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Description

This is a rare opportunity to shape and own how talent acquisition strategy is conceived and executed at a global scale. As a Senior Manager, Recruiting Business Partner within Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA), you will serve as a strategic leader and trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders across multiple lines of business and geographies. You will drive the vision, structure, and delivery of university talent acquisition globally, influencing how Amazon attracts, identifies, and converts the next generation of top-tier talent.

This role offers significant scope, executive visibility, and the opportunity to build and lead high-performing teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and deeply collaborative environment.





Key job responsibilities
(-) Serve as a global single-threaded leader for university talent acquisition strategy, partnering closely with regional TA leaders across AMER, EMEA, and APJC to ensure consistent, high-quality hiring outcomes that reflect both global standards and local market realities.
(-) Act as a strategic advisor to senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and Workforce Planning teams, translating long-range talent needs into actionable, data-informed recruiting strategies that are scalable and globally consistent.
(-) Lead, develop, and inspire a team of Recruiting Business Partners, setting a high performance bar and building the organizational capability needed to deliver against ambitious hiring goals in a dynamic environment.
(-) Define and own team performance goals and operational metrics; establish rigorous tracking mechanisms to drive accountability, surface risks early, and enable data-driven decision-making at the leadership level.
(-) Identify and drive systemic productivity improvements and process innovations that allow the team to scale impact without proportionally scaling headcount, building leverage through tooling, workflow design, and talent development.
(-) Develop and maintain deep expertise in the university talent landscape, including market trends, competitive intelligence, and diversity sourcing strategies, to inform both near-term execution and long-term talent pipeline development.
(-) Lead and sponsor cross-functional initiatives and special projects that advance AUTA's global strategy, including process standardization, technology adoption, and organizational design efforts.
(-) Represent AUTA at the senior leadership level, communicating program health, risks, and strategic recommendations with clarity and executive presence.

About the team

Amazon's University Talent Acquisition (AUTA) team plays a pivotal role in fueling Amazon's growth and innovation. Guided by a customer obsessed approach, we partner with business leaders across the enterprise to identify, recruit, and develop student talent from diverse backgrounds worldwide. Our commitment to excellence drives us to raise the bar with every hire, balancing scalability with a relentless focus on quality. Operational rigor, data-driven insights, and a globally-minded, locally-responsive approach enable us to deliver seamless experiences that meet the evolving needs of a dynamic and growing business.