Job Description

Locations

• Eastvale, California, United States
• Sacramento, California, United States
• Tracy, California, United States
• San Diego, California, United States

Salary

Skills Required

• program management spanning planningintermediate
• ISO 14001 environmental management system designintermediate

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of risk management, audit, legal, compliance or related field work including engaging with external stakeholders experience (experience, 10 years)
• 7+ years of team management with 5 or more direct reports experience (experience, 7 years)
• Experience with program management spanning planning, execution and project delivery (experience)
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients (experience)
• Experience working with and managing third party vendors (experience)
• Bachelor’s degree in the Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, or related field of study (degree in the environmental sciences)
• Experience holding internal and external stakeholders accountable to program milestones through structured controllership and governance mechanisms (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment (experience)
• Master's degree in the Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, or related field of study (degree in the environmental sciences)
• Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Registered Environmental Manager (REM), or equivalent professional environmental certification (certification)
• Experience with ISO 14001 environmental management system design, implementation, or certification (experience)
• Experience partnering with legal counsel on regulatory strategy, enforcement response, and compliance risk mitigation in a high-stakes regulatory environment (experience)
• Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. (experience)

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain cross-organizational alignment on a unified environmental compliance vision, spanning all in-scope business units and integrating objectives into OP1, OP2, and quarterly planning cycles.
• Own the strategic program roadmap, including media specific compliance programs and field execution frameworks.
• Develop and govern multi-year operating plans, program budgets, and resource allocation strategies that balance immediate compliance obligations against long-term infrastructure investment.
• Build and operate program controllership mechanisms that drive speed, quality, and accountability across internal and external stakeholders, proactively surfacing and mitigating compliance risk.
• Communicate compliance strategy, program status, and escalation risks clearly and concisely to Director and VP-level audiences across Operations, Legal, Finance, and Technology.
• Partner with Amazon Legal, state and local regulators, environmental consultants, and technology teams to resolve compliance barriers, accelerate engineered solutions, and reduce manual dependency in compliance execution.
• Define, implement, and govern KPI and compliance metric frameworks that provide real-time visibility into program performance, milestone achievement, and regulatory posture across all business units.
• Lead the talent management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, and structured development planning that builds organizational depth and capability.
• 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 define the right strategy, structure, and mechanisms for delivering compliance outcomes at scale.
• Embed environmental compliance objectives into day-to-day operational rhythms.

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