Risk Manager Amazon World Wide Operations Workplace Health and Safety

Amazon Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Operational Excellence (OpEx) is seeking a Risk Manager to drive continuous improvement safety projects. If you have a strong background in program management and the ability to drive crossfunctional projects we encourage you to apply. Embrace the opportunity to pioneer new ways of thinking designing and delivering in our fastpaced environment. Apply now to be a part of the most exciting new ideas that are shaping the future of Amazon. The Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Risk Manager will oversee complex projects with critical safety impact. This role requires coordinating change management processes driving and communicating to senior management on status risks and process/product changes. Crossteam coordination project management and executive presentation skills are essential.

Key job responsibilities
Manage full lifecycle of complex crossfunctional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations
Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment seeking to understand business problems automation limitations scaling factors and boundary conditions
Partner with teams globally to source allocate and coordinate resources
Partner with customers internal/external teams and engineering teams to assess risk and determine what projects require additional risk mitigation and in what priority order
Identify and resolve gaps between teams processes and systems helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g. requirements not sufficiently understood or documented ineffective crossteam collaboration longterm impact(s) from thirdparty solutions security not considered insufficient stakeholder review etc.
Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks)
Work with program managers business leaders and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives
Develop implement and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs providing visibility to the milestones and performance across all projects
Some travel may be required (no more than 25.

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular fulltime employees include:
1. Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you! At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!

About the team
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Operational Excellence (OpEx) is committed to the continual improvement of our people processes and performance to position Amazon as an industry leader in safety excellence. Drawing from field expertise OpEx partners with crossfunctional teams to resolve global challenges and proactively support our 9000 WHS professionals. We partner with process owners to understand causal effects leading to defects leverage process improvement tools and methodologies to eliminate defects and improve efficiency and drive changes to optimize safety performance and create a culture of safety excellence. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of the following locations: Arlington Nashville or Seattle.

5 years of working cross functionally with tech and nontech teams experience
5 years of program or project management experience
5 years of risk management experience including risk assessment and mitigation
5 years of managing analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience
Bachelors degree
Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Experience delivering projects within scope time budget and quality
Candidates with 5 years experience in operations safety or process engineering
Experience in ISO45001 (OHSAS18001 ISO14001 or ISO9001 certification. CSP CRSP CIH NEBOSH or CHMM certified.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $66800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $142800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.