Food Safety Manager jobs in United States

Our vision is to protect customers from products that are illegal, unsafe or non‑compliant. 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 unsafe products in the MEA region.

This role is responsible for creating and driving a roadmap of risk policies and controls across business, legal, compliance, operations, tech and other cross‑functional teams globally. It owns program‑level metrics ensures success by leading risk initiatives prioritisation discussions and reporting.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders globally including Legal, Product Safety, Policy, Operations and Category Management teams to ensure alignment on compliance & safety strategies and initiatives.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to define clear project requirements, establish timelines, manage dependencies and ensure successful and timely execution.
• Own and drive initiatives to proactively improve Selling Partner experience focusing on reducing friction by streamlining processes, simplifying requirements and enhancing communication.
• Identify, design and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the compliance & safety 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 product safety and compliance requirements (e.g., external regulatory and internal Amazon policy requirements) and make data‑driven compliance solutions.
• Develop and improve mechanisms for continuous improvement on product safety compliance and customer trust.

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.

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.

• 6 years of compliance audit or risk management experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.
• Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent.
• Masters degree or equivalent.

Required Experience: Manager.

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