Amazon is looking for a talented and motivated Regional Waste Program Manager – Americas (AMER) Region to support Amazon Web Services (AWS), a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon.com. AWS is at the forefront of the cloud computing and service industry, providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, browsers and more. It is AWS policy to protect the environment, including through pollution prevention, waste minimization, and resource conservation. In 2019 Amazon announced The Climate Pledge, which includes our commitment to power our operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, on the path to achieving net zero carbon across our businesses by 2040. To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com and https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud.
The successful candidate will join the Global Waste and Circular Economy Program team within the AWS Environmental team. The Global Waste and Circular Economy Program team is comprised of waste subject matter experts and provide the framework by which the regional environmental teams maintain compliance with applicable waste regulations. The AWS Environmental team is an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS’s growth around the world, as well as ensuring compliance of AWS’s regional operations and internal sustainability/circular economy goals.
We are searching for a Regional Waste Program Manager to partner with regional development and operational compliance teams, other global product and program teams, and the Global Waste and Circular Economy Program team to support business operations, including sustainability and circular economy goals. The successful candidate will have a results-oriented approach, strong analytical skill set, and proven ability to lead complex projects across multiple teams. You will be expected to represent the AWS Environmental team internally as well as to external groups, including vendors, customers, and policy makers. You will be responsible for regional implementation of our global waste standards. The optimal candidate is a high-judgment, waste management subject matter expert with a proven track record of success supporting and improving global end-of-life systems.
Key job responsibilities
• Assist with development, integration, and execution of strategies, programs, processes, and actions throughout the region to facilitate regulatory compliance and sustainable waste practices, such as implementation of circular economy practices.
• Support AWS sustainability goals and enhance internal equipment reuse opportunities across AWS.
• Monitor regional business performance against applicable environmental regulations, programs and standards, and sustainability and circular economy objectives.
• Ensure adequate assessment, prevention, control, and management of waste as well as waste-related risks arising from operations, vendors, suppliers, and products.
• Leverage understanding of regional waste and recycling programs and regulatory requirements to support teams including Operations, Security, Legal, Sustainability and other internal stakeholders.
• Help develop and implement standardized technological and program solutions to make compliance easier while also reducing impact through waste elimination and reuse practices.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Herndon, VA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field
• 6+ years of experience serving as a waste technical resource, program specialist, or program manager in the North and South America Regions managing complex environmental compliance initiatives and programs across functional teams, building processes that scale globally in a fast paced, growing organization.
• 3+ years of experience managing site-level technical environmental compliance programs and permits across multiple media (i.e., waste, hazardous materials, etc.).
• Broad knowledge of waste and e-waste regulations and related international treaties, global programs and standards, including sustainability and circular economy objectives.
• Willing to travel up to 25%.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• 5+ years of experience in multinational company regional environmental program development, deployment, implementation and verification.
• 5+ years of experience in developing and maintaining environmental management systems.
• Regional e-waste and life cycle planning and management experience.
• Experience with waste regulations in Central and South America.
• Experience in a fast paced, changing/growing organization.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
• Excellent communication skills, strong relationship builder, solid influencing and negotiation skills, and the ability to coach at multiple levels.
• Ability to distill complex and ambiguous subjects into clear action plans.
• Experience partnering with global teams to develop and implement programs and continual improvement projects.
• Experience leading change across multiple sites/locations and the ability to influence those that are not direct reports or within your organization.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $111,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.