Senior Materials Lifecycle Strategist, Global Sustainability

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Sr. Materials Lifecycle Specialist to define and implement strategies that measure and mitigate environmental and social impacts across commodity supply chains.

The role requires deep materials science knowledge, lifecycle assessment, and the ability to develop pilots and scale innovative technologies to strengthen supply chains. You will drive cross‑functional collaboration with Tech and Science teams, build data pipelines, and establish KPIs to advance sustainability while

Qualifications

• Experience working with a matrixed team of stakeholders to achieve goals.
• Experience building and managing financial models for forecasting and problem solving.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental, chemical, or materials science engineering or related technical field.
• Broad knowledge across supply chain traceability, sourcing practices, certifications, regional risks, and environmental tradeoffs.
• Experience tracking industry best practices, innovation, and performance benchmarking related to commodity sourcing and/or sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a company expert on one or more commodity supply chains and assess environmental impacts.
• Lead technical analysis and global dissemination of sustainability guidance for commodity sourcing and recovery.
• Develop 3–5 year strategic plans grounded in materials science to improve sourcing and mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with business units and technical teams to execute strategic plans for impact avoidance and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with Tech and Science teams to develop tools for impact measurement, lifecycle assessment, and abatement analysis.
• Design and manage pilots of new material production, processing, and recovery technologies and build business cases for scaling.

Skills

Matrixed teamwork

Financial modeling

Program strategy

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's in environmental/chemical/materials science engineering

Master's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance

Tools

Geospatial analysis tools

AI productivity tools

Job description

Amazon seeks a Sr. Materials Lifecycle Specialist to define and implement strategies that measure and mitigate environmental and social impacts across commodity supply chains.

The role requires deep materials science knowledge, lifecycle assessment, and the ability to develop pilots and scale innovative technologies to strengthen supply chains. You will drive cross‑functional collaboration with Tech and Science teams, build data pipelines, and establish KPIs to advance sustainability while