Sr. Risk Manager, Transportation, Risk, and Compliance

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Risk Manager for its Transportation Risk & Compliance team. This role involves assessing risks, implementing mitigation strategies, and collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance and safety in transportation operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in risk management and compliance, along with advanced skills in Microsoft Office and project management.

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, audit or risk management.
• Knowledge of regulations and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage potential risks in transportation processes.
• Apply risk management framework to Amazon transportation programs.
• Guide senior leadership on risk management concerns.

Skills

Compliance

Risk Management

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sr. Risk Manager, Transportation, Risk, and Compliance

Amazon’s Transportation Risk & Compliance (TRC) team provides a framework for Amazon’s transportation programs to identify and manage risk in a rapidly growing and complex, global environment. To support the business, our primary mission is to perform independent and objective assessment of risks and testing of the controls embedded in Amazon business partners’ processes with the goal of optimizing the achievement of strategic objectives by minimizing negative surprises.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Risk Manager to join our Global Risk Management (GRM) team. As Amazon is continuously developing new transportation solutions, this global role will work with business leaders to maximize success through customizable risk management techniques. The successful candidate will propose innovative approaches and risk mitigation strategies throughout the business life-cycle. In this highly visible role, you will work closely with the legal, business, product, and operations teams on effective risk mitigation countermeasures to ensure continued safety and compliance for Amazon and our transportation partners.

Key job responsibilities
• Assist Amazon transportation stakeholders (e.g., risk partners and business leaders) with identifying and managing potential risks (e.g., regulatory, operational, or reputational) in their core processes that if left untreated could impact the achievement of their strategic objectives.
• Apply the risk management framework to Amazon transportation programs and influence the product landscape for audit and controls.
• Guide senior leadership, resolve risk management concerns, implement mitigation strategies, and influence the product roadmap.
• Perform readiness reviews on new program launches.

A day in the life
This Senior Risk Manager will leverage their knowledge of regulations, their insight into industry standards, and their experience in risk assessment and mitigation to create and influence Amazon’s transportation policies and strategies throughout the business life-cycle.

About the team
The mission of TRC’s risk management function is to provide proactive risk solutions for identifying and managing risk across Amazon’s transportation organization and supporting growth by aligning risk management with performance and objective setting. The vision is to provide the business with risk information to support fact-based decision making thus optimizing strategic execution.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
- Experience in compliance, audit or risk management
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
- Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent
- Master's degree or equivalent

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