Executive Spotlight: Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President, People eXperience and Technology of Amazon (2027)
Beth Galetti is Senior Vice President of People eXperience and Technology at Amazon, the executive who leads the company's global human resources organization. Amazon's own news site gives that title on pieces she wrote, including an essay about writing more than 100,000 lines of code with AI.
She matters because she is the person who communicates large workforce decisions and skills programs to Amazon employees. An update she wrote about organizational changes said the reductions would affect approximately 16,000 roles, and a separate essay describes Amazon's Future Ready 2030 skills commitment.
Her path is unusual for an HR leader. She started as a software developer in the transportation industry and joined Amazon in 2013. This page uses public professional information only.
Current role and company
Galetti leads Amazon's global HR organization. Amazon's site carries bylines from her as Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology, and an Amazon feature about mentorship uses the same title with a capital X in eXperience.
- Title (Amazon byline)Senior Vice President of People eXperience and Technology.
- Leads (Amazon essay)Amazon's global HR organization.
- Joined Amazon (Amazon essay)2013.
Career path
- Transportation technology. In her own essay she says she started as a software developer in the transportation industry, building package tracking and international systems.
- Senior leadership. She describes nearly two decades moving into senior roles, including chief information officer for transportation businesses, and later running full air and ground networks across engineering and operations.
- Joining Amazon. She writes that she interviewed for a transportation role in 2013 and was offered an HR role instead.
- Today. She leads Amazon's global HR organization as senior vice president.
What she is known for
- Workforce updates. She wrote Amazon's "Update on our organization" message, which said the reductions would affect approximately 16,000 roles. Most US-based employees were given 90 days to look for a new internal role, with severance, outplacement and health insurance for those who leave, and Amazon said it would keep hiring in strategic areas.
- Skills and AI. Her essay says she had not coded for 25 years before using AI tools to build again, and that she has written over 100,000 lines of code with them.
- Everyone Can Build. She reports that more than 1,500 employees built apps in an internal competition of that name within a few weeks.
- Future Ready 2030 and Career Choice. The essay describes a $2.5 billion commitment to help at least 50 million people prepare for the future of work, and a $1 billion Career Choice investment with a goal of upskilling 500,000 employees.
Leadership style and philosophy
These points come from her own writing on Amazon's site.
- Start before you are ready. She wrote: "You don't need perfection to start. You just need to dive in."
- Give people the tools. She wrote that when employees get the ability and tools to solve problems themselves, they will surprise you with what they create.
- Everyone leads. In a feature on mentorship she said every Amazon employee is a leader, and that she still seeks out mentors today.
- Leadership Principles. She says she carries a laminated copy of Amazon's Leadership Principles everywhere she goes.
Key numbers (company-reported)
Figures come from Amazon's own pages and are not independently verified. The pages read did not show explicit publication dates in their text.
- Roles affected in the organizational update (Amazon)Approximately 16,000.
- Future Ready 2030 commitment (Amazon essay)$2.5 billion to help at least 50 million people.
- Career Choice investment (Amazon essay)$1 billion, goal of upskilling 500,000 employees.
- Everyone Can Build participants (Amazon essay)More than 1,500 employees.
- Mentoring program participants, 2016 to 2022 (Amazon feature)18,800 to more than 159,000.
What to watch next
Worth tracking: further notes from her on Amazon's news site about hiring and organization, progress on Future Ready 2030, and how AI-building programs like Everyone Can Build spread across teams.
Questions people ask
Who is Beth Galetti?
She is Amazon's Senior Vice President of People eXperience and Technology and leads the company's global HR organization.
What is Beth Galetti's title at Amazon?
Amazon's site gives it as Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology, written elsewhere as People eXperience and Technology.
When did Beth Galetti join Amazon?
She writes that she joined in 2013 after interviewing for a transportation role and being offered an HR role.
What did Beth Galetti do before Amazon?
She says she started as a software developer in the transportation industry, became a chief information officer for transportation businesses, and later ran air and ground networks.
Why did Beth Galetti write 100,000 lines of code?
Her essay says she had not coded for 25 years and used AI tools to build again, writing over 100,000 lines of code.
Sources
- Amazon: I'm an Amazon SVP who hadn't coded in 25 years · Title byline, career, AI coding, Future Ready 2030
- Amazon: Update on our organization · Organizational changes, 16,000 roles
- Amazon: Beth Galetti on employee mentorship · Title, mentoring, headshot
Facts were read from the linked Amazon pages on October 31, 2026. Some pages were read through a fetch tool that returns summaries, so confirm details on the original page. The hero photo is Amazon's headshot of her from the mentorship feature. Company figures are labelled company-reported. This page covers public professional information only.
Top photo: Amazon (aboutamazon.com)