HR Partner, AWS Builder Experience Team, BeXT

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Sr. HR Partner for the Builder Experience Team (BeXT) in Dubai.

You will influence leadership, foster inclusion, and advocate for Builders through end-to-end experiences while collaborating with AWS business leaders and HR teams to implement HR strategies across talent, performance, compensation, and employee relations. The role requires advising executive leadership, navigating a matrixed organization, and delivering high-quality HR support in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, HR Management, Labor Relations, Business/Management or related field.
• 5 years of human resources experience.
• Arabic fluency in speaking, writing and reading.
• Experience advising and influencing executive leadership.
• Experience in a matrixed organization.
• Strong business and HR acumen with problem-solving, critical thinking and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Consult, coach and develop leadership through decision making with empathy and high judgement; collaborate on talent management, people development and performance management.
• Foster and role model an environment of inclusion for all Builders.
• Advocate for Builders through end-to-end experiences that engage and value them.
• Exercise high judgement, manage ambiguity, and act as first escalation point for HR teammates.
• Support Builder queries with discretion, navigating Amazon Policies.
• Promote adoption of technology and self-service.
• Collaborate and influence across Builders, senior leaders and HR professionals.
• Conduct complex workplace investigations with significant autonomy.
• Design and implement new approaches to continually improve the business and HR team.

Skills

Leadership

Empathy

Consulting

Influencing

Communication

High judgement

Problem solving

Autonomy

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR / related field

Job description

At Amazon we are committed to being Earths Best Employer and the Most Customer-Centric Company. To achieve this we need exceptionally talented and empathetic leaders passionate about making every day better for all employees (Builders) and you would play a key role in that journey! Our Sr. HR Partners care deeply about the employee experience and support Builders and managers to focus on people through engagement technology and innovation.

The HR Partner role in our Builder Experience Team (BeXT) focuses on the Builder experience.

You can expect to do the following in your day to day:

• Influence change and foster an environment of inclusion for our Builders and other HR PartnersAdvanced problem solving and influencing in diverse populations
• Working in a fast-paced and complex changing environment driven by continuous innovationApplication of HR fundamentals
• Partnering with leaders at multiple levels of the organization to develop forward looking strategies - Serve as an escalation point and mentor teammates by role modeling Amazons Leadership Principles

BeXT delivers personalized people-support to AWS Builders to amplify the voice of the this role you will collaborate with AWS business leaders and other HR teams to innovate implement and deploy HR strategies from talent and performance management compensation employee relations and other HR addition you will provide support to our Builders and their leaders aligned to an AWS business line or region calling on HR expertise and empathy.

To thrive you will need a flexible skill set including the ability to prioritize work in a high-volume environment and autonomously pivot through various scenarios utilizing HR expertise highly effective consulting skills as well as the ability to connect to the bigger picture while diving deep into the details and collaborate and influence across many teams levels and regions.

Key job responsibilities

As a BeXT HR Partner no two days look the same but a typical day will most likely include the following responsibilities:

• Consult coach and develop leadership through decision making with empathy and high judgement; collaborating and actioning on talent management processes people development and performance management compensation and employee relations issues.
• Foster and role model an environment of inclusion for all Builders.
• Advocate for Builders needs through end-to-end experiences that help Builders feel fully engaged in the work they do and valued for who they are.
• Exercise high-judgement manage through ambiguity and serve as first point of escalation for other HR teammates and Builder concerns.
• Support Builder queries and situations with discretion and expertise navigating Amazon Policies and applying high judgement as necessary.
• Actively promote adoption of technology and self-service.
• Collaborate and influence multiple levels of the organization ranging from Builders senior leaders and other HR professionals.
• Conduct complex workplace investigations with significant autonomy.
• Understand business goals as well as design and implement new approaches or procedures to effect continual improvements both in the business and on the HR team.
• Bachelors degree or above in Human Resources Human Resources Management Labor Relations Business/Management Psychology or a related field
• 5 years of human resources experience
• Speak write and read fluently in Arabic
• Experience working in a matrixed organization
• Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership
• Strong business and HR acumen including strong problem-solving skills critical thinking and analysis experience consulting on complex performance management cases Employee Relations/Investigations experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; effective communication with the ability to build relationships and influence across a wide set of process partners and business stakeholders
• Possess conviction and tenacity and excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Thrives in a high-pressure high-volume ambiguous environment and able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities
• Intellectual curiosity; brings insight to team and business
• Ability to demonstrate high-judgement empathy autonomy and flexibility
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality regarding employee issues in Human Resources
• Experience coaching mentoring and influencing other HR professionals through informal leadership

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