Sr. Policy Expert, Safety, RISC, Global Food and Product Safety in Melbourne, Australia

Description

At Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there we need passionate and hard-working people. If you are interested about building innovative systems to protect customer safety at scale while enabling Amazon to build the place where customers can find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

The Regulatory Intelligence, Safety and Compliance (RISC) team’s charter is to protect Amazon customers from products that are illegal, illegally marketed, unsafe, or otherwise prohibited by Amazon policies. The Product Safety policy lead will own analysis and risk assessment activities required to formulate WW product safety polices. They will serve as our go-to subject matter expert for difficult questions regarding the optimal policies required to make scalable decisions related to product safety with a focus on: OTC, cosmetics, food, and food supplements.

Key job responsibilities

• Responsible for conducting product safety risk assessments across a broad range of product categories

• Make high-judgement decisions regarding policies related to product safety in order to meet WW regulatory obligations and enhance customer safety

• Perform analysis of data from a variety of sources to identify possible risk indicators to support policy decisions

• Coordinate with Legal teams to integrate legal and safety analysis in support of key policy decisions

• Work with a wide range of cross-functional teams to communicate Amazon’s safety and compliance strategies to stakeholders

• Communicate regularly with leadership and ensure consistent reporting against commitments

• Drafting and presenting strategies to enhance risk management practices, including analysis of industry practice

About the team

Here at Selling Partner Services, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have 14 employee-led affinity groups, reaching 10,000+ employees in chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our DEI Ambassador Program. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Basic Qualifications

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level

• Experience in compliance, audit or risk management

• 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

• 10+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience

Acknowledgement of country:

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.