Our operations network known for our speed accuracy and exceptional service delivers millions of packages and smiles to Amazon customers every day. To keep our operations network secure and assure operational continuity we are looking for an experienced risk professional to transform our approach to risk and operate at the forefront of the latest technical solutions towards risk mitigation. In this key role you will work alongside a team of risk management professionals who identify and manage global risks to our people operations and assets.
Key job responsibilities
- Create detailed analytical frameworks standards and programs to enable risk change identification assessment and reporting.
- Create mechanisms standards and processes by translating Amazon Security Policies into real world applications to identify classify and assess impact of negative events and bad actors.
- Support teams across the globe to coordinate risk assessments to analyze current risks and identifying potential security risks that are affecting operations across the businesses improve global risk management processes and implement global standards.
- Train advise and partner with other functions in identifying analyzing and reporting on risks through robust standards and processes.
- Work with stakeholders and internal customers to establish provide and agree on clear goals objectives and performance delivery outcomes as well as timelines.
- Support planning and response with internal teams and manage relationships with business units and functions to deliver high quality results.
A day in the life
The Senior Risk Manager is part of a team of risk management professionals providing high-level strategic and tactical risk products to global stakeholders within Amazon. World Wide Amazon Stores (WWAS) operates in highly diversified and complex environments which includes numerous regulatory and law enforcement models cultures languages criminality levels and national political social and security complexities. The Senior Risk Manager works to support and sustain long term programs and initiatives and can be called upon to support dynamic risk identification and reporting during changing operating risk environments enabling action through regional teams and partners influencing adoption and capability continuous improvement with regional flexibility and scale.
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 full-time 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 listed 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
The Global Threat Evaluation & Risk Assessment (GTERA) team provides Worldwide Amazon Stores stakeholders ample advanced warning time to mitigate risks with the potential of impacting Amazon life-safety operations and brand reputation. Global TERA shares valuable insight into existing and emerging threat and risk landscapes discovered through open source research and internal/external data. Global TERA is comprised of risk management professionals with expertise in various aspects of strategic and tactical analysis to include indicator discovery trend analysis and data contextualization. The team partners with other Risk & Resilience teams across the globe to provide the highest clarity possible.
- Bachelors degree in Global Security Risk Management Business Resilience Political Science or similar
- 6 years of experience in Risk Intelligence Risk Management Security or similar
- Experience writing detailed risk reports business reports basic white papers or similar.
- Experience in complex project/program management.
- Experience creating implementing and improving processes policies or SOPs
- Experience in a global or regional environment
- Masters degree or equivalent
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
- Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent
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