Senior Regulatory Compliance Manager - UAE Logistics

Amazon UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 312,480 - 446,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UAE seeks a Manager of Regulatory Compliance in Dubai to lead regulatory due diligence, permit acquisition, and framework development across its UAE facilities. You will review engineering docs, coordinate with authorities, and implement scalable compliance controls to support rapid delivery expansion.

The role requires deep regulatory knowledge, program management experience, and the ability to work with government bodies, consultants, and internal teams to ensure ongoing compliance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, law, risk management, or related discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in compliance program management, governance, legal compliance, audit, risk management, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of program or project management experience.
• Experience managing compliance requirements across engineering, construction, facilities, or operational projects.
• Strong understanding of regulatory due diligence, authority approvals, permits, renewals, and technical documentation.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, engineering proposals, and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering and regulatory compliance throughout project initiation, design, construction, commissioning, launch, and operational phases.
• Develop compliance frameworks aligned with UAE building codes, engineering standards, permit requirements, and local authority regulations.
• Conduct regulatory due diligence for proposed Amazon Now sites and engineering projects.
• Identify permit, approval, licensing, and certification requirements before project execution begins.
• Coordinate the submission, tracking, acquisition, and renewal of permits and technical approvals.
• Maintain a complete register of regulatory obligations, approval conditions, expiry dates, and responsible stakeholders.
• Review technical drawings, specifications, calculations, and engineering proposals for regulatory conformity.
• Assess architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire‑safety, and other technical solutions where relevant to site compliance.
• Identify non‑compliant design elements and work with technical teams to develop acceptable corrective solutions.
• Provide practical guidance to engineering, construction, operations, real estate, and project‑management stakeholders.
• Establish standard compliance protocols, review checklists, approval workflows, and escalation mechanisms.
• Build scalable controls across multiple Amazon Now facilities.
• Monitor regulatory changes and evaluate their impact on projects and sites.
• Coordinate with government authorities, municipalities, civil defense, consultants, and regulatory bodies.
• Maintain relationships with external authorities responsible for approvals and compliance.
• Represent compliance needs during authority meetings, reviews, and technical discussions.
• Plan and manage internal and external compliance audits.
• Coordinate assessments with engineering, legal, operations, safety, construction, and cross‑functional teams.
• Document audit findings, classify risks, and assign corrective actions with owners and dates.
• Track remediation activity and verify closure of compliance gaps.
• Investigate recurring compliance failures and identify root causes.
• Improve systems through root‑cause analysis, automation, and standardized reporting.
• Use data and metrics to monitor permit status, audit findings, risks, and corrective actions.
• Prepare concise reports for leadership on compliance status and risks.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Program management

Risk management

Regulatory due diligence

Permit management

Governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, law, risk management, business administration, or related

Job description

Amazon UAE seeks a Manager of Regulatory Compliance in Dubai to lead regulatory due diligence, permit acquisition, and framework development across its UAE facilities. You will review engineering docs, coordinate with authorities, and implement scalable compliance controls to support rapid delivery expansion.

The role requires deep regulatory knowledge, program management experience, and the ability to work with government bodies, consultants, and internal teams to ensure ongoing compliance and