The Senior Risk Manager will be responsible for managing global risk and compliance programs that include inventorying, assessing, controlling, and monitoring important project-related risks. The candidate will be hands-on and must have an entrepreneurial mindset to be successful in this role.
Key job responsibilities
Our team is seeking a Senior Risk Manager to join our Seller Compliance Enablement team, focusing on streamlining our sellers' experience as they navigate compliance requirements.
In this role you will have the opportunity to manage and iterate an approach to identify, assess, and manage remediation for a wide set of risks on our expanding projects. The candidate must be comfortable balancing strategic thinking with tactical, detailed execution while working independently, sorting through ambiguously defined problems, identifying and facing big challenges, and adjusting to sudden and frequent change.
This will require collaboration across various teams, gaining insights into our enforcement actions, and driving programs to improve the accuracy of our decisions. The role additionally includes leading escalation deep dives and updating leadership via established mechanisms. The ideal candidate should possess excellent business, communication, and writing skills. They should also be proficient in influencing senior stakeholders through data-driven and actionable insights, and be capable of working independently in an ambiguous environment. The candidate will consult with business, legal, finance, and technical teams to further scale and simplify processes, develop robust mechanisms, and launch new features.
About the team
At our core, we strive to empower our Selling Partners in providing customers with the widest range of safe and compliant products. To achieve this, we focus on several key areas:
1. Ensuring that our catalog selection, WW only offers products that meet safety and compliance standards.
2. Swiftly addressing and resolving any risks associated with unsafe and non compliant products.
3. Creating a positive and seamless experience for our Selling Partners to meet their compliance obligations.
4. Enhancing external stakeholders' perception of our ability to offer safe products.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
- 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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $109,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on 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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.