Senior Privacy Strategist: Global Compliance & Risk

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Privacy Specialist to own defining control requirements, prioritization and policy for core compliance programs within the Regulation Technology and Assurance (RTA) team. You will drive high‑judgment decisions with senior leaders and partner with TPMs/PMTs to craft technically viable privacy solutions across Amazon services globally.

You will influence risk tradeoffs, guide product roadmaps, and push process improvements in coordination with diverse teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management methodologies and process improvement initiatives.
• Experience solving complex problems quantitatively and develop actionable data‑driven business recommendations.
• Experience influencing multiple stakeholders and leading cross‑functional teams across geographies and business units.
• 5+ years of experience in privacy, regulatory, or risk and compliance roles.
• Working knowledge of GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, DMA and DSA, US State Privacy laws and/or other relevant legislation.
• Experience operationalizing and/or managing global regulatory requirements.
• Record of delivery of regulatory‑driven process improvement projects with technology processes and/or major tech companies.

Responsibilities

• Define the compliance bar for one or more Privacy compliance programs.
• Document existing technical and non-technical controls and provide requirements to support mature compliance programs and governance.
• Partner with TPMs and PMTs to produce viable technical solutions to Amazon-scale compliance challenges.
• Guide leadership in balancing risk management concerns and risk mitigations against customer experience while contributing to product roadmaps.
• Drive process improvement and contribute to control implementation projects in coordination with other teams.
• Apply a working knowledge of global data privacy to articulate customer/control impact.
• Follow the developments of relevant privacy laws, customer expectations, and regulatory guidance to identify and communicate key trends and to protect customer trust.

Skills

Risk management

Data-driven analysis

Stakeholder leadership

Privacy & compliance

Global regulatory

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

CIPP/E certification

Job description

Amazon seeks a Privacy Specialist to own defining control requirements, prioritization and policy for core compliance programs within the Regulation Technology and Assurance (RTA) team. You will drive high‑judgment decisions with senior leaders and partner with TPMs/PMTs to craft technically viable privacy solutions across Amazon services globally.

You will influence risk tradeoffs, guide product roadmaps, and push process improvements in coordination with diverse teams.