Risk Manager MEA Compliance Safety TSE International

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global tech company is looking for a Risk Manager to oversee product and food compliance policies in the UAE. The role involves building relationships with stakeholders, implementing process improvements, and defining key performance metrics. Candidates should have 4 years of compliance management experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and skills in SQL and Excel. This role promotes a safe shopping environment and collaborative workplace adjustments for applicants with disabilities.

Qualifications

• 4 years of compliance program management, legal governance, or equivalent experience.
• Experience handling confidential information.
• 3 years of program requirements definition and metrics leveraging.
• Professional auditing qualification or similar risk/compliance credentials.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders globally.
• Partner with teams to define project requirements and timelines.
• Identify process improvements and implement solutions.
• Define KPIs and communicate progress to leadership.
• Deep dive into compliance requirements to provide solutions.
• Identify needs for scalable tech solutions.
• Develop mechanisms for continuous improvement.

Skills

Compliance program management

Legal governance

Audit skills

Risk/loss prevention

SQL

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Our vision is to protect customers from products that are illegal, unsafe or noncompliant. The Compliance and Safety team for the Middle East Africa and Turkey Region is looking for a Risk Manager to manage our product and food compliance policies to protect our customers from noncompliant products for the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and South African Stores.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders globally including Legal product operations and Category Management teams to ensure alignment on compliance strategies and initiatives.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to define clear project requirements, establish timelines, manage dependencies and ensure successful and timely delivery.
• Identify design and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the compliance program leveraging automation and data analytics where possible to eliminate manual processes and create scalable solutions.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics, develop reporting mechanisms and regularly communicate progress, risks and mitigation plans to cross‑functional leadership.
• Deep dive specific compliance requirements (e.g., external regulatory and internal Amazon policy requirements) and make data‑driven compliance solutions.
• Identify needs for scalable tech solutions and influence stakeholders to drive availability and effectiveness.
• Develop and improve mechanisms for continuous improvement.

A day in the life

The Risk Manager is a key driver of Amazon's compliance and safety programs. The role works across multiple global stakeholders including operations and tech to drive a large portfolio of key deliverables that are tracked at an executive level.

About the team

The MEA Compliance & Safety team is charged with protecting Amazon customers from illegal, prohibited and unsafe products. Our customers trust us to ensure a trustworthy shopping experience and provide a safe shopping environment for them and their families.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you identify with having a disability or other support need, please let me know if an accommodation/adjustment would be beneficial to you during the application and hiring process.

Qualifications

• 4 years of compliance program management, legal governance, audit, risk/loss prevention or equivalent experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience handling confidential information.
• 3 years of program requirements definition and data and metrics leveraging to drive improvements experience.
• Professional auditing qualification or similar risk or compliance credentials.
• Experience with SQL and Excel.
• Ability to provide workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process for individuals with disability.
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