The Director of Environmental Assurance and Protection (EAP) serves as the principal architect of Amazon's environmental compliance and risk management strategy across our global operations network. This role is fundamental to realizing EAP's vision of creating simple, scalable, and sustainable processes, supported by helpful technology, expert inspection, and real-time data, to enable operations to maintain compliance with regulated waste regulations.

Key job responsibilities
Leading a diverse, multi-regional team of environmental professionals, the Director, EAP will shape and drive environmental governance frameworks that support Amazon's rapid growth while ensuring stellar compliance with regulatory requirements worldwide. The role demands a strong leader who will partner with senior leadership to define environmental risk priorities and investment strategies, while simultaneously building and executing comprehensive environmental management systems that span our fulfillment, logistics, specialty fulfillment, and retail operations.

Critical to achieving the EAP vision, the Director will champion the development and implementation of innovative technology solutions and data analytics platforms that simplify compliance processes and enable real-time monitoring and reporting. They will be responsible for due diligence in new property acquisitions and leases, ensuring seamless integration of environmental standards across expanding business operations.

A successful candidate will drive environmental innovation through data-driven decision making, establishing simple and repeatable best practices that can be scaled across our global network. They will serve as Amazon's senior environmental ambassador, representing the company in executive-level engagements with regulatory agencies, industry groups, and environmental organizations. Central to this role is the ability to develop and execute 3-5 year environmental strategic plans that align with both our critical business growth targets and our commitment to environmental stewardship, while maintaining focus on operational simplicity and scalability.