Compliance Specialist, Data Protection and Governance

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 136,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Benefits package

Job summary

Google is seeking a Compliance Specialist in data protection and governance to join the Risk, Compliance and Integrity (RCI) organization in the United States. You will translate regulatory requirements into effective business controls and cross-functional programs to help Google innovate with compliant approaches.

Responsibilities include independently executing initiatives across product domains, building scalable control catalogs, and driving data-driven compliance programs.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own compliance specs independently and advise Product Areas on risk remediation during implementation.
• Build regulatory-to-technical traceability matrices and evidence collection playbooks.
• Define and implement structured, automated controls with cross-functional teams.
• Review controls and hand off to Assurance for testing; monitor control health and risk ratings.
• Conduct risk assessments and monitor KPIs/KRIs for compliance health; review remediation plans.

Skills

Cross-functional planning

Regulatory knowledge

Compliance program mgmt

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Compliance Specialist, Data Protection and Governance

Google

Austin, TX, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

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

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 Key Performance Indicator/ Key Risk Indicator (KPIs/KRIs) for visibility into compliance health, and review remediation plans for logged issues.