Senior Program Manager, Early Careers & Employer Brand

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Program Manager III to lead Early Career Talent initiatives within the Strategic Initiatives Team. You will own internship, co-op programs, and the broader early-career strategy, shaping caliber, diversity, and readiness.

The role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution, delivering measurable business impact through live cohorts, data-driven ROI, and cross-functional collaboration with partners and leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the early-career talent portfolio end to end: Connect the internship program, co-op program, and strategy into a single entry-point to the CSC’s integrated talent engine
• Own CSC's early-career employer brand and talent profile: Define who we attract and how we are seen, while treating the caliber, diversity, and engagement of incoming talent as a strategic lever
• Set strategy and run execution: Design the multi-year early-career model while owning live cohorts and their in-year pipeline and conversion outcomes
• Feed the talent flywheel: Partner with leadership on matriculation timing and workforce-planning inputs so early-career talent flows predictably into onboarding, development, and Field roles
• Set and hold the intake quality bar: Ensure new talent is prepared for full‑time roles, accelerating time to productivity and increasing impact
• Prove impact with data: Collaborate with data teams to instrument early-career conversion, ramp, and diversity metrics to clearly articulate ROI
• Amplify through partners: Connect employer-brand moments and early-career events into the broader partner activation strategy so they reinforce the wider engine
• Operate with executive visibility: Represent early-career talent as a named pillar of the org's talent strategy, with regular exposure to senior leadership and Field partners

Skills

Program management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder communication

Talent strategy

Tools

AI tools awareness

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Program Manager III to lead Early Career Talent initiatives within the Strategic Initiatives Team. You will own internship, co-op programs, and the broader early-career strategy, shaping caliber, diversity, and readiness.

The role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution, delivering measurable business impact through live cohorts, data-driven ROI, and cross-functional collaboration with partners and leadership.