Strategy & Planning Manager, RISC

ID: 7141

Type: Full-time

Category: Others

Company Name: Amazon.com Services LLC

Location: USA, WA, Seattle; USA, VA, Arlington - Seattle - United States

Salary: 115,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

Job Description

Team Vision and Mission:
Our goal is to establish Amazon as the world's most reliable shopping platform for safe and compliant products. We are committed to shielding customers from unsafe, illegal, controversial, or policy-violating products, while enabling our Selling Partners to offer a wide range of safe and compliant products. We intend to achieve this on a global scale by, (1) Enabling Safety and compliance through a science-first approach to provide customers with trustworthy listings, (2) Validating safety and compliance of products listed for sale via high sophisticated proactive and reactive controls and compliance, (3) Creating user-friendly tools to simplify the compliance process for our Selling Partners, (3) Actively engaging with external stakeholders to build public trust in our dedication to customer safety, (4) Disincentivizing bad actors from participating in our stores, and (5) Innovating to reduce operational costs.

Required Skills
This position demands a unique blend of strategic thinking, analytical rigor, and operational acumen. The ideal candidate must be able to synthesize complex data into actionable insights, drive structured planning processes at scale, and navigate ambiguity with sound judgment and high-velocity decision-making. Strong proficiency in building and managing business review mechanisms, defining metrics, and crafting compelling executive-level narratives is essential. Candidates must excel at communicating complex technical, regulatory, and operational topics in clear, concise business language to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. A passion for leveraging AI and emerging technologies to drive efficiency and innovation is highly valued. The role requires a collaborative mindset – you must be comfortable operating as a trusted advisor to senior leaders while partnering effectively across engineering, legal, policy, and operations teams to deliver results. A commitment to fostering team culture, employee engagement, and continuous learning is equally important, as this role plays a key part in building organizational capability and developing talent.

Key job responsibilities
Own and drive the end-to-end strategic planning mechanisms for the WW Product Safety & Compliance organization, including annual operating plans (OP1/OP2), 3-year vision documents, and long-range strategic roadmaps.

Design, build, and manage recurring business review mechanisms (WBR, MBR, QBR) ensuring the right metrics, narratives, and escalation paths are in place to drive accountability and operational excellence.

Develop and maintain the organization's strategic narrative, translating complex compliance and safety priorities into clear, compelling documents for senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Champion the adoption and integration of AI and automation technologies across planning, reporting, and compliance workstreams, identifying high-impact use cases and driving implementation to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability of the organization's operations.

Partner cross-functionally with engineering, legal, policy, and operations teams to align strategic priorities, track dependencies, and ensure execution against commitments.

Define and track key performance indicators and success metrics across the portfolio, building dashboards and reporting mechanisms that provide visibility into progress and gaps.

Champion employee engagement initiatives across the organization, partnering with leadership to develop and execute strategies that foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.

Support talent development and succession planning efforts, ensuring the organization is building the capabilities needed to meet current and future strategic priorities.

Lead strategic special projects and ad-hoc analyses as directed by the Head of Product Safety & Compliance, synthesizing ambiguous inputs into actionable plans.

Identify and drive process improvements to planning and governance mechanisms, raising the bar on rigor, efficiency, and strategic clarity across the organization.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
- Knowledge of general AI tools
- Experience designing, implementing, and scaling upskilling, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, VA, Arlington - 115,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 115,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

Company Information

Company Name: Amazon.com Services LLC

Company Website: https://www.amazon.com

Company Address: 410 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, United States

Amazon.com Services LLC is an operating company in the Amazon corporate family that supports and delivers a broad set of technology-enabled retail and marketplace services. As part of the larger Amazon organization, it participates in the operation and management of Amazon’s online retail marketplace, third‑party seller programs, fulfillment and logistics solutions, and related customer-facing services. The company’s activities are oriented around applying software, systems engineering and logistical infrastructure to enable large-scale e-commerce, digital distribution and platform services for consumers and businesses. Overview and scope Amazon.com Services LLC functions as one of the entities through which Amazon delivers commerce and seller-related services. In practice, that includes enabling Amazon’s marketplace for third‑party sellers, operating fulfillment programs (including Fulfillment by Amazon—FBA), and supporting the web and mobile retail experiences that customers use to discover, buy and receive products. The company leverages Amazon’s broader investments in distributed computing, data analytics, inventory systems and automated fulfillment to provide both consumer-facing retail and business-to-business seller services. Core business activities The core activities associated with Amazon.com Services LLC revolve around online retail operations and the technology and logistics that underpin them. Key activities include: operating the Amazon.com consumer marketplace and associated storefronts; managing programs that onboard, list and transact for third‑party sellers; providing fulfillment, warehousing and shipping services for inventory enrolled in Amazon’s logistics networks; powering payments and order processing systems; and supporting customer service operations related to retail transactions. These activities are tightly integrated with Amazon’s global logistics network, delivery services, and software platforms that enable inventory management, pricing, content management and search/recommendation systems. Main products and services While Amazon.com Services LLC is one of several operating companies in the Amazon group, the practical products and services associated with its operations include marketplace hosting for third‑party sellers (seller accounts, tools and dashboards), fulfillment and warehousing services (including FBA), order processing and returns management, customer service support for retail transactions, and technology platforms that expose APIs and seller tools for listing, pricing and inventory control. These services enable merchants to sell through Amazon’s digital storefronts and to use Amazon’s fulfillment infrastructure for storage, packing and shipping. Relationship to broader Amazon offerings The operational scope of Amazon.com Services LLC overlaps and integrates with other Amazon businesses and technology platforms. For example, Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides the cloud infrastructure and many platform services that power Amazon’s retail site and seller services, while Amazon’s consumer-facing subscription services such as Amazon Prime (which bundles fast shipping, streaming and other benefits) influence demand and fulfillment priorities. Additionally, Amazon’s devices (Kindle, Echo/Alexa, Fire TV) and digital content offerings (Prime Video, Amazon Music, Audible) form adjacent product lines that operate within the same corporate ecosystem, increasing cross‑channel customer engagement with the retail marketplace. Technology and innovation focus Amazon.com Services LLC operates in an environment driven by software, systems engineering and logistics innovation. Amazon’s public communications emphasize technology investments in automation, robotics, machine learning, search and recommendation algorithms, and large-scale distributed systems to improve selection, convenience and price. The company’s approach to improving customer experience and seller services is built on continuous iteration in software, data science and operational research, as well as deployment of warehouse automation and transportation optimization technologies. Customers and users End customers are the millions of consumers who shop on Amazon’s retail websites and use related mobile apps. Another primary customer segment is the millions of third‑party sellers and professional merchants who use Amazon’s marketplace and seller services to reach consumers globally. Businesses and developers that integrate with Amazon’s seller APIs, fulfillment services, and advertising platforms also rely on the services and systems that Amazon.com Services LLC helps deliver. Official mission and corporate context Amazon’s public materials state a mission and guiding principle focused on customer centricity—commonly expressed by the company as striving “to be Earth’s most customer‑centric company.” That mission underpins the retail and marketplace operations and is reflected in investments in selection, convenience and low prices. Amazon operates across multiple industries including e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, consumer electronics and logistics; Amazon.com Services LLC is a part of that broader corporate structure and concentrates on the commerce and seller-facing components of the business. Regulatory and corporate form Amazon.com Services LLC is a limited liability company within the Amazon corporate structure; like other operating subsidiaries, it is used to carry out specific aspects of Amazon’s commercial activities. Public filings and corporate disclosures identify multiple Amazon subsidiaries that collectively operate global retail, subscription, cloud and device businesses. Amazon’s public investor relations and corporate governance materials describe Amazon as a technology company with e-commerce and cloud computing core competencies, and Amazon.com Services LLC functions within that legal and operational framework. Summary In summary, Amazon.com Services LLC is a technology-enabled operating company in the Amazon family that provides and supports the marketplace, seller services, fulfillment and related retail operations that allow consumers to buy products and third‑party sellers to reach customers through Amazon’s digital storefronts. Its work is characterized by large-scale software systems, fulfillment and logistics networks, and continual investment in automation and data-driven tools to improve customer and seller experiences. The company’s activities align with Amazon’s stated customer-centric mission and the broader corporate focus on leveraging technology to scale commerce and distribution globally.

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