Risk Manager, US DOT, DOT Regulatory Monitoring

Want to help Earth’s most customer-centric company design, implement and monitor risk mitigation strategies to improve the customer experience and protect Amazon’s brand?

In this role, you will work closely with Amazon's transportation businesses to build strategic initiatives and frameworks that safeguard Amazon's commercial motor carrier authorities, support business growth, and ensure a safe, compliant, and trustworthy experience for our partner business units, carrier partners, employees, and customers.

You will be expected to apply risk and control concepts to new and existing business models, clearly and concisely communicate identified findings to senior leadership, and partner with cross-functions teams to design workflows in support of risk-reduction activities.

You will work collaboratively with business stakeholders, safety, legal, finance, tech, and human resource teams to implement world-class, customer-centric, compliance and risk management solutions.

This position requires candidates to work in one of three corporate offices. It also requires the ability to travel periodically.

Key job responsibilities

• Ability to define, develop, and implement risk programs and drive improvements quantified with metrics.
• Ability to lead, monitor and drive projects through to completion on time.
• Ability to establish successful partnerships with internal and external teams to execute both tactical and strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrable excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills using data and insights to drive both tactical and strategic business decisions.

A day in the life

The Risk Manager will work closely with Amazon's transportation businesses to plan, scope, and execute audits to verify carrier partners are meeting Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and guidance, including those issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in 49 CFR Parts 300 - 399.

You will be expected to apply risk and control concepts to new and existing business models, clearly and concisely communicate identified findings to carrier partners, and internally report audit results in a timely and effective manner.

You will provide carriers with consultative support to identify opportunities for improvement, develop corrective action plans to address audit defects, and manage those remediation plans to closure.

You will also work collaboratively with the business, safety, legal, finance, tech, and human resource teams to implement world-class, customer-centric, compliance and risk management solutions.

About the team

Transportation Risk and Compliance (TRC) is the voice of risk and compliance for Amazon’s transportation businesses across 16 regions.

We proactively identify and manage risks through risk mitigation strategies and provide assurance that Amazon and our carrier partners comply with the highest transportation and legal standards (including legislative, regulatory, and contractual).

Anchored by sound subject matter expertise, processes, and growing technology solutions, our TRC leaders improve public safety and enable business growth as we work diligently to serve our customers.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Arlington, VA, USA Nashville, TN, USA New York, NY, USA Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk / loss prevention, or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience handling confidential information

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of program requirements definition and data and metrics leveraging to drive improvements experience
• Professional auditing qualification, or similar risk or compliance credentials
• Experience with SQL and Excel
30+ days ago