Emergency Services Manager

Description

At Amazon, we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Amazon is continuously evolving and is a place where motivated employees thrive and where employee ownership and accountability lead to meaningful results.

We are looking for an Emergency Services Manager to join a team of professionals responsible for providing the best in emergency response, risk reduction, and security services at Amazon. This security professional will have overall responsibility for the management and leadership of day-to-day Emergency Services Unit (ESU) operations, key customer engagements, budget management, strategic planning, and performance measurement. This person will have a strong bias for data/metrics and possess a strong background in protecting people, places, and assets through the application of industry-related best practices. We value broad and deep risk management, specifically in the fields of security operations, incident response, an intelligence and information sharing.

Our ideal candidate understands that supporting their people and our customers are among the most critical roles they perform. They must be open and approachable while focused on how to grow, scale, and optimize efforts in a high-tech, fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have a keen sense of ownership and entrepreneurship knowing how to earn trust while working cross-organizationally to deliver results. The successful candidate will also have a passion for delighting customers, working in a team environment, and continuously improving performance.

*Although this is a virtual position, the candidate will need to be in commuting distance of our Bellevue, WA offices. Relocation assistance provided.*

Amazon's Culture: Our positive and supportive culture encourages our people to do their best work every day. We have 16 leadership principles that help guide us in our every-day decision making process. These leadership principles articulate those things that have always been a part of what makes Amazon great – things that we must consciously hold on to in fulfilling our mission to be Earth’s Most Customer Centric Company. We are continuously looking for new ways to maintain a culture where our people excel and lead healthy and happy lives. It is always Day One.


Key job responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and develop Emergency Services Unit teams across multiple sites in a 24/7 environment. Work with diverse teams and cultures.

- Facilitate development of short- and long-term strategy for ESU initiatives, developing roadmaps with actionable and auditable plans, driving requirements for each initiative, leading cross-functional internal and external teams. Execute initiatives with a focus on enhancing the protection of life, property, operations, and company reputation.

- Set and articulate expectations for leadership behavior within the team; model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles.

- Balance team goals that optimize performance, enhance employee development, and align department goals.

- Manage staff to ensure work is complete, resolve employee issues, evaluate employee performance, approve time off, etc.

- Manage and maintain high performance standards through inspection, audit, and coaching.

- Assist in the evaluation of candidates, participate in interviews, hiring, and training of employees and contractors, as needed.

- Design and coordinate cohesive responses to security events that involve multiple teams across the organization.

- Make data-driven decisions, implement best practices, and deliver results.

- Establish credibility and maintain strong working relationships with law enforcement, private security teams, and internal security partners to identify, evaluate, and mitigate risk.

- Develop a crisis and incident management standard ensuring a consistent process for crisis / incident management efforts ensuring response readiness and system effectiveness, driving continuous improvement of policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.

- Develop comprehensive security, incident management, and crisis management plans that align with our customers’ existing security plans, procedures, and protocols.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Business Management or related fields.

- Minimum 10 years’ experience with a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency with progressive management roles and command level experience.

- Ability to maintain situational awareness over multiple areas of responsibility.

- Advanced skills in budget management.

- Analyze situations, make good decisions, and formulate action plans.

- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and employees at all levels of the organization.

- Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.

- Attend regularly scheduled meetings and actively participate in the discussion.

- Working knowledge of legal contracts and terminology.

Preferred Qualifications

- Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Business Management or equivalent education or experience.

- Experience in implementation of National Incident Management System standards.

- Training and understanding of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI).

- Experience with implementation of Lean management principles.

- Experience in planning and executing security operations for special events.

- Demonstrated experience in conducting fact finding, administrative, and criminal investigations.

- Experience with security-related technology solutions and applications.

- Skilled in developing metrics and in conducting performance audits.

- Experience with the collection and analysis of threat intelligence.

- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to think clearly, problem-solve, scope technical/process requirements, and prioritize tasks.

- Meet/exceed Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.

- Intermediate to advanced use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.


Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $79,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $170,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.