Global Fraud Risk & Compliance Program Lead

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Manager to lead Buyer Compliance, Risk Assessments, and Audits within the Payment Risk organization. You will guide cross-functional, global teams across regulatory compliance and fraud prevention to maintain trust in Amazon’s marketplace and ensure adherence across markets.

You will oversee SAM and KYC efforts for GC and B2B cohorts, partnering with engineering and business teams to drive process improvements and reduce risk while delivering an excellent customer experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience.
• Master's degree or MBA in business, operations, or related field.
• Knowledge of general AI tools.
• Experience designing and scaling upskilling or workforce development programs.

Responsibilities

• Define program mission, vision, and objectives with clear success criteria and metrics to measure progress and outcomes for the Buyer Compliance Program.
• Drive cross-functional alignment by facilitating discussions with stakeholders across teams and organizations, ensuring crisp decision-making and shared understanding of priorities.
• Manage the non-transactional audit space — scoping, executing, and delivering audit findings with clear recommendations.
• Represent the team in regulatory discussions and external partner engagements as needed.
• Drive the risk assessment program, including defining risk frameworks, identifying gaps, and ensuring appropriate controls are in place.
• Identify and mitigate risks proactively, solve ambiguous problems, and manage dependencies to keep programs on track and reduce exposure to common failure modes.
• Analyze data to inform program strategy, regularly review metrics for visibility, and communicate progress and recommendations through effective narratives to directors and vice presidents.
• Partner with engineering and business teams to determine project prioritization, streamline processes, and eliminate bottlenecks that slow innovation or degrade the customer experience.

Skills

Program management

Data-driven decisions

Senior stakeholder comms

Education

MBA or Master’s degree

Tools

AI tools knowledge

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Manager to lead Buyer Compliance, Risk Assessments, and Audits within the Payment Risk organization. You will guide cross-functional, global teams across regulatory compliance and fraud prevention to maintain trust in Amazon’s marketplace and ensure adherence across markets.

You will oversee SAM and KYC efforts for GC and B2B cohorts, partnering with engineering and business teams to drive process improvements and reduce risk while delivering an excellent customer experience.