Compliance Assurance Risk Manager, WHS, Governance, Compliance & External Affairs

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com, Inc. is seeking a Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Compliance Assurance Risk Manager to lead programs ensuring global WHS compliance and internal conformance with procedures.

The role collaborates with legal, field ops, data scientists, and tech teams to develop scalable controls and testing strategies. You will conduct legal research, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and root-cause investigations to continually improve risk management and assurance processes across

Qualifications

• 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience.
• Experience handling confidential information.
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and defend environment, health and safety compliance requirements.
• Operate in alignment with legal or regulatory requirements; test and remediate controls.
• Engage cross-organizationally with leadership to design program controls and test strategy.
• Partner with legal teams to interpret obligations and ensure compliance across jurisdictions.

Skills

Program management

Confidential info handling

SQL

Data analytics

Education

BSc in EHS

MS in EHS

Tools

Excel

Job description

Description

Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Compliance Assurance Risk Manager will be responsible for managing programs and processes that maintain legal compliance and conformance to internal WHS procedures, including assurance processes design, development, testing, implementation, verification, and continual improvement. The role will engage, collaborate, and partner with Amazon businesses, geographical units, and technical subject matter experts (SMEs) in Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) and other functions (i.e., field operations, governmental affairs, legal, engineering, data scientists and tech teams (AFT), business intelligence engineers, purchasing) to continually improve compliance. More specifically, this role will serve to assist with scalable and reliable actions for managing Workplace health and safety (WHS) compliance in different jurisdictions across the globe. The role involves self-driven, independent, and hands-on work in the areas of understanding stakeholder needs and expectations, legal research, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, investigation and root cause analysis, and risk management.

Key job responsibilities

Key responsibilities include defining, applying, and defending environment, health and safety compliance requirements; operating in alignment with legal or regulatory requirements; and testing, remediating, and enhancing risk management controls. Partners with legal teams to interpret and define obligations. Engage cross-organizationally with leadership to design program controls and test strategy. Influence senior leadership to implement strategic and programmatic controls.

Promote culture of environment, health and safety compliance and risk management

Key responsibilities include building awareness of compliance assurance programs and expectations across organizations; and acting as a continual improvement evangelist.

Should be an effective communicator and send clear, concise, and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience

• Experience handling confidential information

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

• Master's degree in Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) or related field

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, VA, Arlington - 74,200.00 - 129,800.00 USD annually