Governance & Compliance Specialist — Flexible Hours, Global Impact

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Governance Specialist to support the Global Product Compliance (GTPC) team. The role focuses on regulatory operations governance, research, and engagement with government agencies to protect AWS product compliance posture.

You will design controls, maintain intelligence databases, and coordinate audits across multiple markets, partnering with security, legal, tax, and operations teams to ensure continuous regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in regulatory and risk management.
• Experience designing and implementing controls or auditing financial reporting environments.
• Experience with regulatory compliance management with government agencies.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects or programs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement governance controls, SOPs and policy frameworks for regulatory operations.
• Define country-level and product-level regulatory research and maintain a regulatory intelligence database.
• Manage government regulatory contacts and monitor regulatory changes with impact assessments.
• Lead documentation, audits and records retention to ensure audit readiness across markets.

Skills

Regulatory risk mgmt

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional delivery

Audit experience

Education

Master's degree or professional certification

Tools

Automation tools

Version control

Identity & access management

Big data architecture

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Governance Specialist to support the Global Product Compliance (GTPC) team. The role focuses on regulatory operations governance, research, and engagement with government agencies to protect AWS product compliance posture.

You will design controls, maintain intelligence databases, and coordinate audits across multiple markets, partnering with security, legal, tax, and operations teams to ensure continuous regulatory readiness.