Description

Join us at the cutting edge of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements to support Amazon's long term worldwide sustainability strategy. 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 and speed 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 the world to become more sustainable.

The ESG-eX team's mission is to build a lasting, scalable and trusted ESG reporting infrastructure to satisfy regulatory requirements and stakeholders’ expectations. We translate external requirements into internal needs and build tools and mechanisms that enable Amazon businesses to meet their ESG reporting obligations and effectively manage their ESG opportunities and risks.

We are seeking an ESG Risk Assessment Manager to support the development of the ESG impacts, risks, and opportunities program at Amazon. This role will support the creation and implementation of scalable mechanisms across Amazon to help identify and assess opportunities in line with upcoming mandatory ESG reporting requirements such as the EU CSRD. This role will collaborate with ESG/sustainability subject matter experts and businesses to identify and assess the most relevant ESG impacts, risks and opportunities for Amazon.

Key job responsibilities

• Support the development of a strategy and roadmap for the evolution and maturation of the ESG impacts, risks and opportunities assessment program over a multi-year period;

• Support the development and maintenance of mechanisms and products associated with the program development;

• Support the execution of ESG impact, risk, and opportunities assessments on an as needed basis;

• Facilitate data gathering workshops, surveys, interviews and other mechanisms;

• Monitor changes to ESG regulatory reporting requirements in relation to ESG impacts, risks, and opportunities;

• Deliver verbal and written status updates to senior executive leadership, partners, and other key stakeholders;

• Collaborate with ESG/sustainability subject matter experts, businesses, and corporate functions across key responsibilities outlined above.

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.

Inclusive Team Culture:

It’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth:

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.

Work/Life Balance:

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

London, GBR

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant ESG subject matter-related work experience; including in a corporate or consulting environment;

• 2+ years of experience in corporate business process analysis, design, and continuous improvement;

• 2+ years of experience assessing, managing, and/or mitigating impacts or risks in a corporate environment;

• Experience working successfully with diverse internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams

• Familiarity with current and emerging ESG regulations and frameworks (CSRD/ESRS, EU Taxonomy, ISSB).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with life-cycle risk management (identify, assess, adjudicate, mitigate, monitor, report, and assure)

• Experience developing in-house risk frameworks and methodologies, models, and/or tools to assess ESG risks;

• Experience preparing written communications for diverse audiences, including senior executive leadership;

• Ability to work with qualitative and quantitative data, including financial information;

• Ability to deliver in ambiguity, work autonomously, and multi-task in an agile environment;

• Ability to earn trust across different levels and multiple groups of a large organization, and drive resolution to challenges;

• Ability to think strategically while staying on top of tactical execution;

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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