Amazon Design Excellence (ADX) is an internal team aiming to elevate the impact of design at Amazon and our reputation as a top destination for design talent. We are seeking a talented, creative, and experienced Sr. Design Program Manager to join our team, working to help create thriving conditions for design excellence at Amazon. We are an innovative, customer-obsessed team, empowering groups and individuals across Amazon to strengthen, connect, and evolve Amazon to be the best home for design and creative professionals on the planet.
As a Sr. Design Program Manager of Learning & Development, you will hold a pivotal role as a single threaded leader, developing a learning roadmap and curriculum to enhance the careers of designers, creatives and researchers at Amazon. We are seeking a creative, strategic, and self-directed specialist to define, create, and launch a framework for L&D and design curriculum. You will play a critical role in our vision to make Amazon the place where designers and creatives can do the best work of their careers, developing best in class design L&D programs that drive measurable results.
Key job responsibilities
• Identify and build L&D experiences and new curriculums to equip the design community with skills, knowledge and leadership capabilities
• Oversee the end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of learning modules, including recruitment and production of content
• Partner with global L&D teams and People eXperience and Technology (PXT) teams to deliver innovative learning solutions
• Drive measurable community impact through initiatives, reporting on insight and taking actionable steps to increase sentiment
• Source and maintain design content to spotlight, cross Amazon and externally
• Develop and maintain resource library
• Optimize L&D across team work streams including events, community and communications
• Lead in depth discussions and secure leadership alignment on program roadmaps and requirements
A day in the life
A successful candidate will:
- Thrive in ambiguity, possessing excellent problem solving and communication skills
- Foster teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across leaders and members of the design community
- Understand design and creative roles, identifying learning needs from the ground up, to develop work streams end to end
- Demonstrate exceptional analytical abilities and judgement, using insights to prioritize and influence decisions
- Show creativity, innovation and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Partner with key stakeholders and senior leadership to shape the L&D vision and strategy
- Actively seek out, implement and share best practices
