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 Reporting 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.

The ESG Risk team is looking for a Senior Climate Risk Manager to support the rapidly expanding Climate Risk Assessment program.

This role will support the team’s mission to develop scalable mechanisms across Amazon to help identify and assess climate risks aligned with regulatory ESG reporting requirements.

Key job responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and implementation of physical and transition climate risk assessment methodology and models
- Collaborate with business units and corporate functions to identify and assess climate impacts, risks and opportunities across Amazon globally
- Identify and pursue opportunities to streamline existing and future climate resilience efforts across the business globally to feed into and inform the climate risk assessment program
- Provide input into upcoming voluntary and mandatory climate risk management programs, reporting frameworks and public disclosures; and identify and implement improvements to Amazon’s climate risk management programs
- Work with World Wide Sustainability (WWS) subject matter experts to understand and align to existing and upcoming climate and ESG regulations such as the EU CSRD’s double materiality principle, the US SEC’s climate rule, and the EU’s CSDDD objective.

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.

Basic Qualifications
- Significant work experience in climate/ESG; including in a corporate setting or consulting environment
- Extensive experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior management
- Subject matter expertise in identifying, assessing and managing physical and transition climate risks and opportunities
- Experience working with multiple internal stakeholders, including advising and influencing cross-functional teams
- Understanding of, and familiarity with, the emerging climate and ESG regulatory environment (TCFD, CSRD/ESRS, US SEC climate rule, EU Taxonomy, ISSB)

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with completing and reporting on climate risk assessments in line with the double materiality principle within the EU CSRD/ESRS or other ESG reporting requirements (mandatory or voluntary)
- Experience with developing in-house methodology, models and/or tools to assess climate risks
- Experience with sustainability/climate risk assurance either as a program owner or as an assurance provider
- Familiarity with current trends in corporate climate risk assessment methodology/reporting globally
- Ability to deliver in ambiguity, work autonomously and multi-task in an agile environment.

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.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

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