Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of over 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
We are looking for a global trade compliance expert to build and manage the oversight of global customs compliance for Project Kuiper. The candidate should be an innovative professional experienced in building trade compliance programs. In this role, the candidate will drive and scale the Project Kuiper trade compliance program through development of effective and efficient processes that support the pace of innovation and business that Amazon and its customers have come to expect.
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 internal technology teams to develop creative and best-in-class trade compliance business processes and systems that scale
- Work with Project Kuiper’s Trade compliance teams to create strategy, build global import and export procedures, seek automation opportunities and build technologies
- Research and gather due diligence to identify complexity and costs to act as an importer/exporter in multiple countries.
- Determine the requirements to register as an importer/exporter with governments
- Write internal guidance on trade classifications and country of origin, and analyze customs valuation methods
- Develop and manage processes in support of rapidly growing global supply chains
- Interface with cross functional groups to identify and rectify any information/process gaps during the export/import process
- Perform project management to enable delivery of team assignments and objectives.
- Leverage data for continuous improvement of trade compliance activity
- Build import/export processes and controls and drive trade compliance solutions that maximize import/export efficiency
A day in the life
Manage daily tasks related to providing import/export compliance guidance with US and foreign regulations to conduct trade activities such as conducting research, updating status reports, and coordinating team deliverables.
Interact with Legal, Global Trade Services, HR, Tax, Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, and other internal businesses and external stakeholders to drive global export compliance.
This position requires significant experience in building trade compliance controls and demonstrate use of mechanisms to deliver training, enable and monitor the global business with operation stakeholders.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
