Principal Organization Design & Effectiveness Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, etc

RSUs and 401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking an experienced Principal, Organization Effectiveness to advise senior HR and business leaders on operating models, structures, and role optimization across AWS. You will lead end-to-end diagnostic and design engagements, delivering structural changes that improve customer outcomes and building best practices for organization design and AI-enabled work models.

You will guide teams in breaking down work, improving cross-team movement, and shaping decision rights,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Master's degree or equivalent preferred.
• 10+ years experience in HR, business, or consulting.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior business and HR leaders on operating models, structure, governance, capability mapping, and organization health (spans and layers).
• Lead diagnostic and design engagements: scope, analyze evidence, and recommend structural changes.
• Design and deliver interventions that fix misaligned structures, roles, and decision rights, and track outcomes.
• Measure how work moves across teams and functions, identify handoffs and broken decisions, and propose system-wide fixes.
• Shape AWS thinking on AI impact on structure, roles, and decision making, including experiments and scaling best practices.
• Build and enhance OE methods and tools, including data- and AI-assisted diagnostics.
• Partner with Workforce Planning, Talent Management, and Leadership Development to deliver best-in-class HR and business support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking an experienced Principal, Organization Effectiveness to advise senior HR and business leaders on operating models, structures, and role optimization across AWS. You will lead end-to-end diagnostic and design engagements, delivering structural changes that improve customer outcomes and building best practices for organization design and AI-enabled work models.

You will guide teams in breaking down work, improving cross-team movement, and shaping decision rights,