Program Manager, Executive Development, AWS Executive Development

Socket.dev; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's AWS Executive Success is seeking a Program Manager in Arlington, VA to own end-to-end program operations, drive AI-powered transformation, and build scalable processes for executive assessments and development engagements.

You will design automation, maintain leader data, and produce monthly dashboards for leadership while coordinating with HRBPs and talent leads in a confidential environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 2+ years Amazon experience.
• Experience in investigative work and documentation is a plus.
• Ability to manage confidential information to high confidentiality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI transformation of ES operations, design/build AI agents, reporting, and set design standards.
• Establish governance and SLAs for AI tool changes and data handling.
• Own and maintain internal data, ensuring accuracy and integration with reporting.
• Produce monthly status reports and dashboards for executive leadership.
• Manage data lifecycle, migration, retention, audit, and SharePoint governance.
• Drive cross-functional coordination with HRBPs, talent leads and principal.
• Pilot emerging AI/automation tools and evaluate build-vs-buy paths.

Skills

AI transformation

Automation

Stakeholder coordination

Data management

Reporting dashboards

Independent operation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

AWS Executive Success is looking for a Program Manager to drive operational excellence and AI-powered transformation across our executive development programs. This role owns the end-to-end program operations that enables the team to deliver high-quality executive assessments, career grwoth plans, and development engagements at scale. You will build and maintain the systems, automation, and processes that keep our talent development work running - from leader data management and program coordination to AI-powered reporting.

The ideal candidate drives the AI transformation of how the team operates - using AI to remove the manual burden and dependencies that slow the work and building and governing the agents that scale the team. Beyond that, they establish the design standards and operational infrastructure for an AI-first program management model. Successful candidates possess a bias for automation, strong stakeholder coordination, hands-on experience building with emerging AI tools, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-moving, confidential environment.

Key job responsibilities

• - Lead AI transformation of ES operations - identify workflows to automate and dependencies to remove, design and build AI agents (reporting, development plans, documentation), set the design standards that let the team and others adopt them, drive adoption, and measure impact
• - Establish governance and SLAs for AI tool change requests, confidential-data handling standards, and human-in-the-loop controls to ensure reliability and prevent scope creep
• - Own and maintain internal data, ensuring accuracy and integration with upstream and downstream reporting
• - Produce monthly status reports and dashboards for executive leadership review
• - Manage data lifecycle - migration, retention, audit, and SharePoint governance
• - Drive cross-functional coordination with HRBPs, talent leads, and principal
• - Anticipate where the work is heading - pilot emerging AI/automation tools, make build-vs-buy calls that remove dependencies, and share adoption paths

Basic Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications:- Experience in conducting investigative work, including claimant, witness, and target employee interviews, investigative data analysis, and production of investigative documentation
• - Experience developing policies and supporting documentation
• - Experience managing confidential and sensitive employee information and adherence to strict confidentiality standards

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, VA, Arlington - 64,300.00 - 112,500.00 USD annually