Regional Environmental Compliance Leader

Amazon Inc.; Redlands (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a senior Environmental Compliance leader in the United States (CA) to drive regulatory compliance across regional sites. You will translate programs into regional action, manage a skilled team, track KPIs, and partner with Legal, Regulatory bodies, and technology teams to minimize risk.

The role requires 5+ years of risk investigations, a strong data mindset, and a track record of building high-performing teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of conducting workplace risk investigations.
• Experience building and managing a high-performing team of direct reports.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data to drive process and system improvements.
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) or related field.

Responsibilities

• Drive environmental regulatory compliance across the sites in your region, aligning your team's priorities to the organization's compliance plans and the OP1, OP2, and quarterly planning cycles.
• Translate media-specific compliance programs and field execution frameworks into regional execution, adapting them to the sites and conditions you support.
• Manage your team's resource allocation and input to annual operating plans, balancing immediate compliance obligations against the work needed to build durable site capability.
• Operate program controllership mechanisms that drive speed, quality, and accountability across your team and site partners, surfacing and mitigating compliance risk early.
• Communicate compliance status, risks, and escalations clearly and concisely to senior leaders and partners across Operations, Legal, Finance, and Technology.
• Partner with Amazon Legal, state and local regulators, environmental consultants, and technology teams to resolve compliance barriers at the regional and site level and reduce manual effort in compliance execution.
• Track your region against KPI and compliance metric frameworks, using the data to find gaps, prioritize fixes, and report milestone and regulatory posture across your sites.
• Lead the talent management lifecycle for your team, including hiring, onboarding, and structured development planning that builds depth and capability.
• Oversee work performed by third-party contractors, consultants, and inspection vendors in your region, holding them accountable to milestones and quality standards through structured audit and governance mechanisms.
• Exercise sound independent judgment in an ambiguous, high-stakes regulatory environment, choosing the right mechanisms and team priorities to deliver compliance outcomes.
• Embed environmental compliance into the day-to-day operating rhythm of the sites you support.
• Travel expected up to 25-50% of the time.

Skills

Workplace risk investigations

Team leadership

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

Education

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

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

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a senior Environmental Compliance leader in the United States (CA) to drive regulatory compliance across regional sites. You will translate programs into regional action, manage a skilled team, track KPIs, and partner with Legal, Regulatory bodies, and technology teams to minimize risk.

The role requires 5+ years of risk investigations, a strong data mindset, and a track record of building high-performing teams.