Compliance Specialist, Product Compliance, AWS Global Trade & Product Compliance

About the role

AWS Compliance & Security Assurance is seeking an experienced Governance Specialist to support the Global Product Compliance (GTPC) team. This role involves interacting with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure AWS's product compliance posture is overseen through operational policies and controls.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement governance controls, SOPs, and policy frameworks governing Regulatory Operations processes such as regulatory research, intelligence management, agency engagement, change monitoring, records management, and compliance auditing.

• 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.

Requirements

• 4+ years of regulatory and risk management experience.

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing compliance controls, SOPs, and governance frameworks that satisfy regulatory audit requirements.

• 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).

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. For more details, visit here.