Sr. Manager, Strategic Planning & Operations, University Recruiting, Amazon University Talent Acquisition

Senior Business Operations Manager

Join Amazon's University Talent Acquisition organization as a senior business operations manager at the forefront of early career hiring for the world's most customer obsessed company. This highly visible role will shape the future of Amazon's early career pipeline by partnering directly with PXT (People Experience and Technology) and Amazon leadership to drive transformative recruiting initiatives, operational excellence, and strategic innovation. You'll have the unique opportunity to influence how hire and develop the best early career talent across all of Amazon's businesses across the globe.

Key job responsibilities as a key strategic partner to Amazon University Talent Acquisition and Amazon's PXT and TA leadership teams include:

• Driving strategic planning and execution across Amazon University Talent Acquisition, including 3-Year Planning and annual planning (OP1/OP2)
• Owning mission-critical business operations and inspection mechanisms that keep our organization operating at peak performance
• Leading innovative initiatives that strengthen our organization's capabilities to recruit the best early career talent
• Developing scalable frameworks that become the standard for how we operate and grow
• Partnering with partner teams to translate data insights into actionable solutions that drive meaningful change

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment where they can toggle between strategic thinking and tactical execution, using data to drive decisions and influence across multiple stakeholders and geographies. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on how we build and transform Amazon's early career talent strategy. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of:

• Strong judgment and dive deep
• Bias for action and ownership
• Results driven and deliver results
• Think big and invent & simplify
• Earn trust and learn & be curious
• Customer obsessed and insist on the highest standards

About the team at Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA), we're revolutionizing how the world's most innovative company attracts and develops its next generation of leaders. As Amazon's early career pipeline, we manage global university recruiting across internships, full-time roles, and apprenticeships through cutting-edge AI technology and strategic partnerships with top universities worldwide. Our team operates at massive scale while maintaining an unwavering focus on finding the best talent, driving innovation in candidate experience through personalized journeys, and identifying emerging talent in fields like Generative AI and Robotics that will shape the world's future.