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Amazon · 3 hours ago

Program Manager, WHS - Contractor Safety

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Contractor Safety Program Manager to enhance safety standards across North America operations. The role involves collaborating with various teams to drive safety programs, conduct site visits, and lead incident investigations to ensure best-in-class safety performance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
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Responsibilities

Own and drive safety programs from inception through implementation
Own safety related projects and own the actions needed to deliver them including narrative paper writing for executive leadership audiences
Assess contractor high risk operations, such as work at heights, hazardous energy, and lifting and rigging and implement strategies to minimize risk
Serve as a trusted safety partner to senior regional leaders across North America, aligning on strategic priorities and tracking progress against goals
Conduct regular site visits to Amazon warehouse locations to personally observe safety practices, gather feedback from frontline teams, and identify opportunities for improvement
Utilize insights from site visits to develop and update safety standards, protocols, and training materials that drive consistent, best-in-class safety performance
Lead comprehensive incident investigations, rapidly identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
Collaborate cross-functionally with teams in Operations, Procurement, Construction, and beyond to scale successful safety initiatives and embed sustainable improvements
Monitor safety metrics, analyze trends, and present recommendations to senior leadership on priorities and investment areas

Qualification

Program ManagementHealth & SafetyData AnalysisExcelStakeholder ManagementProject ManagementAI UnderstandingProcess BuildingContractor ManagementSafety StandardsTraining DevelopmentIncident InvestigationRisk AssessmentContinuous ImprovementComplianceCollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingAdaptabilityTeamworkLeadershipDocumentationFeedback Gathering

Required

Bachelor's degree
3+ years of program or project management experience
Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
3+ years of professional work experience in Health & Safety, finance or procurement, supply chain management, project/contractor management, contractor safety, engineering, or providing direct oversight for 3rd party services/contractors

Preferred

3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
PMP certificate
Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
Embraces the use of AI, understanding basic principles, such as prompt engineering, and how to apply AI to day to day tasks

Benefits

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
Parental leave

Company

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

H1B Sponsorship

Amazon has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (22803)
2024 (21175)
2023 (19057)
2022 (24088)
2021 (12233)
2020 (14881)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$8.11B
Key Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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