Senior Risk Program Manager- Import Controls & Gating, Global Trade Services, Global Trade Services

Description

Global Trade Services (GTS) is looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Risk Program Manager to build and manage scalable risk management solutions for cross-border businesses. This position is vital in driving solutions to ensure compliance with international import trade regulations and standards while supporting business growth. This role involves assessing the effectiveness of risk and control measures, proposing innovative risk mitigation strategies, and setting program objectives with measurable metrics. This role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders, and the capacity to drive scalable and automated process improvements across the organization.

Key job responsibilities

– Develop, implement, and monitor compliance controls and gating to ensure compliance with global import trade regulations, supported by quantifiable metrics.

– Monitor and assess the effectiveness of controls and collaborate with functional partners and business stakeholders on compliance validation, gap analyses, and process improvement.

– Stay abreast of changes to processes, understand risks and controls, identify potential control gaps, and drive the implementation of effective and efficient controls to address these gaps.

– Conduct regular assessments of import trade activities to identify compliance risks and implement corrective actions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

– Maintain comprehensive documentation and management of compliance controls

– Influence technology decisions to build tools that scale compliance mechanisms globally.

– Independently manage the life-cycle of complex compliance programs in a highly matrixed organization by coordinating timelines and owners across various teams, ensuring attention to details and deadlines, and measuring and reporting progress and results.

– Deliver recommendations and risk interpretations in a clear, concise, and audience-specific format.

– Design mechanisms for continuous engagement with cross-functional stakeholders

Basic Qualifications

– Bachelors degree or equivalent

– 6 years of compliance, audit or risk management experience

– Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level

Preferred Qualifications

– Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification

– Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent

– Masters degree or equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $109,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.