Regulatory Assurance Specialist, Security & Privacy Regulatory Enablement (SPRe)

Description

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

We are seeking an self-motivated Regulatory Assurance Specialist with a strong background spanning both Information Security and Privacy compliance. This individual will deliver external audits and regulatory examinations across security and privacy domains, working across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks. The role demands someone who can operate with equal confidence in a payments audit environment as in a DMA or GDPR compliance assessment — applying domain-agnostic assurance methodology across both disciplines.

Your work directly impacts Customer Trust in Amazon by ensuring that regulated services demonstrate compliance to external regulators, auditors, and supervisory authorities across all domains.

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities

Deliver external audit lifecycle activities across security and privacy domains, from planning and scoping through evidence coordination, auditor management, and report issuance
Coordinate evidence collection, collation, and presentation to external auditors and regulatory examiners across both security and privacy frameworks
Manage audit findings, remediation tracking, and formal closure, including preparation of management responses and corrective action plans
Drive detailed analysis of regulatory requirements in collaboration with legal teams, performing scoping and applicability assessments to determine which services, entities, and systems fall within scope
Dive deep into the control environment across security and privacy, understanding the effectiveness of control design and operations, and identifying cross-domain synergies (e.g., overlapping controls such as access management, encryption, logging)
Communicate clearly and effectively to senior stakeholders on audit status, programme health, and critical issues, escalating appropriately and driving issues to closure

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 regulatory compliance monitoring), and **Assure** (external audit delivery and regulatory examination management). This role leads the Assure function — the execution engine that demonstrates Amazon's compliance to the outside world.

Team members include security compliance specialists, privacy assurance specialists, and cross-domain flex resources operating across India, Europe, and the US.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Security, Computer Science, Risk Management, Privacy/Data Protection, Engineering, or a related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in compliance programme management, regulatory assurance, audit delivery, governance, or risk management — spanning security and/or privacy domains
- Experience performing technical audits/assessments in direct support of major compliance efforts (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, SOX, GDPR, DMA, DSA, HIPAA, or equivalent regulatory/industry frameworks)
- Demonstrated experience managing external audits — front-ending auditors, coordinating evidence, managing findings through to closure
- Experience conducting risk assessments, designing controls, and managing enterprise control frameworks across a diverse group of stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience across both information security compliance and privacy compliance — demonstrating cross-domain versatility
- Professional auditing qualification or relevant certifications (CISA, CISM, CISSP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, CDPSE, PCIP, QSA, or similar)
- Record of delivery of large-scale compliance programmes for major technology companies across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience with GRC tools, data analytics for improving controls, and automation of compliance processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, TX, Austin - 102,000.00 - 178,400.00 USD annually