Global Product Compliance & Governance Specialist

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a Governance Specialist to support Global Product Compliance, collaborating with Security, Datacenter Engineering, Legal, and Operations to drive governance controls and regulatory oversight of AWS product posture.

You will lead regulatory research, build an intelligence database, and design stakeholder engagement for government contacts, ensuring audit-ready records and timely responses across markets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of regulatory and risk management experience
• Experience designing and implementing controls or experience performing audits over financial reporting environment
• Experience in regulatory compliance management with government agencies
• Experience with cross functional project or program delivery

Responsibilities

• Design and implement governance controls, SOPs, and policy frameworks governing Regulatory Operations processes — regulatory research, intelligence management, agency engagement, change monitoring, records management, and compliance auditing — ensuring each control is traceable to a defined risk or compliance requirement.
• Define and execute country-level and product-level regulatory research methodology across all target markets. Establish and maintain a regulatory intelligence database with intake workflows, data quality standards, and refresh cadences that embed intelligence into hardware program decision‑making.
• Design engagement protocols and stakeholder maps for managing government regulatory contacts and agency relationships across all operating jurisdictions. Build and operate the process for monitoring regulatory changes; develop impact assessment frameworks quantifying risk to market access and program timelines.
• Design and enforce documentation and records retention controls satisfying post‑deployment audit requirements. Execute ongoing compliance audits and post‑shipment surveillance obligations; develop audit checklists, sampling methodologies, and reporting templates ensuring consistent execution across markets.
• Leverage compliance data and regulatory intelligence to identify emerging risks, maintain readiness dashboards, and present risk insights supporting leadership decision‑making

Skills

Regulatory risk management

Audit execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree or professional certification (RAC, CRCM, PMP)

Tools

Version control tools

Big data architecture

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a Governance Specialist to support Global Product Compliance, collaborating with Security, Datacenter Engineering, Legal, and Operations to drive governance controls and regulatory oversight of AWS product posture.

You will lead regulatory research, build an intelligence database, and design stakeholder engagement for government contacts, ensuring audit-ready records and timely responses across markets.