Sr. Trade Compliance Analyst, Amazon Prime Air

Do you see compliance as a business enabler? Do you have a passion for new technologies and complex problem solving? Do you enjoy building innovative export compliance solutions? Are you passionate about creating the future of export compliance?

Amazon is looking for a Sr. Trade Compliance Analyst (Prime Air) who will be responsible for establishing, creating strategy for, and managing Prime Air's global trade compliance program and drive import and export control initiatives and implementations. As part of the Prime Air team, this role will engage with different business stakeholders to understand and improve import and export processes, mechanisms and build upon policies, processes and help scale solutions.

This role includes interacting with and influencing a variety of internal and external stakeholders including Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Tax, Public Policy and other partners.

How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and-most importantly-safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers and are excited for what's to come.

If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you. Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!

Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (

Export Control Requirements: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

• Work with Amazon's Global Trade Services team to build and manage a scalable end-to-end global import compliance program

• Work with Amazon's Global Trade Services to execute strategy, drive and enforce global import/export processes, seek automation opportunities and leverage technologies

• Provide high judgment and subject matter expertise on US and non-US export control and Customs regulations

• Develop and maintain import/export compliance work instructions, policies and procedures, and processes

• Drive innovative solutions and create requirements to further enhance and automate compliance for different types of imports and exports

• Apply US & non-US export control regulations and drive continuous improvements

• Create metrics for management reporting

• Own leadership communications to stakeholder teams and executive leadership

• Customs brokerage management and escalations

A day in the life

The successful candidate will help drive the import/customs compliance program for Prime Air and be an innovative compliance leader experienced in diving deep into complex areas of import/export. The candidate will leverage strong subject matter expertise, a passion for new challenges, be creative, self-directed and a great team player. Candidates should drive continuous process improvement, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams global to solve problems and drive standardization.

About the team

How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and-most importantly-safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers, and are excited for what's to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (

If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you.

Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

- 7+ years of work experience

- Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications

- Travel up to 25% of the time

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience

- Master's degree, or Master's degree

- Experience leading teams

- Experience in trade compliance, customs operations, customs brokerage, supply chain, logistics or similar

- Experience communicating effectively with senior leadership

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

USA, WA, Seattle - 103,600.00 - 181,400.00 USD annually