Sr. Mgr, EAP, EAP

Amazon's Global Environmental Assurance and Protection team works to make Amazon the global benchmark for environmental excellence across our operations. As Senior Manager, Global Water Programs, you own Amazon's global water strategy and are accountable for steering Amazon toward that benchmark in the water domain. That scope covers water quality and discharge compliance, stormwater and wastewater management, water stewardship and conservation, and emerging water regulatory obligations.

You will build and govern one global water program from multi-year planning through real-time execution. You lead a team that turns regulatory requirements into durable, auditable field execution.

Amazon's Global Environmental Assurance and Protection team works to make Amazon the global benchmark for environmental excellence across our operations. As Senior Manager, Global Water Programs, you own Amazon's global water strategy and are accountable for steering Amazon toward that benchmark in the water domain. That scope covers water quality and discharge compliance, stormwater and wastewater management, water stewardship and conservation, and emerging water regulatory obligations.

You will build and govern one global water program from multi-year planning through real-time execution. You lead a team that turns regulatory requirements into durable, auditable field execution.

The Senior Manager, Global Water Programs establishes and maintains cross-organizational alignment on a unified water compliance vision across all business units and dependency stakeholders. This leader develops multi-year water compliance plans that account for emerging regulations, manages program budgets, and holds internal and external stakeholders accountable to compliance milestones through structured program controllership mechanisms. They embed water compliance objectives across organizations so that environmental accountability becomes part of day-to-day operations.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in water regulatory compliance combined with the strategic leadership capability to drive accountability across VP-level organizations. They communicate technical compliance requirements clearly to executive, operational, and legal audiences, and use data and business intelligence to drive continuous improvement at scale.

This role requires independent judgment, a high tolerance for ambiguity, and the ability to define the right organizational structure, mechanisms, and strategy to meet long-term compliance objectives in a dynamic, high-growth business environment. If you are motivated by solving complex regulatory problems at scale and building the compliance infrastructure to match, this role is for you.

• Establish and maintain cross-organizational alignment on a unified water compliance vision, spanning all in-scope business units and integrating objectives into OP1, OP2, and quarterly planning cycles.
• Own the strategic water program roadmap, including water quality, discharge, stormwater, and wastewater compliance programs and field execution frameworks.
• Develop and govern multi-year operating plans, program budgets, and resource allocation strategies that balance immediate compliance obligations against long-term infrastructure investment.
• Build and operate program controllership mechanisms that drive speed, quality, and accountability across internal and external stakeholders, proactively surfacing and mitigating water compliance risk.
• Communicate compliance strategy, program status, and escalation risks clearly and concisely to Director and VP-level audiences across Operations, Legal, Finance, and Technology.
• Partner with Amazon Legal, state and local regulators, environmental consultants, and technology teams to resolve water compliance barriers, accelerate engineered solutions, and reduce manual dependency in compliance execution.
• Define, implement, and govern KPI and compliance metric frameworks that provide real-time visibility into water program performance, milestone achievement, and regulatory posture across all business units.
• Lead the talent management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, and structured development planning that builds organizational depth and capability.
• Oversee work performed by third-party contractors, consultants, and inspection vendors, holding external partners accountable to program milestones and quality standards through structured audit and governance mechanisms.
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