Strategic Project Manager, AWS Health & Safety

At Amazon, the Leadership Principle "Strive to be Earth's Best Employer" challenges us to create a safer, more productive, and higher performing environment, reinforcing that nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our teams. At AWS Health and Safety, we take that challenge seriously. Our Programs team sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and people, driving the initiatives and standards that protect employees and partners across the globe. We believe that great safety outcomes are built on great programs, and we are looking for passionate, driven individuals who are ready to roll up their sleeves, collaborate across teams, and make a meaningful impact at scale. The AWS Health and Safety (H&S) team is an expanding, dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS’s growth around the world, as well as ensuring compliance of AWS’s global operations, including physical data centers, as well as other AWS facilities, customer-facing enterprises and products. The H&S team has responsibility for architecting and implementing AWS’s global safety programs. This includes defining and implementing risk management and compliance systems and driving their continuous improvement; setting and refining global policies and procedures; overseeing the development of standards, tools, auditing and metrics, and employee training; ensuring effective engagement by H&S teams on global initiatives, including those that are part of Amazon’s ambitious sustainability goals; providing specialist expertise; and engaging with all AWS business units to provide scalable and H&S compliance strategies that support current and future business objectives while ensuring employee safety and compliance with H&S regulations. As a Strategic Project Manager, you will work across teams to collaborate, generate buy-in, develop and execute to a plan. You will drive the planning and execution of a diverse portfolio of projects with varying degrees of complexity, scale, and duration. You will play a crucial role in strategy implementation, fostering partnerships, and executing initiatives to enhance each project's reach and impact. This entails serving as the main point of contact for stakeholders in coordinating and managing strategic, cross-functional, and business-critical projects. The ideal candidate excels at planning and implementing diverse projects with agility, encompassing gap analysis, ideation, planning, implementation, and retrospectives in a dynamic and diverse business environment. Effective communication and project management skills are essential, enabling you to manage multiple competing priorities and coordinate work across teams. The successful candidate will be proficient at working with data to identify trends, identify improvement opportunities, and proactively define plans to realize these opportunities. To be successful in this role, the candidate will effectively multitask and prioritize, utilize data to encourage decisions, and maintain a high level of independence. They will be comfortable working in a growing and ambiguous work environment as we constantly improve and innovate. The successful candidate must have solid written and verbal communications skills, the ability to influence stakeholders, and willingness to dive deep into details. Key job responsibilities Accountable for the overall Health & Safety strategic projects planning, communicate requirements, negotiate priorities, and define success metrics Apply project management best practices to drive plan execution, mitigate risks, and improve effectiveness to deliver results in a timely manner Continuously assess and prioritize action for multiple projects while driving results. Deliver clear and concise project updates and KPIs to leadership teams and effectively answer questions Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating and managing strategic, cross-functional, and business-critical safety projects Build partnerships with key stakeholders and organizations to promote H&S project adoption. Effectively communicate and manage multiple, competing priorities while coordinating work across teams Define, track, and monitor progress against success metrics and project plans. Analyze and report on overall project health using key performance indicators and success metrics, and accurately and clearly report on status against objectives About the team AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. Basic 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 Experience leading process improvements Bachelor's degree Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization Preferred Qualifications: 5+ years of delivering cross functional projects experience 4+ years of driving process improvements experience PMP certificate Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 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. 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