01 Aug
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Amazon
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Bengaluru
Description About the Role The AFBP (Amazon Future Builder Program) Program Manager is a high-impact, cross-functional role responsible for the end-to-end management and transformation of Amazon India's flagship leadership development program for MBA hires. This role directly oversees three swimlanes - Stores, Finance, and RBS - managing the full lifecycle from demand collection through graduation, while partnering with L8 and L10 leaders across business and PXT to deliver on the program's core promise: accelerated career growth for premium talent. Incumbent of this role is expected to transform how AFBP operates - leveraging Agentic AI to reimagine manual processes, building deep program partnerships modeled on best-in-class benchmarks, and driving measurable promotion outcomes that justify the program's investment thesis. Key job responsibilities Program Lifecycle Management - Own the end-to-end AFBP journey across three swimlanes (Stores, Finance, RBS) and multiple concurrent cohorts (3-4 active batches at any given time) - Partner with AUTA during demand collection, ensuring business leaders align demand with OPEX goals and honor commitments for incoming cohorts - Design and execute the annual Incubator Program - a one-week intensive onboarding experience requiring coordination with multiple L8+ leaders, curriculum design, logistics, and cross-functional alignment - Drive rotation matching: understanding AFBP aspirations, mapping available roles across orgs, matching employee preferences with business needs, and ensuring smooth handovers between managers across stints - Manage performance evaluation cycles, talent reviews (Q1/Q3), mentorship tracking, engagement programming, and graduation (job code transitions, compensation updates) Program Transformation through AI - Deploy Agentic AI to automate lifecycle communications, rotation nudges, manager follow-ups, and stakeholder coordination - eliminating manual email-heavy processes - Build and iterate an AI-powered Rotation Matching Engine that reads available roles, employee strengths, program construct,
and historical mapping outcomes to recommend optimal placements - learning and improving with each rotational cycle - Use AI to surface insights on program health: promotion readiness signals, engagement patterns, and early warning indicators for at-risk participants Strategic Program Partnership & Benchmarking - Liaise with IN OPS to adopt and adapt their best-in-class mode - Drive accountability from leaders and managers who are expected to invest in talent development - ensuring the accelerated learning promise translates into actual promotion outcomes, not just rotational exposure - Build and present QBRs for each swimlane, inspecting promotion pipelines, identifying blockers, and escalating where the program's growth opportunities promise is not being honored - Partner with AUTA on internship experience design, campus strategy alignment, and incubator planning Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience - 3+ years of program or project management experience - 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience - Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL - Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements Preferred Qualifications - 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience - 3+ years of driving process improvements experience - Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization - Experience building processes, project management, and schedules 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.
📌 AFBP Program Manager , EMJP AIS PXT (Bengaluru)
🏢 Amazon
📍 Bengaluru