Product Safety Compliance Manager, Amazon Private Brands, Amazon Private Brands, Product Safety and Compliance
About the role
Amazon is seeking a Product Safety Compliance Manager for Softlines and Hardlines to join the Global Requirements Team focused on chemical requirements. This role supports Amazon's Private Brand Safety, Sustainability and Compliance (SSC) vision to offer the widest selection of safe and compliant products to customers. The position is located in Seattle.
Key job responsibilities
- Review new and emerging global chemical regulations to determine applicability to APB products, collaborate with internal teams to complete impact assessments, and implement applicable requirements into Amazon processes while minimizing compliance gaps
- Work with cross-functional Amazon teams to complete chemical reporting requirements and develop innovative solutions to pre-defined safety and compliance requirements using high-level process/system solutions
- Provide chemical expertise and technical guidance to legal teams on regulatory interpretations, upcoming regulation advocacies, and compliance complexities
- Review technical information about products (e.g., Safety Data Sheets, formulation data, lab reports) and advise business teams on next steps and compliance pathways
- Support internal teams with issues related to compliance documentation (e.g. SDS review, chemical inventory management, product safety investigations)
- Develop guidance documents for internal teams on packaging compliance for globally marketed products
- Manage various US state-level chemical regulations in the context of federal and global regulatory frameworks, building scalable approaches to multi-jurisdictional compliance
- Propose updates and improvements to develop and maintain chemical safety and compliance protocols; execute high-judgement decision making for product development-related escalations and chemical safety investigations
- Support post-market incident management together with the audit team
A day in the life
As a Product Safety Compliance Manager for chemical requirements, you will start your day reviewing regulatory intelligence alerts for new or changing chemical regulations across global markets. You will assess whether these regulations apply to APB's product portfolio and determine the operational impact. You'll collaborate with cross-functional partners including Legal, Product Safety, Vendor Management, and Business teams to translate complex chemical requirements into actionable compliance guidance. On any given day, you might be advising a legal team on a state-level PFAS restriction, developing scalable packaging guidance for a global product launch, reviewing an SDS for a new vendor onboarding, or building a framework to harmonize overlapping state chemical regulations. You serve as the go-to chemical subject matter expert for the organization, balancing technical depth with practical business judgment.
About the team
The Global Requirements Team supports and implements compliance requirements with the responsibility to enable safe and compliant products for our Private Brands business. The Product Safety Compliance Manager will drive the implementation and continuous improvement of safety and compliance procedures for both Softlines (including apparel, non-apparel accessories, footwear, jewelry, children's sleepwear) and Hardlines (including home textiles, consumer electronics, toys, furniture, kitchenware, tools, and other household goods). The candidate will support the implementation of compliance requirements, manage escalations from senior stakeholders, and build optimized processes and innovative scalable solutions, whilst maintaining high standards for worldwide compliance.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Knowledge of consumer product compliance processes and regulations
- 3+ years experience dealing with chemical regulations including: California Proposition 65, VOC regulations (CARB/OTC), PFAS restrictions, REACH, Food Contact Materials and RoHS directives
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of program requirements definition and data and metrics leveraging to drive improvements experience
- Professional auditing qualification, or similar risk or compliance credentials
- 3+ years of implementing safety standards experience
- Experience managing multi-jurisdictional chemical compliance programs, particularly harmonizing US state-level regulations with federal and global frameworks
- Experience with food contact material regulations (e.g., FDA 21 CFR, EU 1935/2004) and PFAS-related restrictions in packaging
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences
Pay
- USA, NY, New York City: $81,600.00 - $142,800.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, Seattle: $82,700.00 - $129,800.00 USD annually
Benefits
Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Your Amazon package will also include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
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