Program Manger, AUTA Experience

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA) seeks a Program Manager to support global intern programming, focusing on creating and delivering specialized programs for diverse populations. You will drive operational excellence, partner with AWS teams, and deliver events aligned to AUTA priorities.

The role requires managing multiple projects across time zones, strong communication, and data-driven decision making to improve intern engagement and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of program or project management experience.
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams.

Responsibilities

• Single threaded intern experience oversight for one or more global specialized programming tracks, aligned to AUTA OP1 priorities.
• Design and scale tailored programming, events and operational excellence mechanisms to enable intern experience, manager experience and conversion goals.
• Partnership with a other Program Managers to force multiple specialized programming innovations.
• Work closely with key partners including AWS Tech U, AWS Skills Center and line of business leaders to deliver best in class technical skills programming.
• Design, deliver and support live events as part of AUTAX’s global calendar of events.
• Lead escalation deep dives through to resolution for specialized intern, manager and mentor populations.
• Monitor performance metrics and survey responses, report on the status of key objectives that affect deliverables and own path to green resolution.
• Provide customer and programming insights for regular rhythm of business mechanisms including but not limited to 2x2’s, QBRs and lesson learn documents.

Skills

Program management

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Within Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA), the Experience (AUTA-X) team provides a best-in-class internship experience (onboarding, early career development, and offboarding) to engage and retain top diverse talent. AUTA-X is seeking a Program Manager to support the global Programming and Development workstream, with a focus on the creation and delivery of specialized programming for one or more key populations (for example, SDE, PhD Science). This role will be instrumental in shaping the future of our high touch programming agenda, driving operational excellence, and ensuring the success of our early talent initiatives.

This opportunity calls for a candidate willing to work effectively at scale, thrive in ambiguous situations, and deliver multiple projects while contributing to a collaborative team environment. They possess strong communication skills and ability to manage team priorities against tight timelines. A proven track record of effective prioritization and taking initiative is important. Candidates should be comfortable with ambiguity and possess strong customer obsession. The position will leverage tools, analytics, and communications to improve the education, engagement, and experience of field and corporate interns.

Key Responsibilities

• Single threaded intern experience oversight for one or more global specialized programming tracks, aligned to AUTA OP1 priorities
• Design and scale tailored programming, events and operational excellence mechanisms to enable intern experience, manager experience and conversion goals
• Partnership with a other Program Managers to force multiple specialized programming innovations
• Work closely with key partners including AWS Tech U, AWS Skills Center and line of business leaders to deliver best in class technical skills programming
• Design, deliver and support live events as part of AUTAX’s global calendar of events
• Lead escalation deep dives through to resolution for specialized intern, manager and mentor populations
• Monitor performance metrics and survey responses, report on the status of key objectives that affect deliverables and own path to green resolution
• Provide customer and programming insights for regular rhythm of business mechanisms including but not limited to 2x2’s, QBRs and lesson learn documents

A day in the life

This role requires ability to work across multiple time zones, including AMER, EMEA, APJC, and LATAM which may result in starting your day earlier or ending your working day later on a regular occurrence to support the global team.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

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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.

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