Corporate Counsel - Compliance & Safety, WW Ops

This role sits within Amazon’s Operations Legal team in India, supporting four business verticals: Workplace Health & Safety, Analytics Risk & Compliance, Sustainability, and Human Rights & Social Impact. As a trusted legal advisor, you will: 1. Advise on occupational health and safety obligations covering people on site, drivers, and vehicles across Amazon’s operations network in India. 2. Identify compliance requirements and restrictions related to the movement of goods via air, rail, and other networks, engaging with regulatory authorities such as Indian Railways and the DGCA. 3. Provide guidance on laws governing the storage and transportation of regulated products - including food, drugs & cosmetics, medical devices, chemicals, and hazardous substances - and support compliance with applicable product safety standards. 4. Advocate for Amazon’s sustainability and environment charters, ensuring operations meet environmental commitments within the legal framework. 5. Support cross-functional teams on initiatives under Amazon’s Supplier Code of Conduct and social responsibility charter. The role requ BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in Law - Ability to work with limited direction, exercise sound judgment, and manage discrete compliance matters as a single-threaded owner - Bachelor's degree in Law - 6+ years of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Law experience; with 8-12 years of inhouse legal or law firm experience PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, planning, and managing time - Can distill complex legal issues into clear, concise business guidance - A mix of law firm and in-house experience with exposure to workplace health & safety, product compliance, sustainability, or transport regulatory domains - Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to be a trusted partner to business stakeholders - Genuine interest in developing expertise in product compliance, sustaina

Amazon is a global technology company operating in e-commerce, cloud computing (AWS), digital streaming, advertising and artificial intelligence. Its India operations span development centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Gurugram and Mumbai, covering retail technology, AWS infrastructure, Alexa, advertising, payments and supply-chain systems.