI team, engage in pan-EU projects, benchmarks (both internally and externally) and in the identification, sharing and scaling of best practices.
- Regularly measure and analyze DEI metrics (using both quantitative and qualitative data), highlighting areas of strength and opportunity.

DEI Project Management, focused on outcomes
- Drive DEI program roadmap through project management, manage implementation activities, and develop processes, documentation and communications for rollout and ongoing support.
- Scale services and tools by designing processes and procedures that scale with the business growth.
- Define key performance indicators by developing metrics for core programs and processes, and track delivery against program objectives.
- Engage and influence cross-group stakeholders to deliver through others, understand blockers and build paths to green; escalate when necessary.
- Own DEI Quarterly Business Reviews, ad hoc reviews preparation and ensure relevant agenda, decision making and follow up.
- Communicate new/updated programs, policies, and processes to leaders, employees, stakeholder partners, and cross functional organizations.
- 5+ years in HR/DEI Partner Role (or other relevant team leader/functional experience)
- Experience building and effectively executing a DEI strategy from the ground up, including design of roadmaps to drive incremental progress towards long-term vision and goals
- Experience in a client service or customer-facing leadership role, enabling organization to build and execute their DEI plan to achieve measurable results
- Ability to handle changing priorities and use good judgment when working in stressful situations
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and drive them to completion
- Executive level written and oral communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and ambiguity.
- Ability to motivate, influence and optimize senior leadership, stakeholders and peer groups without direct authority, resolving issues and overcoming hurdles to results.
- Advanced interpersonal awareness and skills with particular emphasis on assertiveness, supportiveness, confrontation, listening, and group process facilitation.

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