Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements to support Amazon's long term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.
The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization capitalizes on Amazon’s scale and speed to build a more resilient and sustainable company. We manage our social and environmental impacts globally, and drive solutions that enable our customers, businesses, and the world to become more sustainable.
Amazon's Social Responsibility program drives customer trust, business continuity, and sustainable social impact by embedding respect for human rights and the environment throughout Amazon’s entire value chain. We implement company-wide standards and commitments such as our
Global Human Rights Principles (GHRP) and
Supply Chain Standards (SCS). We seek to continuously improve the tools and processes used in integrating human rights and environmental due diligence across the business.
We are looking for a Principal leader to manage internal business relationships sitting at the intersection of Amazon’s businesses and the HRSI team. The Principal will lead a small team of Regional Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in India and Asia Pacific (JP, SG, AU) who provide support to regional business teams as they integrate human rights risk management into their businesses. This leader will support multiple complex relationships across the company, and be tasked to address new business issues as they arise by working with HRSI and legal to translate problems and integrate effective solutions with an eye toward automation, scalability, and efficiency.
You will be expected to handle both day-to-day issues and longer term, global, and program-wide strategies and initiatives. The Principal, IN and APAC Lead, will be a major player in key program developments across our team, including communicating industry initiatives, and working with external stakeholders to manage Amazon’s growing and diverse supply chain. This person will be responsible for influencing without authority broadly across Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead a small team of regional SMEs providing human rights support across the globe to WWOps business teams
- Coordinate with multiple Amazon businesses and functions across IN and APAC, as well as third-party human rights service providers and suppliers
- Lead cross functional teams across Amazon business units and support teams to enhance and evolve programs to drive measurable improvements on process efficiency and improvements
- Analyze program data and anecdotes (such as escalation data, audit findings, training data, etc.) to drive decisions, make improvements, spot trends, and create efficiencies
- Partner with tech, data, and science teams across Amazon to identify solutions to automate and scale the program
- Develop and improve project and program management processes, prioritizing ways to leverage technology and automate
About the team
Diverse Experiences:
World Wide Sustainability values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Inclusive Team Culture:
It’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (inclusive diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth:
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance:
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Economics, Environmental Science, Human Rights, Sustainability, or related fields.
- 7+ years’ experience in regulatory compliance, ESG reporting, corporate social responsibility, human rights due diligence, or related fields.
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements - Experience delivering cross functional projects
- Experience in program or project management
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, and strong influencing and negotiation skills - - Ability to prioritize and deal with dynamic business environment under pressure and/or tight deadlines
- Master’s degree in law, public policy, business, sustainability, or similar graduate degree
- Experience working in operations, transportation, logistics, and/or procurement functions
- Experience working with global teams
- Knowledge of global business and human rights standards and international labor issues
- Experience advising on human rights and/or environmental and reporting standards for a large company or organization
- Relentlessly high standards combined with strong bias for action
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