Program Manager , WHS Central Programs Team

The Central Programs Team, India (CPT India) leads cross-functional projects that requires collaboration and partnership with Amazon businesses, geographical units and technical subject matter experts (SMEs). The projects are focused on initiatives to continually reduce risks and improve network WHS standards and procedures. Individuals gather business requirements, document functional and design specifications, identify appropriate resources needed, assemble the right project team, assign individual responsibilities and develop the milestones and launch schedules to ensure timely and successful delivery of the project. The team members measure and report progress, anticipate and resolve bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs with the technical constraints. This a program management role responsible for executing per direction, the management of the WW WHS programs (standards, procedures, best practices) development, training and continuous improvement projects. The role involves hands-on work in the areas of understanding stakeholder needs and expectations, WHS regulatory research, global stakeholder engagement, data analytics and document technical writing. The candidate must be a self-starter and detail-oriented. They must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing.

Key job responsibilities
Subject Matter Expert in Continuous Improvement and Project management.
Perform Kaizen and VSM for processes within Central Program Team and at sites.
Lead by example and mentor leadership, managers and project teams on ACES concepts and methodologies.
Clearly and timely communicate findings, determinations, and recommendations to management and business partners, both at periodic intervals and as needed regarding escalated or high-risk issues.
Guide management in the development/review of applicable policies, procedures and business practices.
Engage in frequent written and verbal communication with management and business partners to accomplish goals.
Execute and drive audits to completion per SOP. This includes drafting audit reports, stakeholder reviews of audit reports, finalizing and tracking audit reports in database and tracking issues in system (and SIM/TT management)
Owns weekly/monthly reports and metrics.

Identifies gaps in audit programs and processes and escalates to manager.
Drafts documents and revisions on audit reports per manager direction.
Performs deep dive analysis/research on data/information/literature and creates recommendations/corrective actions based on identified deviations and recommends appropriate solutions.
Makes recommendations to managers for input into roadmap strategic discussions and continuous improvement projects to drive program efficiencies. - Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years relevant program management experience
- Analytical skills with experience using Excel (analysis using aggregate functions and pivot table)
- Good communication skills (both verbal and writing)