Sr. Risk Mgr, Env Strategy, Environmental Assurance and Protection

Amazon•Bellevue, WA

25d•$109,000 - $185,000

About The Position

At Amazon, we are committed to and invested in the natural environment because it is good for business, the planet, our customers, and our communities. The Worldwide Environmental Assurance & Protection team capitalizes on Amazon’s scale, speed, and ability to invent and simplify to create a better and more resilient company. We manage our environmental impacts globally, uphold company standards and expectations, and seek to continuously improve the tools and processes that we use in doing so. The Sr. Risk Mgr, Env Strategy will work directly with all leaders from EAP central businesses, covering Air, Water Waste and California operations compliance. The position will develop operating plans, assist with strategic documents, define and monitor budgets and provide structure across the organization. This role will work closely with environmental Field Teams in California and all operations business units to ensure that the designed programs will meet the needs of each stakeholder group. This role requires the ability to communicate technical concepts to audiences with varying backgrounds and experience. Additionally, this role may assist with legal, environmental consultants or technical teams to resolve environmental program barriers, ensuring customers have a positive experience with internal tools and resources, and coordinating streamlined access to process material.

Requirements

6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
Bachelor’s Degree in civil, chemical or environmental engineering or related field of engineering or science study
Experience using in depth knowledge of federal, state and local environmental regulations
Experience diving deep with engineering teams to understand operations processes

Nice To Haves

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 in civil, chemical or environmental engineering or related field of engineering or science study

Responsibilities

Scope, create, and proactively drive program operational plans.
Communicate to director level stakeholders on project status, risk and program changes
Manage the full life-cycle of environmental budget planning
Lead weekly meetings and track actions, owners and timelines to keep programs on schedule
Develop the overall program roadmap, tactically driving teams in and outside of your organization to deliver
Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects
Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions
Oversee work performed by relevant contractors and consultants.
Utilize excellent written and verbal communication skills, while presenting to director level leaders.