Senior Security Compliance Specialist, Payments Security Compliance

In compliance with regulatory requirements, and in alignment with business teams, the Payments Security Compliance (PSC) team supports Amazon payments entities in select regions. Security Compliance Specialists have varying scope of responsibility in each region, depending on the nature of regulatory licenses to be maintained, number of regulators, the number of systems and teams in scope, and the degree of stringency the local regime places on Security and Data protection.

We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated Senior Security Compliance Specialist with a strong Security and Compliance background. This candidate will be an innovative and forward-thinking individual who possesses in-depth knowledge and will be identifying Information Security compliance risks, driving Security Governance, Security Assurance and Risk Management efforts, managing regional regulatory compliance and contributing to emerging regulations and technology standards globally, partnering with Security Experts of Global Amazon Information Security teams. Your work directly impacts Customer’s Trust in Amazon by providing secure, robust, and reliable payment services.

• Positively impact how Amazon builds, consumes and operates software securely and in compliance with standards and regulations.
• Contribute on emerging regulations and technology standards joining forces with AWS, Public Policy team and others, making Amazon Consumer org’s voice heard in the relevant forums.
• Communicate clearly and effectively to executive management on the plans, status and critical issues.
• Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner.
• Oversight on remediation programs impacting regulated region(s) being supported.
• Be recognized as a thought leader in Regulatory Security Compliance and Security best practices/standards.
• Represent Security posture of regulated entities in external regulatory audits.
• Review Implementation of Security best practices and standards, drive continuous improvements.
• Influence Security Control Assessment Automation efforts for security and compliance at scale.
• Skilled in security risk analysis and making complex business/risk trade-off recommendations and decisions.
• Maintain C-level relationships with peers, stakeholders, boardrooms, and/or customers, often becoming the “trusted advisor”. Also, create and maintain a trusted relationship with regulators and industry forums.

The objective of Payments Security Compliance (PSC) is to oversee & manage Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance (IS-GRC) for the Payments entities globally as part of Amazon’s WW Privacy team. The tenets for Payments Security Compliance team are:

• We provide timely and accurate security, compliance, and risk data to the business to make decisions.
• We escalate appropriately to ensure that security and compliance issues are resolved promptly and with high judgment.
• We are business-risk driven in security and compliance decisions.
• We make it easy to be compliant.
• We interpret unclear external regulations, industry standards or Amazon policies in favor of our businesses protecting customer trust.
• We always favor automated policy enforcement over manual/best intentions policy enforcement.
• We are slow and deliberate when adding new policies, quick to fix policy issues and quick to eliminate irrelevant policies.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Security, Computer Science, Risk Management, Engineering, Math, Statistics, or a related discipline, or equivalent technology experience.
• Experience performing and/or participating in technical assessments in direct support of a major compliance effort (e.g. ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 27701, ISO 9001, PCI, SOC1/SOC 2, HITRUST).
• Experience in services oriented architecture (SOA) hosted on cloud native infrastructure.
• Excellent communication, work prioritization and analytical skills.
• Result oriented, high energy, self-motivated.
• Strong skills in security principles such as least privilege access, defense in depth, preventative vs detective controls.

• Have a record of delivery of large scale security programs and/or technology solutions for major tech companies.
• Cloud security knowledge preferred.
• Work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations.
• Experience working successfully in a very fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• Knowledge of technology and payment industry trends.
• Senior-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple business units.