Senior Risk Engineer Jobs in Poulsbo, WA (NOW HIRING)

Every day, millions of products flow through Amazon's fulfillment network - and not all of them belong there. The Inventory Trust team stands at the front-line of protecting customers, brands, and Amazon's reputation by identifying and eliminating fraudulent, counterfeit, and non-compliant inventory before it reaches a customer's doorstep.
We are seeking a bold, data-driven Sr. Risk Manager to lead the programmatic clearance of WW bad actor and bad inventory a scale. You will be building and scaling the mechanisms that detect, evaluate, and remove millions of risky units across global marketplaces, directly impacting the trustworthiness of Amazon's supply chain.
What makes this role unique:
Scale & Impact: You'll drive disposition decisions on millions of units, manage escalation pathways involving legal holds and regulatory compliance, and set thresholds that determine how quickly Amazon neutralizes the impact of bad actors.
Ambiguity & Innovation: The problems you'll solve are large and complex. You'll design new processes, define clearance strategies, and build cross-functional mechanisms that didn't exist before.
Visibility: You'll communicate directly with senior leadership, influence enforcement policy through data, and partner with Legal, Compliance, Operations, and Engineering teams across multiple organizations.
This role focuses on the programmatic and operational execution of inventory clearance - identifying bad actors, driving inventory through evaluation and disposition workflows, and scaling mechanisms to stay ahead of evolving threats.
If you thrive in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments and want to protect customers at a scale - we want to hear from you.
Key job responsibilities
Lead end-to-end programmatic clearance of bad actor and risky inventory across global marketplaces, driving disposition decisions on millions of units to protect customers and Amazon's fulfillment network
Design and scale inventory evaluation mechanisms - including disposal thresholds, escalation workflows, and clearance strategies - to stay ahead of evolving fraud patterns and bad actor tactics
Own cross-functional coordination with Legal, Compliance, Enforcement, and Operations teams to resolve complex inventory holds (e.g., regulatory freezes, legal seizures, non-responsive blocked accounts)
Develop, implement, and govern key program metrics that provide visibility into clearance velocity, dwell time reduction, and bad actor inventory risk - using data to influence business decisions and drive accountability
Build and manage escalation pathways for aged and high-value inventory, partnering with senior leadership to unblock stalled cases and accelerate resolution
Identify process gaps and drive operational innovation - creating new mechanisms where playbooks don't exist and scaling solutions that reduce manual intervention over time
Communicate program status, risks, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership through crisp written narratives and business reviews
Partner with adjacent teams to share intelligence, align enforcement actions, and prevent bad actors from exploiting inventory gaps across programs
A day in the life
You'll start your morning reviewing inventory clearance dashboards - tracking dwell times, disposition progress, and emerging bad actor patterns across global marketplaces. By mid-morning, you're leading a cross-functional sync with Legal, Enforcement, and Operations to unblock aged inventory cases involving regulatory holds or non-responsive sellers. After lunch, you're deep in data - analyzing seller overlap with enforcement lists, validating counterfeit signals, and refining disposal thresholds. You'll close the day drafting an escalation narrative for senior leadership or designing a new mechanism to streamline what was previously a manual clearance workflow.
About the team
The Inventory Evaluation team sits within Inventory Trust and is responsible for protecting Amazon's fulfillment network from fraudulent, counterfeit, and non-compliant inventory. We evaluate and clear millions of units annually - ensuring bad actor inventory never reaches customers while treating legitimate sellers fairly. Our team operates at the intersection of enforcement, compliance partnering with teams across Amazon. We value ownership, bias for action, and a willingness to dive deep into ambiguous problems. We're a small team with outsized impact - and we're growing.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
- 5+ years of program or project Management experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
- Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent
- Master's degree or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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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, WA, SEATTLE - 121,200.00 - 163,900.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 121,200.00 - 163,900.00 USD annually