Senior Program Manager (1 year maternity cover), EU Circular Economy

at  Amazon EU SARL

• 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
  Worldwide Sustainability (WWS)
  The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization capitalizes on Amazon’s scale, speed, ability to build, invent, and simplify a 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.
  Amazon currently seeks a creative, self starter and experienced Sr. Program Manager to join the EU Circular Economy team for a one year maternity cover, focusing on improving circularity in our business practices and operations. A successful Program Manager must be able to work independently, be comfortable with ambiguity, and be able to influence internal/external partners at all levels of the organization. This role will particularly suit someone with strong analytical abilities, relationship building skills and project management capabilities. Some qualities that we are looking for: you are results oriented (and have a track record of repeatedly delivering great results); you are an innovator (and have already proven it); you have the intellect and strength to solve really complex problems; you are an owner, and do what it takes to make your team successful; you have relentlessly high standards ; you are customer obsessed; you operate well in an ambiguous environment; and finally, you have a burning desire to be a part of something really big.

Key Responsibilities include

• Provide subject matter expertise and strategy direction to business and operations with a focus on circular economy, waste diversion and waste technologies
• Project manage the development and execution of circular economy programs·
• Work with diverse and senior stakeholders to develop, coordinate, and implement circularity frameworks into the business·
• Use analytical tools to evaluate the impact of the programs and evaluate available data·
• Own recommendations for sustainability-related solutions, including business cases to get buy in from senior stakeholders on the projects
• Build relationships with external suppliers and partners, and with internal stakeholders

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• 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

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• Provide subject matter expertise and strategy direction to business and operations with a focus on circular economy, waste diversion and waste technologies
• Project manage the development and execution of circular economy programs·
• Work with diverse and senior stakeholders to develop, coordinate, and implement circularity frameworks into the business·
• Use analytical tools to evaluate the impact of the programs and evaluate available data·
• Own recommendations for sustainability-related solutions, including business cases to get buy in from senior stakeholders on the projects
• Build relationships with external suppliers and partners, and with internal stakeholder