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Senior OpsEx Lead, Global Talent Solutions
Amazon
People & HR
Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Mar 31, 2025
DESCRIPTION
The Senior OpsEx Lead will spearhead the entire cost management portfolio, driving large-scale initiatives that optimize financial efficiency across the organization. This role requires a consultant mindset, identifying gaps, opportunities, and areas for improvement to refine GTS cost structure while ensuring operational excellence. The ideal candidate will own end-to-end cost optimization strategies, leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making, reduce inefficiencies, and drive sustainable savings.
This leader will work across Amazon Talent Acquisition, PXT Finance, and global recruiting partners, influencing Director-level+ Senior Manager stakeholders and delivering high-impact programs. They must thrive in ambiguous environments, think strategically, and execute with precision. With a deep passion for process improvement and scalability, they will design and implement mechanisms that streamline financial operations and enhance customer experience.
We seek a customer-obsessed leader with a strong analytical foundation, proven influence skills, and expertise in cost governance and operational strategy. The ideal candidate has a history of driving long term change, navigating complexity, and working backwards from the customer to implement innovative, scalable solutions. If you are highly resourceful, results-driven, and ready to transform operational excellence in a dynamic, ever-evolving landscape, we want to hear from you.
Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
• Shape the future of Global Talent Solutions and Amazon Talent Acquisition, owning critical goals to achieve growth, scale and drive continuous innovation
• Design, prioritize, and drive strategic programs and roadmap inputs
• Partner with and influence Finance, Operations, and GTS partners
• Create and maintain complex program plans and manage project schedules; collaborate effectively across teams to drive commitment to timelines and deliverables.
• Define cost operational planning and work alongside the senior leadership team
• Own communications to project members and stakeholders on progress, issues, and risks including regular status updates and various white paper analysis
• Lead and own the execution of Cost reporting, working on high ambiguous data set with rigor and precision. Develop new methods and mechanisms on cost savings at large scale
About the team
The Global Talent Solutions Team is reinventing how we recruit at Amazon. Recruiting the right candidates across all of Amazon is critical to our ability to innovate and build on behalf of customers. As the search for talent becomes more competitive, we are bringing together recruiting, science, tech, programs, and process teams to find and hire candidates who raise the bar more quickly and efficiently. We are seeking a Senior Engagement Leader to lead initiatives that innovate, scale, and improve global services and capabilities for the Amazon recruiting community.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ yrs of experience in program or project management
- 6+ yrs of participating in continuous improvement projects to scale and improve controller ship with measurable results experience
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Back Belt Certification
- Experience in managing cost/financial goals
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working in a global role with stakeholders from multiple regions
- Experience leading a matrixed team of stakeholders to achieve common goal • Analytical and data-driven
- Strong written and verbal communication and persuasion skills
- Quantitative background with high attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- 6+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $113,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $187,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.