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Risk Manager, NA Water, EAP

Amazon· Corporate Operations
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Hybrid (Nashville, TN), Hybrid (Arlington, VA), Hybrid (Bellevue, WA)$109k - $155.4kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Manages lifecycle of Amazon's NA water compliance programs, translating complex regulatory requirements into executable program frameworks across North America, with focus on water quality, discharge, stormwater, wastewater, water stewardship, and regulatory obligations. Owns program strategy, delivery, governance, and cross-functional coordination to embed water compliance in operations.

Responsibilities

  • Translate the NA water compliance vision into executable program frameworks, integrating program objectives into OP1, OP2, and quarterly planning cycles across in-scope business units.
  • Own the lifecycle of NA water compliance programs, including water quality, discharge, stormwater, and wastewater, taking each from problem definition through pilot, prove, and scale.
  • Contribute to multi-year operating plans and program budget inputs, and recommend resource allocation trade-offs that balance immediate compliance obligations against long-term infrastructure investment.
  • Design and operate program controllership mechanisms, business review cadences, escalation paths, and metric dashboards, that surface and mitigate water compliance risk and drive accountability across internal and external stakeholders without requiring manager intervention.
  • Communicate compliance program status, risks, and escalations clearly and concisely to Director and VP-level audiences across Operations, Legal, Finance, and Technology, and independently proxy for the Senior Manager in WBRs, MBRs, and cross-functional forums.
  • Partner with Amazon Legal, state and local regulators, environmental consultants, and technology teams to resolve water compliance barriers, accelerate engineered solutions, and reduce manual dependency in compliance execution.
  • Define and implement KPI and compliance metric frameworks that provide real-time visibility into water program performance, milestone achievement, and regulatory posture across in-scope business units.
  • Build data-driven business cases with quantified risk and ROI to secure cross-functional investment, negotiating priorities and timelines across organizations.
  • Oversee work performed by third-party contractors, consultants, and inspection vendors, holding external partners accountable to program milestones and quality standards through structured audit and governance mechanisms.
  • Work autonomously in a highly ambiguous, high-stakes regulatory environment, exercising independent judgment to find paths forward where solutions are not pre-defined and driving cross-functional alignment without deferring decisions upward.
  • Embed water compliance objectives into day-to-day operational rhythms and design mechanisms the field sustains without ongoing program-level intervention.
  • Travel expected up to 25-50% of the time.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
  • 5+ years of program or project Management experience
  • Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
  • Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) or related field

Skills

Required:Program managementStakeholder communication

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • EAP, Mental Health Support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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