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Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

HR Partner - BeXT

Full-TimePosted on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's
Cape Town, South Africa
In Person
People & HRHR Generalist & Employee Relations

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, Human Resources Management, Labor Relations, Business/Management, Psychology, or a related field is required.
  • Extensive human resource generalist experience is required.
  • High proficiency in English is required.
Responsibilities
  • Influence change and foster an environment of inclusion for Builders.
  • Apply problem-solving and influencing skills in diverse populations.
  • Work in a fast-paced and complex changing environment driven by continuous innovation.
  • Apply HR fundamentals.
  • Partner with leaders at multiple levels of the organization to develop forward-looking strategies and goals focused on the Builder experience.
  • Collaborate with AWS business leaders and other HR teams to innovate, implement, and deploy HR strategies for talent and performance management, compensation, employee relations, and other HR functions.
  • Represent the company in CCMA cases, attend conciliation and arbitration hearings, prepare case documentation, and work with internal teams to ensure effective resolution.
  • Provide support to Builders and their leaders aligned to an AWS business line or region, using HR expertise and empathy.
  • Consult, coach, and develop leadership through decision-making with empathy and sound judgment; collaborate on and action talent management processes, people development and performance management, compensation, and employee relations issues.
  • Foster and role model an environment of inclusion for all Builders.
  • Advocate for Builders’ needs through end-to-end experiences that help them feel fully engaged and valued.
  • Exercise high judgment, manage through ambiguity, and serve as the first point of escalation for Builder concerns.
  • Support Builder queries and situations with discretion and expertise, navigate Amazon policies, and apply high judgment as necessary.
  • Promote adoption of technology and self-service.
  • Collaborate with and influence multiple levels of the organization, ranging from Builders to senior leaders.
  • Conduct difficult workplace investigations in collaboration with Builder Relations.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working in a matrixed organization.
  • Coaching and consulting skills.
  • Strong business and HR acumen, including problem-solving, critical thinking and analysis, and experience consulting on complex performance management cases.
  • Employee relations or investigations experience.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a high-pressure, ambiguous environment and manage multiple simultaneous priorities.
  • Intellectual curiosity and ability to bring insight to the team and business.
  • Ability to demonstrate high judgment, empathy, autonomy, and flexibility.
  • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality regarding employee issues in Human Resources.

About the company

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Amazon

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Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • AI drives growth: AWS's AI and custom-chip sales each more than doubled, passing $25 billion a year by June 2026.
  • Stock grants gained value: shares hit a record in August 2026, making Amazon the fifth company to reach $3 trillion.
  • Ads are a third engine beside stores and AWS: they grew 26% to $19.8 billion in the June 2026 quarter.

What critics are saying

  • AWS's lead is shrinking: in the June 2026 quarter, Google Cloud grew 82% and Microsoft's Azure 43%, versus AWS's 37%.
  • Job security has slipped: Amazon cut 30,000 corporate jobs in October 2025 and January 2026 to reduce management layers.
  • Expect five office days a week: Amazon ended its three-day hybrid policy for corporate staff in January 2025.

What makes Amazon unique

  • Most of Amazon's profit comes from cloud: AWS made 21% of sales but 60% of operating profit in mid-2026.
  • Amazon is America's biggest parcel carrier by volume: it handled 6.9 billion packages in 2025, more than the Postal Service.
  • Writing matters more than slides: Amazon meetings open with silent reading of a six-page memo instead of PowerPoint.

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