Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
We are seeking a Principal HR Business Partner to lead the people strategy for Amazon's International Tax and International Communications & Corporate Responsibility (CCR) organizations. These are two highly complex, globally dispersed functions operating at the intersection of regulatory, reputational, and cultural priorities. Reporting to the International G&A HR Leader, you will partner directly with executive leaders across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas to drive organizational design, executive development, and HR excellence at scale.

This strategic role is critical in building and executing people initiatives across the International (Non-US) organization, including improving organizational effectiveness and design, leading change management, providing leadership coaching, and driving HR functional excellence. You will interact effectively with business leaders at all levels, possess excellent communication skills, strong business acumen, and work collaboratively across multiple geographies in partnership with regional HR leaders.

Key responsibilities include partnering with senior leaders (VPs and Directors) and their leadership teams to develop and execute HR strategies that foster organizational and people effectiveness. You will serve as a liaison between the business and central corporate HR teams to assess human resources needs in areas such as performance management, employee relations, compensation, career development, and leadership development. The role requires diagnosing problems and driving appropriate solutions, leveraging data to establish HR priorities and mechanisms to drive change.

The role also involves travel across EU, APAC, and the US as appropriate. A strong focus is placed on the adoption of AI tools and resources to enhance HR effectiveness, including generative AI, HR analytics platforms, and automation to streamline people processes, improve data-driven decision-making, and scale HR impact across a distributed workforce. You will proactively identify opportunities to embed AI tools into HR processes and workflows and coach peers and business partners on practical applications to build AI fluency across the HR community.

A day in the life
You will partner with various senior leaders and their teams to develop and execute HR strategies and planning activities that foster organizational and people effectiveness.

About the team
The team drives the strategic people agenda for Corporate Teams (Finance, Legal, Public Policy, and Communications & Corporate Responsibility) for all International geographies (Non-US) of Amazon.

Experience
- Extensive experience in an HR Business Partner role, preferably in a high-tech environment
- Experience mentoring, coaching, and influencing colleagues, collaborators, and stakeholders
- Proven ability to diagnose challenges and work with diverse teams and data sources to recommend solutions
- Strong project management skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working with global teams and driving organizational change initiatives
- Experience developing talent management plans for a global organization
- Experience advising and influencing executive leadership
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and managing large, complex programs
- Demonstrated active adoption and strategic application of AI tools and resources within HR functions, including generative AI for workforce analytics, talent planning, and HR communications

About you
- Strong business acumen with excellent communication and coaching skills
- Strategic thinker with planning and project management capabilities
- Ability to work effectively across multiple geographies and cultures
- Intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, and pragmatism
- Comfortable leveraging data analytics to drive HR priorities and change
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 5-20% of the time
- Demonstrates leadership in building AI fluency and embedding AI tools into HR workflows

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, Human Resources Management, Labor Relations, Business/Management, Psychology, or a related field (required)
- Master's degree or above in a related field (preferred)
- Experience working within a global company with multi-country responsibilities
- Experience in management and leadership development, organization development, learning and development, group facilitation, training design, or equivalent business experience
- Strong analytical abilities and confidence in the use of data
- Ability to establish credibility quickly with senior-level executives across organizations