Senior Regulatory Assurance Specialist, Security & Privacy Regulatory Enablement (SPRe)

Amazons Security & Privacy Regulatory Enablement (SPRe) team is the regulatory enablement engine for Amazons security privacy and AI compliance assurance needs. We take any new regulatory requirement from initial publication to demonstrated compliance across three domains Security Privacy and AI using a repeatable scalable operating model (Anticipate Enable Assure).

We are seeking an experienced self-motivated Senior Regulatory Assurance Specialist with a strong background spanning both Information Security and Privacy compliance. This individual will deliver external audits and regulatory examinations across security and privacy domains working across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks. The role demands someone who can operate with equal confidence in a payments audit environment as in a DMA or GDPR compliance assessment applying domain-agnostic assurance methodology across both disciplines.

Your work directly impacts Customer Trust in Amazon by ensuring that regulated services demonstrate compliance to external regulators auditors and supervisory authorities across all domains.

Key job responsibilities
- Deliver external audit lifecycle activities across security and privacy domains from planning and scoping through evidence coordination auditor management and report issuance

- Represent Amazons security and privacy posture in external regulatory audits and examinations across multiple jurisdictions

- Coordinate evidence collection collation and presentation to external auditors and regulatory examiners across both security and privacy frameworks

- Develop and maintain Risk Control Matrices (RCMs) that map regulatory requirements to specific controls evidence requirements and testing procedures

- Manage audit findings remediation tracking and formal closure including preparation of management responses and corrective action plans

- Drive detailed analysis of regulatory requirements in collaboration with legal teams performing scoping and applicability assessments to determine which services entities and systems fall within scope

- Dive deep into the control environment across security and privacy understanding the effectiveness of control design and operations and identifying cross-domain synergies (e.g. overlapping controls such as access management encryption logging)

- Contribute to emerging regulations and technology standards partnering with internal security privacy legal and public policy teams to ensure Amazons voice is represented in relevant forums

- Influence automation efforts for evidence collection and control testing to achieve compliance at scale

- Communicate clearly and effectively to senior stakeholders on audit status programme health and critical issues escalating appropriately and driving issues to closure

- Break complex regulatory requirements into manageable programmes ruthlessly prioritising and delivering results across a global multi-jurisdictional environment

About the team
SPRe operates through three interconnected gears forming a continuous flywheel: **Anticipate** (regulatory engagement and horizon scanning) **Enable** (programme design and regulatory compliance monitoring) and **Assure** (external audit delivery and regulatory examination management). This role leads the Assure function the execution engine that demonstrates Amazons compliance to the outside world.

Team members include security compliance specialists privacy assurance specialists and cross-domain flex resources operating across India Europe and the US.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security
At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores.

Work/Life Balance
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Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security its in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas perspectives and voices.

Training and Career growth
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- Bachelors degree or equivalent in Information Security Computer Science Risk Management Engineering Math Statistics or a related discipline or equivalent technology experience
- - Bachelors degree or equivalent in Information Security Computer Science Risk Management Privacy/Data Protection Engineering or a related discipline
- - 7 years of experience in compliance programme management regulatory assurance audit delivery governance or risk management spanning security and/or privacy domains
- - Experience performing technical audits/assessments in direct support of major compliance efforts (e.g. ISO 27001 SOC 2 NIST SOX GDPR DMA DSA HIPAA or equivalent regulatory/industry frameworks)
- - Demonstrated experience managing external audit relationships front-ending auditors coordinating evidence managing findings through to closure
- - Experience conducting risk assessments designing controls and managing enterprise control frameworks across a diverse group of stakeholders
- - Proven ability to work with high levels of ambiguity in complex regulatory environments exercising high judgement in prioritisation and trade-off decisions
- - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple business units and jurisdictions
- - Experience handling confidential information and working across regulated environments

- - Experience across both information security compliance and privacy compliance demonstrating cross-domain versatility
- - Professional auditing qualification or relevant certifications (CISA CISM CISSP CIPP/E CIPP/US CIPM CIPT CDPSE PCIP QSA or similar)
- - Record of delivery of large-scale compliance programmes for major technology companies across multiple jurisdictions
- - Experience with GRC tools data analytics for improving controls and automation of compliance processes
- - Knowledge of AI governance frameworks (EU AI Act NIST AI RMF) and emerging regulatory trends in AI/ML systems
- - Experience working with payment industry regulations and supervisory authorities
- - Ability to maintain trusted relationships with external regulators auditors and industry forums

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