ABOUT THIS ROLE
Audible's People & Places function is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner & Workforce Strategist - a hybrid role combining strategic HR partnership with workforce planning expertise. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, diagnosing ambiguous organizational plans, translating business strategy into talent decisions, and driving data-informed planning that optimizes team size, structure, location, and capability.
This role is both strategic and hands-on. You'll shape people strategies alongside business leaders while leading workforce planning programs that ensure the right talent, in the right roles, at the right time. You bring experience in strategic HR partnering, workforce analytics, organization design, and cross-functional collaboration. If you thrive at the intersection of people strategy and business operations in a fast-paced, creative environment - and want to be a part of Audible's AI-forward strategy and navigate the people side of AI transformation - we'd like to speak with you.
As a Senior HR Business Partner & Workforce Strategist, you will...
- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders across tech and non-tech orgs, translating business strategy into people strategy that drives performance and sustainable growth
- Provide candid leadership coaching to help managers build high-performing, inclusive teams
- Lead org design and change management with empathy and rigor-finding creative paths forward when playbooks don't exist
- Anticipate challenges by staying close to the business, diagnosing root causes early, and delivering adaptive, lasting solutions
- Strengthen performance, engagement, and retention through lightweight, scalable processes aligned to how Audible operates
- Drive improvements to talent mechanisms-promotion, calibration, succession, and talent review-in partnership with HRBPs, COEs, and cross-functional leaders
- Partner on leading change management within AI transformation - helping teams embrace AI tools while maintaining a people-first approach
- Develop and execute 1- and 3-year workforce plans aligned to operational planning cycles, partnering with HR, Finance, and business leadership to ensure the right roles, levels, and locations to deliver on goals
- Lead end-to-end strategic workforce planning-headcount modelling, talent supply/demand analysis, scenario planning-to support multi-year business objectives
- Develop AI talent strategies and frameworks, forecasting AI skill needs
- Design and implement organization structures that optimize for speed, efficiency, and scalability across tech and non-tech functions, including spans & layers analysis, role ratio optimization, and cost modelling
- Conduct organizational assessments to identify structural gaps, span of control considerations, talent distribution patterns, redundancies, and opportunities to streamline decision-making and improve overall org health; present recommendations to Audible's C-Suite leaders
- Drive location strategy decisions-geographic expansion, consolidation, and distributed team design.
- Leverage workforce planning analytics and behavioral insights to deliver data-informed recommendations that accelerate innovation and enhance customer experience at acceptable cost
- Define and track metrics that influence stakeholders, measure success, and surface workforce trends informing strategic direction.
- Recognize when solutions require additional technical guidance and advocate for resources by influencing cross-functional teams.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with large global teams
- 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 5 years as an HR Business Partner in high-growth or complex environments
- Experience supporting both technical and non-technical populations
- Experience partnering with senior leaders on workforce planning and organizational design at scale
- Analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, Psychology, or a related field
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in HR, MBA, or related advanced degree
- Experience supporting organizations of 500+ employees across 5+ countries
- Certification in org design methodologies (e.g., Galbraith Star Model, McKinsey 7S)
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal direction in ambiguous environments
- Experience in high-growth media, entertainment, technology, or creative industry environments
- Coaching and consulting skills with the ability to influence at executive levels of the organization
- Ability to think big while also rolling up your sleeves-managing multiple priorities simultaneously while continually moving initiatives forward
- High integrity: known for discretion, fairness, and trustworthiness when the stakes are high
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, NJ, Newark - 143,000.00 - 193,400.00 USD annually
