Senior Risk Manager, Transportation Risk and Compliance

About the role

Want to help Earth's most customer-centric company design, implement, and monitor risk mitigation strategies to improve the customer experience and protect Amazon's brand? In this role, you will manage the lifecycle of complex, cross-functional risk programs within Amazon's global transportation businesses.

Responsibilities

• Own the lifecycle of complex, cross-functional risk programs within Amazon's global transportation businesses.
• Define risk program objectives, drive improvements quantified with metrics, and operate independently with limited guidance — partnering across organizations to influence technology roadmaps, business decisions, and risk strategy.
• Build new risk frameworks and processes from the ground up, including a Risk Appetite Score methodology and enhanced risk reporting processes, that enable data-driven risk prioritization at scale.
• Partner with technology teams to design and deploy risk tools and reporting solutions that enable data-driven decision-making.
• Establish cross-organizational adoption strategies for change intake and risk oversight processes, ensuring consistent uptake across Last Mile and Middle Mile teams.
• Clearly and concisely communicate identified findings to senior leadership (directors and VPs), write compelling narratives, and design workflows in support of risk-reduction activities.
• Negotiate resources and priorities, make trade-offs between short-term needs and long-term strategic objectives, and drive business changes that reduce risk.
• Work collaboratively with business stakeholders, legal, technology, and field operations teams to implement world-class, customer-centric risk management solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level.
• Experience building cross-functional partnerships and influencing stakeholders across the organization to act without having a direct reporting relationship.
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience engaging, verbally and in writing, with internal and external stakeholders to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise manner.
• Experience implementing change management successfully transitioning programs into large-scale operations.

Qualifications

• Master's 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.
• Experience with AI/ML technologies.
• Experience with data analytics platforms (Power BI, Python, SQL, Tableau), or experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making.
• CPA, CMA, CISA, CIA or equivalent risk, audit, or compliance credentials.

Skills

• Clear and concise communication skills.
• Effective decision-making and innovation.
• High judgment and customer focus.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

• AZ, Tempe - $121,200.00 - $163,900.00 USD annually
• IL, Chicago - $121,200.00 - $163,900.00 USD annually
• TN, Nashville - $109,000.00 - $155,400.00 USD annually
• VA, Arlington - $121,200.00 - $163,900.00 USD annually
• WA, Bellevue - $121,200.00 - $163,900.00 USD annually