The Sr. WW Risk Manager will be responsible for strategic risk compliance, including assurance processes design, development, testing, implementation, verification, and continual improvement. The role will engage, collaborate, and partner with Amazon businesses, geographical units, and technical subject matter experts (SMEs) in Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) and other functions (i.e., field operations, governmental affairs, legal, engineering, data scientists, business intelligence engineers, purchasing) to continually reduce risk. More specifically, this role will serve to assist with strategy and scalable and reliable actions for managing workplace health and safety (WHS) compliance in different jurisdictions across the globe. The role involves self-driven, independent, and hands-on work in the areas of understanding stakeholder needs and expectations, legal research, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, investigation and root cause analysis, and risk management. Role involves travel 20-30% locally and internationally.

Key job responsibilities
• Workplace health and safety compliance
• Key responsibilities include defining, applying, and defending health and safety risk requirements; operating in alignment with legal or regulatory requirements; and testing, remediating, and enhancing risk management controls. Partners with legal teams to interpret and define obligations. Engage cross-organizationally with leadership to design program controls and test strategy. Influence senior leadership to implement strategic and programmatic controls.
• Key responsibilities include defining and applying risk tolerances; measuring management and communicating health and safety legal risk. Influence leadership in the establishment of organization-level risk management.
• Promote culture of workplace health and safety compliance and risk management
• Key responsibilities include building risk management awareness within organizations; providing subject matter expertise; and acting as a risk management evangelist. Maintain subject matter expertise and current industry knowledge to advise senior leadership on emerging trends and potential impact on strategic roadmap. Ensure risk management team is actively involved in organizational roadmap discussions. Develop and deliver risk management training to senior leadership. Conceptualize and drive implementation of cross-product technical risk management solutions to drive program efficiencies.
• Should be an effective communicator and send clear, concise, and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing.


A day in the life
Amazon offers a range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

About the team
The Worldwide Risk Team (WWRT) serves as the cornerstone of our global risk management strategy, orchestrating a comprehensive approach to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across all regions. By implementing a globally centralized mechanism, the WWRT has revolutionized our risk intake process, creating a single source of truth for risk-related information.

This centralized system allows for seamless integration of risk data from diverse sources, enabling the team to scale our risk program efficiently and effectively. As risks are reported and analyzed through this unified platform, the WWRT can deploy enhanced mitigation controls worldwide, ensuring a consistent response to emerging risks.