Arlington, VA, US
10 days ago
Risk Manager, Kuiper Global Service Compliance
We are seeking a stellar Risk Manager to join the Global Service Compliance (GSC) team supporting Amazon’s Project Kuiper. Amazon’s Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about technology, enjoys being continually challenged, and demonstrates sound judgment even in ambiguous situations.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.


Key job responsibilities
Working closely with the business, legal, tax, accounting and other teams, you will develop out-of-this-world strategies for handling compliance obligations in creative, business-centric ways that allow Kuiper to move quickly. As the Risk Manager within the Controllership vertical for Kuiper GSC, you will be responsible for the management of the GSC risk lifecycle mechanism including risk identification, assessment and tracking. You will engage with internal teams and external stakeholders to proactively define and implement mitigations. You will be responsible for developing and continuously improving strategies to identify risks, ensure risks are properly tracked, and create solutions that are scalable and right-sized. You will ensure early escalation and visibility for risks that have a high impact to the organization’s business and/or objectives.

The right person for this role has experience executing high judgement to provide recommendations for the organization leveraging risk based decision making. This role requires knowledge to solve ambiguous, complex business problems and a successful track record of delivering multiple projects, managing deadlines and prioritizing risks across multiple global teams and stakeholders.

This position may be based in Bellevue, WA, or Arlington, VA. Some travel, domestic and international, may be required.

About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. 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.

At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
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