AWS Compliance & Security Assurance is looking for an experienced Governance Specialist to support our Global Product Compliance (GTPC) team business on a broad range of regulatory compliance matters. You will interact with AWS Security, Datacenter Engineering, AWS Services, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Legal, Tax, and other internal businesses and external stakeholders to drive operation policies and controls that provides oversight of AWS's product compliance posture. AWS is at the forefront of providing a broad set of global cloud-based services including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, deep Machine learning, robotics, and enterprise applications, to help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale.
This is a dynamic business within Amazon.com, and one of the world's fastest growing and evolving companies, with a team of exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. GTPC is responsible for ensuring that the infrastructure equipment necessary to support the AWS services are imported/exported in a compliant manner across the multiple countries where AWS operates and will expand.
Key job 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.
A day in the life This position reports to the Sr. Manager for Product Compliance Operations as apart of the AWS Global Trade and Product Compliance ('GTPC') function. GTPC is responsible for providing global trade and product compliance of infrastructure equipment and AWS product programs necessary to support AWS services, across countries where AWS currently operates and/or expect to expand.
This person reviews regulatory change alerts, updates the intelligence database, assesses compliance risks against active hardware programs, refines governance controls based on audit findings, coordinates with government agency contacts, and ensures documentation archives remain audit-ready — maintaining continuous regulatory readiness across all operating jurisdictions.
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Basic Qualifications
- 4+ years of regulatory and risk management experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing compliance controls, SOPs, and governance frameworks that satisfy regulatory audit requirements
- Experience managing regulatory intelligence — conducting country-level research, maintaining compliance databases, and monitoring regulatory changes across multiple markets simultaneously
- Proven ability to manage cross-functional programs involving legal, engineering, supply chain, and government affairs stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in regulatory affairs, public policy, international trade, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of data center, critical environment, computer hardware repair, infrastructure cabling, network deployment, or data center operations experience, or experience with network hardware: copper and optical fiber cabling, switches, routers
- Experience with automation and any version control tools, or experience in deploying identity and access management systems and experience in any Bigdata architecture
- Experience in working directly with government officials and regulatory bodies
- Familiarity with international certification schemes (CB Scheme, CE marking, FCC, ISED, MIC) and post-market surveillance obligations
- Master's degree or professional certification (e.g., RAC, CRCM, PMP, or equivalent regulatory/governance credential)
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USA, WA, Seattle - 102,000.00 - 178,400.00 USD annually