DESCRIPTION

Join us and support the acceleration of Amazon's long-term worldwide sustainability initiatives. 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, speed, and ability 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 stakeholders to become more sustainable.

Amazon's Social Responsibility program works to embed 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.

The Worldwide Social Responsibility (WWSR) team is looking for a Senior Manager, Business Engagement who will manage the team’s partnership with specific business units to develop and execute strategies in support of Amazon's GHRP and SCS. This person will also lead programmatic initiatives that support internal, cross-functional collaboration between businesses and WWSR to accelerate impact.

Key job responsibilities
- Serve as the primary point of contact (Account Manager) for select business teams across Amazon; provide leadership, strategy, and technical direction to Amazon businesses within your account portfolio
- Educate business teams on human rights best practices to enable them to effectively implement programs and policies
- Advise business teams on key social responsibility issues that might impact sourcing, production or product development plans, and provide risk-based recommendations
- Facilitate integration of human rights and environmental due diligence investments in business planning and operations
- Find a path forward in difficult situations, and make trade-offs between short-term needs vs. long-term needs
- Develop new tools, processes and strategies to support businesses and WWSR develop and integrate human rights due diligence investments
- Improve, streamline, and/or eliminates excess processes or controls to drives program efficiencies


About the team
Diverse Experiences:
World Wide Sustainability (WWS) 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.

Mentorship and Career Growth:
We have a career path for you no matter what stage you’re in when you start here. 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.