Head - Payments Security Compliance, Security & Privacy Regulatory Enablement (SPRe)

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks an experienced Payments Security Compliance Lead to own and scale audits, regulatory examinations, and compliance programs across multiple jurisdictions. You will manage QSAs, external auditors, and regulatory examiners while building a distributed, high-performing team.

You will lead day-to-day delivery of payments security audits globally, drive process improvements, and partner with Legal, Risk, and Technology to ensure enterprise-wide compliance in a fast-moving payments

Qualifications

• Experience in payments security compliance (PCI DSS, financial services regulatory regimes).
• Led audit/compliance teams at scale across multiple jurisdictions.
• Built and developed a high-performing, geographically distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Own and scale the operational delivery of payments security audits, regulatory examinations, and compliance programmes across all regulated jurisdictions.
• Manage relationships with QSAs, external auditors, and regulatory examiners.
• Drive continuous improvement in compliance operations.

Skills

Payments security compliance

PCI DSS

Audit lifecycle management

Regulatory relationship management

Team leadership

Operational excellence

Job description

Description

Amazon's Security & Privacy Regulatory Enablement (SPRe) team is the single regulatory enablement engine for Amazon's security, privacy, and AI compliance 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).

Amazon operates regulated payment entities across six major jurisdictions — US, UK, EU, India, Singapore, and MENA — each subject to distinct security compliance regimes including PCI DSS, local regulatory security frameworks, and supervisory authority examinations. The Payments Security Compliance (PSC) function within SPRe manages the full audit and compliance lifecycle for these entities.

We are seeking an experienced Payments Security Compliance Lead to own and scale the operational delivery of payments security audits, regulatory examinations, and compliance programmes across all regulated jurisdictions. This is a people management role leading a team of security compliance specialists, with responsibility for audit lifecycle management, regulatory relationship stewardship, operational excellence, team development, and delivery metrics.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in payments security compliance (PCI DSS, financial services regulatory regimes), has led audit/compliance teams at scale across multiple jurisdictions, and can build a high-performing, geographically distributed team. You will own the day-to-day delivery of payments security audits globally, manage relationships with QSAs, external auditors, and regulatory examiners, and drive continuous improvement in compliance operations.

A day in the life

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t 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 Amazon’s 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

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s 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 & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

About the team

SPRe operates through three interconnected gears forming a continuous flywheel: **Anticipate** (regulatory engagement and horizon scanning), **Enable** (programme design and control framework development), and **Assure** (external audit delivery and regulatory examination management). This role leads Payments Security Compliance within the Assure function — the largest operational workstream within SPRe, covering 40+ recurring audit programmes across six regulated jurisdictions.

The team you will lead includes security compliance specialists based across India (Bengaluru), Europe (London, Luxembourg), and the US. You will report to SPRe's Senior Manager and work closely with the Payments Business, Payments Security, Legal, Risk & Compliance, Technology teams.