Amazon Director Security Assurance Kuiper 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

504904481

As the Director of Kuiper Security Assurance, you will manage a team of compliance subject matter experts dedicated to building first-in-class certification, accreditation, and assurance programs for Project Kuiper. You will be accountable for building customer trust and ensuring that we maintain a high security bar for Project Kuiper. You will maintain customer and regulatory relationships, identify applicable industry requirements, and establish long-term strategies to meet customer and regulatory security assurance needs. You will also work closely with various industry groups and regulators to establish risk requirements and policies for Project Kuiper. The successful candidate is a strategic thinker, with deep experience in heavily regulated landscapes, solid understanding of telecommunications or cloud-based technologies, and experience in security and compliance.Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.Key job responsibilities
* Provide technical and strategic leadership to the Kuiper Security Assurance team by overseeing all assurance activities for Project Kuiper’s products and services
* Work closely with engineering and product teams, and define the strategy for Project Kuiper to meet and exceed compliance requirements and customer needs across an international footprint
* Drive innovative solutions to provide the highest level of assurance in the most scalable and cost-effective manner
* Engage and influence external parties, such as industry groups, customers and regulators, on global reporting and risk requirements, policies, and regulatory questions

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management, related field or relevant work experience
* 7+ years experience working on governance, risk and compliance programs that involve direct engagement with regulators or public sector agencies involved in cybersecurity management and/or operations
* 7+ years experience in managing and building teams, including compliance experts

* Experience working on security risk assessment or cybersecurity consulting
* Proficiency with government security frameworks, policies and standards (e.g., ISO, NIST)
* Experience working with sensitive or classified systems of government
* Ability to work across internal and external stakeholders, including engineering and business development teams, customers and regulators, to proactively identify security assurance requirements
* Prior experience in effectively scaling complex and large compliance and assurance program