Sr. Program Manager, Environmental Health and Safety, Safety Learning and Development (SLeD)

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon in Arlington, VA seeks a Safety Learning and Development (SLeD) Program Manager to lead the LMS strategy, drive compliance, and own end-to-end LMS processes globally. You will manage data-driven improvements, coordinate with stakeholders, and shepherd complex projects across a vast learning portfolio.

You will collaborate with global teams to standardize practices, navigate ambiguity, and deliver scalable solutions that support thousands of learners and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• End to End management of Learning Management systems (LMS).
• High attention to detail with excellent organizational skills.
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and eager to learn.
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable solutions and mechanisms in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the LMS global strategy, building repeatable mechanisms for compliance reporting, stakeholder communication, and program health monitoring.
• Lead special projects and process improvement initiatives to optimize multiple LMS use-cases, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Design scalable mechanisms to resolve systemic training barriers, reduce escalation volume, and maintain compliance documentation standards.
• Solve customer issues via tickets on training barriers, extensions, completion issues, and escalations, maintaining compliance documentation standards.
• Serve as single-threaded leader to configure learning paths, user permissions, and manage training across multiple programs, ensuring seamless operations.
• Leverage LMS and internal RIVER tools to maintain our intakes, courses, adoption, and compliance reporting accuracy.
• Drive continuous improvement of LMS functionality through system updates, user feedback, and performance metrics.
• Partner cross functionally with global counterparts to drive standardization and share best practices.

Skills

Program management

Learning management systems

Regulatory compliance

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder communication

End-to-end delivery

Project leadership

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Organizational Development/Business

Master's degree or MBA

Tools

LMS

RIVER tools

Job description

Description

As a Safety Learning and Development (SLeD) Program Manager, you will be the single-threaded leader in North America, responsible for driving Learning Management System (LMS) excellence and training compliance globally. You will define and own the multi-year LMS roadmap, optimizing processes, maintaining data integrity, and implementing system wide efficiencies to support regulatory compliance requirements. This role goes beyond day-to-day coordination; you will be trusted to lead special projects, navigate ambiguity, and drive strategic process improvements in the SLeD domain that strengthen content uploads, management, and stakeholder visibility. You will own end-to-end LMS processes, building scalable mechanisms and driving standardization across global operations while maintaining strict compliance with training requirements and regulatory standards. You will also develop a deep understanding of the tactical demands of a wide portfolio of training programs, ensuring seamless assignments for thousands of learners.

Description

As a Safety Learning and Development (SLeD) Program Manager, you will be the single-threaded leader in North America, responsible for driving Learning Management System (LMS) excellence and training compliance globally. You will define and own the multi-year LMS roadmap, optimizing processes, maintaining data integrity, and implementing system wide efficiencies to support regulatory compliance requirements. This role goes beyond day-to-day coordination; you will be trusted to lead special projects, navigate ambiguity, and drive strategic process improvements in the SLeD domain that strengthen content uploads, management, and stakeholder visibility. You will own end-to-end LMS processes, building scalable mechanisms and driving standardization across global operations while maintaining strict compliance with training requirements and regulatory standards. You will also develop a deep understanding of the tactical demands of a wide portfolio of training programs, ensuring seamless assignments for thousands of learners. If you thrive in an environment where you can both invent and simplify processes, drive data-driven solutions, and support stakeholders through systematic improvements, this is the role for you.

Key job responsibilities

• Define and own the LMS global strategy, building repeatable mechanisms for compliance reporting, stakeholder communication, and program health monitoring
• Lead special projects and process improvement initiatives to optimize multiple LMS use-cases, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Design scalable mechanisms to resolve systemic training barriers, reduce escalation volume, and maintain compliance documentation standards
• Solve customer issues via tickets on training barriers, extensions, completion issues, and escalations, maintaining compliance documentation standards
• Serve as single-threaded leader to configure learning paths, user permissions, and manage training across multiple programs, ensuring seamless operations
• Leverage LMS and internal RIVER tools to maintain our intakes, courses, adoption, and compliance reporting accuracy
• Drive continuous improvement of LMS functionality through system updates, user feedback, and performance metrics
• Partner cross functionally with global counterparts to drive standardization and share best practices

About The Team

The Safety Learning and Development (SLeD) team is part of the Worldwide Ergonomics and Safety Experience (WESE) team. SLeD designs and develops safety and environmental training, that adheres to adult learning theory principles, to increase learner retention by reducing cognitive overload. The team’s focus areas include delivering onboarding, annual refresher, and developmental training.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Bachelor's degree in HR Management, Organizational Development, Business Administration or equivalent field of study
• End to End management of Learning Management systems (LMS)
• High attention to detail with excellent organizational skills
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and eager to learn
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable solutions and mechanisms in ambiguous environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Knowledge of general AI tools
• Holds a recognized Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile)

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

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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.

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Job ID: A10463119