Environmental Launch & Risk Program Lead

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon's Global Environmental Assurance and Protection team seeks an NA Launch Program Manager to own the lifecycle of environmental launch and emergency response programs across North America, turning complex regulatory landscapes into actionable frameworks for field teams.

You will partner with legal, regulatory affairs, operations, technology, design, and procurement to keep programs aligned with the operating model, govern performance, and deliver end-to-end rollout from pilot to scale.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) or related field

Responsibilities

• Translate the compliance vision into functional programs. Integrate them into annual and multi-year planning and shape the budgets that fund them.
• Work independently in an ambiguous, high-stakes regulatory environment, finding paths forward where no solution is predefined and driving alignment without pushing decisions upward.
• Own compliance programs end to end, taking problem definitions through pilot to full rollout, and build the resulting standards into daily operations so field teams sustain them on their own.
• Build the metrics and review system that holds the program accountable, covering KPIs, business reviews, escalation paths, and dashboards that give leaders real-time visibility into performance, milestones, and regulatory standing.
• Report program status, risks, and escalations clearly to director and vice-president audiences across operations, legal, finance, and technology, and stand in for the senior manager in business reviews and cross-functional forums.
• Oversee third-party contractors, consultants, and inspection vendors, holding them to program milestones and quality standards through structured audits.
• Travel up to 25 to 50% of the time.

Skills

Compliance experience

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory knowledge

Education

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

Job description

Amazon's Global Environmental Assurance and Protection team seeks an NA Launch Program Manager to own the lifecycle of environmental launch and emergency response programs across North America, turning complex regulatory landscapes into actionable frameworks for field teams.

You will partner with legal, regulatory affairs, operations, technology, design, and procurement to keep programs aligned with the operating model, govern performance, and deliver end-to-end rollout from pilot to scale.