Regulatory & Security Compliance Lead, Anz, Compliance & Security Assurance

**DESCRIPTION**:
Amazon obsesses over customers; delivering results for customers is what we do. We are looking for independent, passionate, and deeply experienced professionals in the Security, Compliance and Assurance domain to provide depth in assisting our partners, customers and their stakeholders to understand and address their security, regulatory and compliance requirements in moving their sensitive workloads and heavily regulated data into the cloud.

This position will have high visibility at the most senior levels of government agencies, financial institutions, and AWS including frequent interaction with Regulators, CISOs, CTOs, their staffs, and AWS senior leadership to ensure compliance with global AWS standards, practices and policies.

This role, as part of the AWS Compliance & Security Assurance team in Australia & New Zealand, requires the ability to develop long-term projects and define processes and methods to ensure execution and productivity across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including customers and regulatory agencies.

Key job responsibilities
Serve as an expert to AWS, customers, auditors, and regulators on regional and domestic regulations on security, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, technology, outsourcing and operational resilience in the industry.

Anticipate new or potential laws and regulations for potential impact to AWS and our customers and develop appropriate mitigation and implementation approaches. Escalate and manage escalations as necessary.

Develop and execute long-term security and compliance projects and initiatives, which may have broad scope and complexity, for AWS and AWS' regulated customers.

Innovate to develop mechanisms that continuously improve the customer experience of security assurance;
Performing compliance impact and market assessments of emerging compliance programs;
Develop thought leadership material on cloud and emerging technologies for regulators, internal teams and customers.

Tracking and reporting on changes to security controls and requirements standards across the region;
Manage tight deadlines and drive for results, while being extremely detail orientated

Prepare project plans and track projects through fruition.

Support metrics, implement data collections mechanisms, analyze data and make recommendations

About the team
Diverse Experiences

Why AWS Security
At AWS, 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 AWS’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
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS**:

- 10+ years experience in regulatory compliance, banking or non-banking supervision and examination, or government agencies involved in cybersecurity management and/or operations.
- A track record of experience in work related to security assurance, such as cybersecurity, audit or security architecture
- Experience in Program design and management
- Advanced degree in related area of study (Computer Science, Engineering, Cyber Security, IT Security Management).
- Familiarity with cloud computing, technology risks, security and outsourcing.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Experience working on governance, risk and compli