Compliance Specialist, Data Protection and Governance

Google Inc.; Austin, Washington (TX, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 136,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target 15%

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google Inc. in Austin, TX (and Washington, DC) seeks a Compliance Specialist in Data Protection and Governance to drive scalable, data-driven compliance programs and translate regulatory requirements into robust business controls across product areas.

The role emphasizes independent execution, risk remediation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to reduce compliance debt and strengthen governance across Google’s risk framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in compliance, risk management, investigation, auditing, legal, or consulting.

Responsibilities

• Own specs independently, reviewing and providing input before transmission to Product Areas, while advising Product Areas on compliance risk remediation during implementation.
• Build compliance defensibility through regulatory-to-technical traceability matrices, formal gap analyses, control design specs, and evidence collection playbooks, and advise on Product Area control design and implementation.
• Partner with Product Areas to define and implement structured, automated controls, and build scalable control catalogs and solution inventories to pay down compliance debt.
• Review controls and hand them off to the Assurance for testing, while monitoring 1LoD control health, compliance design, implementation, and risk ratings to ensure credible challenge.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide non-legal inputs to risk ratings, define and monitor KPIs/KRIs for visibility into compliance health, and review remediation plans for logged issues.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Control frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Compliance Specialist, Data Protection and Governance

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in compliance, risk management, investigation, auditing, legal, or consulting.

Preferred qualifications:

• Cross-functional project planning, control evaluation, and project execution.
• Strong knowledge of relevant domain regulations (e.g., competition, consumer protection, privacy, or security) and adjacent risk areas.
• Solid understanding of compliance program management principles and internal control frameworks (e.g., Enterprise Controls Framework).
• Proven ability to collaborate and build effective working relationships with cross-functional teams.

About the job

As a part of this role, you will join the Risk, Compliance and Integrity organization (RCI), which brings together critical compliance, assurance, risk and governance functions across Google to help the company meet compliance needs and enable businesses to innovate. Your goal is to make compliance a competitive advantage for Google by driving scaled, data-driven, and policy-based compliance programs. As a Compliance Specialist, you will independently execute compliance initiatives across product domains, translating regulatory requirements into effective business controls and cross-functional programs. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $136000 - $196000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Own specs independently, reviewing and providing input before transmission to Product Areas, while advising Product Areas on compliance risk remediation during implementation.
• Build compliance defensibility through regulatory-to-technical traceability matrices, formal gap analyses, control design specs, and evidence collection playbooks, and advise on Product Area control design and implementation.
• Partner with Product Areas to define and implement structured, automated controls, and build scalable control catalogs and solution inventories to pay down compliance debt.
• Review controls and hand them off to the Assurance for testing, while monitoring 1LoD control health, compliance design, implementation, and risk ratings to ensure credible challenge.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide non-legal inputs to risk ratings, define and monitor Key Performance Indicator/ Key Risk Indicator (KPIs/KRIs) for visibility into compliance health, and review remediation plans for logged issues.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.