Are you passionate about simplifying complex systems and driving meaningful impact on a global scale Join our Global Trade Services (GTS) team to transform the way products navigate international regulatory environments. Were looking for a strategic thinker and builder; someone who can help develop scalable tech-enabled solutions to ensure seamless and compliant product movement across borders.
This is more than a compliance role: its a chance to redefine how trade classification and regulatory risk management operate at scale at Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
- Develop Strategic Frameworks: Define global strategies to meet diverse regulatory requirements across countries and product categories.
- Design Scalable Systems: Build mechanisms to operationalize classification and compliance processes across millions of products..
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the connective tissue between product tech legal operations and policy teams.
- Lead Continuous Improvement: Use data-driven insights to optimize trade compliance processes and remove operational friction.
- Risk Mitigation Through Measurement: Build systems that proactively identify and address regulatory risks through metrics and automation.
A day in the life
Every day will be differentbut heres what you might expect:
- Partnering with policy teams tech and legal stakeholders to develop innovative classification strategies
- Leading strategy sessions to define the future of product classification for global trade
- Evaluating the regulatory impact of new product launches or country expansions
- Driving simplification by automating legacy manual processes
- Translating compliance complexity into scalable measurable systems
- Develop KPIs to proactively assess and manage compliance risks
About the team
Global Trade Services (GTS) enables Amazon and its partners - customers vendors and sellers - to move products technology and software efficiently and compliantly across borders. We develop import/export solutions that ensure the right products get to the right places at the right time and cost.
This role will lead the development of our Product Classification (PC) strategy with high visibility and direct impact on business expansion operational efficiency and regulatory risk mitigation. Your work will unlock scalable growth and innovation in one of the most complex areas of international trade.
What Youll Bring
- Experience in global trade compliance product classification or supply chain
- A systems thinker with a bias for action and ownership
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and regulatory complexity
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- Passion for building mechanisms that scale
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related field
- Experience in trade compliance customs operations customs brokerage supply chain logistics or similar
- Experience building scalable programs and repeatable scalable processes levering various tools and methods to create scale and efficiency
- Experience working cross-functionally with tech and non-tech teams including operations
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Masters degree or Six Sigma Black Belt certification
- Experience in a fast-paced high-tech company or experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines
- Experience working with technology teams and solving operational issues using technology
- Experience in compliance audit or risk management
- Knowledge of and proficiency in Excel and SQL
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and convert them into actionable processes
- Familiarity with customs data tariff codes or trade automation tools
- Experience leading global programs or process improvement initiatives across regions
- Passion for innovation operational excellence and solving ambiguous regulatory challenges at scale
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
CAN ON Toronto - 84400.00 - 141000.00 CAD annually