Risk Program Manager, Amazon
Fixed Term Contract
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Open for applications
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience in risk and compliance program management
Desirable
- Professional auditing qualification, or similar risk or compliance credentials
- Experience with SQL and Excel
- Experience in legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent
What the job involves
- We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Risk Manager to join our team, supporting EU Surface Transportation
- The Risk Manager will be responsible for managing multiple focus areas such as ensuring Risk mitigation across multiple business lines and taking lead in driving a risk culture via a well designed Training program
- You will partner with various teams such as Operations, Tech, Legal and Public Policy to name a few
- You will have the chance to really make your mark in a visible role, solving complex problems in a fast-changing environment across more than 25 countries
- You will own the Risk training program for Surface Transportation, helping to install a risk aware culture
- You will partner with business teams to ensure risks are being mitigated both in the short and long term. You will own tracking and reporting these risk actions
- You will take a big picture view of issues, partnering with global teams as needed
- You will help to design controls to prevent recurrence of risks
- You will be responsible to evaluate new and emerging risks, to understand their potential impact
- You will earn trust through impactful relationships with key stakeholder groups
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Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Company benefits
- Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
- Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
- Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
- Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
- Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
- Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
Company values
- Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
- Passion for invention
- Commitment to operational excellence
- Long-term thinking
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
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Founders
Jeff Bezos
(Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO (not founder))Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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