Senior Manager, Recruiting Business Partnership, Amazon University Talent Acquisition

This is a rare opportunity to shape and own how talent acquisition strategy is conceived and executed at a global scale. As a Senior Manager, Recruiting Business Partner within Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA), you will serve as a strategic leader and trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders across multiple lines of business and geographies. You will drive the vision, structure, and delivery of university talent acquisition globally, influencing how Amazon attracts, identifies, and converts the next generation of top-tier talent.

This role offers significant scope, executive visibility, and the opportunity to build and lead high-performing teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and deeply collaborative environment.

Key job responsibilities

Key job responsibilities

(-) Serve as a global single-threaded leader for university talent acquisition strategy, partnering closely with regional TA leaders across AMER, EMEA, and APJC to ensure consistent, high-quality hiring outcomes that reflect both global standards and local market realities.

(-) Act as a strategic advisor to senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and Workforce Planning teams, translating long-range talent needs into actionable, data-informed recruiting strategies that are scalable and globally consistent.

(-) Lead, develop, and inspire a team of Recruiting Business Partners, setting a high performance bar and building the organizational capability needed to deliver against ambitious hiring goals in a dynamic environment.

(-) Define and own team performance goals and operational metrics; establish rigorous tracking mechanisms to drive accountability, surface risks early, and enable data-driven decision-making at the leadership level.

(-) Identify and drive systemic productivity improvements and process innovations that allow the team to scale impact without proportionally scaling headcount, building leverage through tooling, workflow design, and talent development.

(-) Develop and maintain deep expertise in the university talent landscape, including market trends, competitive intelligence, and diversity sourcing strategies, to inform both near-term execution and long-term talent pipeline development.

(-) Lead and sponsor cross-functional initiatives and special projects that advance AUTA's global strategy, including process standardization, technology adoption, and organizational design efforts.

(-) Represent AUTA at the senior leadership level, communicating program health, risks, and strategic recommendations with clarity and executive presence.

About the team

Amazon's University Talent Acquisition (AUTA) team plays a pivotal role in fueling Amazon's growth and innovation. Guided by a customer obsessed approach, we partner with business leaders across the enterprise to identify, recruit, and develop student talent from diverse backgrounds worldwide. Our commitment to excellence drives us to raise the bar with every hire, balancing scalability with a relentless focus on quality. Operational rigor, data-driven insights, and a globally-minded, locally-responsive approach enable us to deliver seamless experiences that meet the evolving needs of a dynamic and growing business.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of Recruiting or HR experience
• 10+ years of Talent Acquisition experience
• 5+ years of direct people leadership experience
• 3+ years of managing managers experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent
• Experience in Recruiting or HR
• Experience building, coaching and managing a recruiting team
• Experience creating and executing effective talent acquisition strategies
• Experience working with recruiting tools and systems, including resume databases, internet sourcing tools, and spreadsheets
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team
• Experience with workforce planning
• Experience partnering with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of ROI

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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 180,400.00 - 244,100.00 USD annually