Security Compliance Manager, Regulations Tech Assurance - Seattle | Amazon Job

Job Description

Amazon's Regulations Tech Assurance organization is looking for a Security Industry Specialist Manager to lead a team of compliance professionals responsible for delivering and maintaining a portfolio of industry certifications and assurance programs — including SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, Cyber Essentials, and risk assessments — across a rapidly growing service landscape.

In this role, you will own the full audit lifecycle from evidence collection through auditor management and finding remediation, drive customer trust processes that directly support sales, and translate compliance requirements into engineering action. You will also define the strategic vision for how we shift from point-in-time audits to on-demand, continuous compliance — championing investments in AI, automation, and GRC tooling that deliver the highest return. This is a high-visibility role with regular reporting to senior leaders and the opportunity to influence how compliance scales across Amazon's Stores business.



Key job responsibilities
Compliance Program Leadership & Delivery: Own end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of industry certification and compliance programs (e.g., SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, risk assessments), driving prioritization, planning, accountability, and on-time delivery of all compliance outcomes the team is responsible for.

Audit Management & Assurance: Lead all audit lifecycle activities including evidence collection strategy, auditor relationship management, negotiation of findings and observations, and remediation of identified gaps to maintain and strengthen the organization's compliance posture across multiple frameworks.

Team Leadership, Coaching & Development: Manage, coach, and develop a team of Security Industry Specialists responsible for a wide variety of security compliance programs; set clear expectations, build a high-performance culture, and ensure the team operates with the depth and rigor expected at each level.

GRC Tooling, Automation & Continuous Monitoring: Drive adoption and operationalization of GRC tooling across compliance workflows; partner with engineering teams on requirements and priorities to enable automation of evidence collection, control testing, and audit readiness activities.

Customer Trust & Sales Enablement: Own customer trust processes including maintenance of security documentation repositories, standardized response libraries, and direct support of sales engagements by leading security calls alongside Sales, Legal, and other stakeholders to accelerate deal cycles and build customer confidence.

Executive Reporting & Stakeholder Communication: Own program-level reporting of compliance status, risk posture, and program updates through established reporting channels to senior leaders across the organization, ensuring visibility, transparency, and informed decision-making at all levels.

Strategic Vision & Scalable Mechanisms: Define and drive the strategic vision for shifting from point-in-time audit cycles to on-demand, continuous compliance — owning the thinking behind how controls are monitored, evidence is generated, and assurance is delivered on an ongoing basis. Bring informed, opinionated perspectives on where to invest in AI, automation, and GRC engineering for the highest ROI, ensuring the compliance function scales and absorbs the growing demand.

A day in the life
About the team
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.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Auditing, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, Cyber Security, or other related fields
- 7+ years of experience in information security compliance, audit, governance, or risk management, with deep expertise in industry security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO, Hipaa, PCI)
- 3+years of people management experience, including managing teams of 5+ professionals across multiple time zones
- Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end external audit delivery — managing relationships with auditors, regulatory examiners, or equivalent
- Strong skills in security principles — risk-based thinking, control design, defense in depth, least privilege access, preventative vs detective controls

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience communicating effectively with senior leadership
- Experience using data and metrics to back up assumptions, evaluate outcomes, and make data-driven decisions
- Experience with GRC platforms, audit management tools, and automation of evidence collection at scale
- Knowledge of AI governance frameworks (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF) and emerging regulatory trends in AI/ML systems

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 - 131,300.00 - 229,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 131,300.00 - 229,700.00 USD annually