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Sr. Specialist, Work Authorization

📍 Location
Arlington
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
July 15, 2026

About the Role

Description

Amazon's Work Authorization (WA) team is looking for a Senior HR Specialist to drive service delivery excellence and strategic optimization of the U.S. Work Authorization program. This team ensures all Amazon employees are legally authorized to work and remain authorized throughout their employment, mitigating risks of non-compliance, financial penalty, and reputational damage. The U.S. program encompasses the Form I-9 process, Amazon's highest-risk compliance experience.

This role is the U.S. subject matter expert on work authorization regulations, processes, and systems. Operationally, the HR Specialist resolves escalations, manages complex casework, conducts root cause analyses, maintains standard work (SOPs, process maps), and ensures operational teams are executing processes as designed and in compliance. Strategically, this role serves as the primary interface between compliance operations and product/technology teams, confidently fielding technical qu...

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