Description Our vision is to protect customers from products that are illegal, unsafe or non-compliant. The Compliance and Safety team for the Middle East, Africa, and Türkiye Region is looking for a Risk Manager to manage our product and food compliance policies to protect our customers from unsafe products in the MEA region. This role is responsible for creating and driving a roadmap of risk policies and controls across business, legal, compliance, operations, tech, and other cross-functional teams globally. This role owns program level metrics and ensures success by leading risk initiatives, prioritization discussions, and reporting. Key job responsibilities - Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders globally, including Legal, Product Safety Policy, Operations, and Category Management teams to ensure alignment on compliance & safety strategies and initiatives - Partner with cross-functional teams to define clear project requirements, establish timelines, manage dependencies, and ensure successful and timely execution - Own and drive initiatives to proactively improve Selling Partner experience, focusing on reducing friction by streamlining processes, simplifying requirements, and enhancing communication - Identify, design, and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the compliance & safety program, leveraging automation and data analytics where possible to eliminate manual processes and create scalable solutions - Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics, develop reporting mechanisms, and regularly communicate progress, risks, and mitigation plans to cross-functional leadership. - Deep dive specific product safety and compliance requirements (e.g. external regulatory and internal Amazon policy requirements) and make data-driven compliance solution - Develop and improve mechanisms for continuous improvement on product safety, compliance and customer trust. A day in the life The Risk Manager is a key driver of Amazon's compliance and safety programs. The role works across multiple global stakeholders, including operations and tech, to drive a large portfolio of key deliverables that are tracked at an executive level. About the team The MEA Compliance & Safety team is charged with protecting Amazon customers from illegal, prohibited and unsafe products. Our customers trust us to ensure a trustworthy shopping experience and provide a safe shopping environment for them and their families. Basic Qualifications - 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience - Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level - Bachelor's degree or equivalent 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 - Master's degree or equivalent Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.