Security Assurance earns customer trust by providing transparency into AWS's security posture across customer, regulatory, and third-party assurance programs. Rather than focusing solely on compliance against specific regulations, the Security Assurance team plays a pivotal role in earning and maintaining trust in the security of AWS, working with the world's most sophisticated organizations to provide the confidence enterprise customers, regulators and third-party auditors need about the security of customer critical workloads deployed on AWS. This is vastly different from a typical assurance and compliance function: we operate at internet scale, across hundreds of certifications and thousands of individual controls, with a proactive, hands-on approach that goes far beyond evaluating compliance.
We are seeking an exceptional executive leader to serve as Director and EMEA Regional Leader for Security Assurance. This is one of three global regional leadership positions, reporting directly to the Global Director of Security Assurance, and represents a unique opportunity to shape how the world's leading cloud provider engages with Europe's most prominent enterprise customers, regulators, and third-party auditors.
Do you have a passion for leading at the intersection of security, regulation, and customer trust? Do you have experience building and scaling professional services organizations that deliver assurance at the highest levels? Do you have a vision for how security assurance, transparency, and regulatory engagement will evolve in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa? Do you want to lead that future with AWS?
Key job responsibilities
As EMEA's most senior Security Assurance leader, you will lead the effort in shaping how AWS demonstrates its security commitments to our customers and stakeholders. You will lead a growing organization of professionals across three critical product lines, partnering with marquee enterprise customers, regulatory authorities, and third-party auditors.
Your strategic decisions will directly shape AWS's ability to deliver security assurance at a pivotal time of increasing customer and regulatory requirements and expectations, with DORA enforcement, NIS2 implementation, and evolving sovereignty expectations (to name a few) reshaping the landscape. You will routinely engage with the most senior levels of AWS leadership and have the opportunity to influence security strategy through deep engagement with public policy, legal, and engineering teams, as well as industry-level impact through direct engagement with enterprise customers, regulators, and third-party auditors.
This is not a role for someone who simply manages compliance, it is for an executive who knows how to lead a dynamic, growing mission-focused organization, build strategic customer relationships, and deliver exceptional outcomes at scale.
Regional Strategy & Executive Leadership
- Serve as the most senior AWS Security Assurance representative across EMEA, owning the regional strategy and providing executive-level operational oversight across three product lines: Enterprise Customer, Regulatory, and Third-Party Audit Serve as the primary technology voice influencing decisions on product direction, go-to-market investment, and customer engagement models.
- Operate with a customer-first mindset, deep market knowledge, an understanding of the regional differences and nuanced expectations, and strategic counsel to a globally matrixed organization.
- Define and shape team culture across the region, driving organizational transformation and building an inclusive, high-performance environment.
- Effectively navigate change as the Security Assurance organization continues to evolve and scale.
Customer & Regulatory Engagement
- Lead and oversee complex, highly impactful engagements with enterprise customers, managing a portfolio of hundreds of assurance engagements annually.
- Play a defining role in how AWS responds to emerging regulatory requirements, including direct engagement with regulator.
- Represent AWS Security Assurance at the executive level in regulatory discussions, enterprise customer briefings, and industry forums across the region.
- Demonstrate strong judgement in handling sensitive intellectual property and security information.
Product Line Delivery
- Enterprise Customer: Oversee an enterprise assurance program managing engagements with customers (including highly regulated customers with specific compliance requirements), developing and maintaining C-suite and senior account relationships.
- Regulatory: Lead regulatory compliance and examination response for EMEA-specific frameworks including DORA, NIS2, and national regulatory regimes, engaging directly with supervisory authorities.
- Third-Party Audit: Coordinate certification and attestation programs (SOC, C5, ISO 27001, PCI, etc.) ensuring compliance with regional and national requirements.
Team Development & Servant Leadership
- Build, scale, and inspire a high-performing organization of professionals, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and customer obsession.
- Coach and develop domain experts to think beyond tactical execution, cultivating strategic insight, business acumen, and executive presence.
- Lead through influence and empowerment, rolling up your sleeves while insisting on the highest standards.
THE LEADER WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Professional traits that are essential for this position:
- Charismatic communicator: you are an engaging, articulate leader who can represent AWS credibly to C-suite customers, board-level stakeholders, and government officials.
- Pioneer mindset: you are adept at navigating the deep complexities of compliance and assurance at internet scale and at Amazon speed.
- High-judgement decision-maker: you actively seek input from others to make high-velocity decisions in ambiguous environments.
- Strategic and deep: you think strategically and long-term, but willingly and naturally dive deep into tactical execution and technical detail.
- The ability to foster a culture of innovation, customer-centricity, and continuous learning.
- Servant leader: you challenge your teams to solve problems while knowing when to step in and provide structure and urgency.
- Healthy intolerance for the status quo: you like to shake things up, contemplate the impossible, and find innovative solutions to scale.
- Structured problem solver: you follow the data, hold yourself and your teams to the highest standards, and reward results.
- Exceptional relationship builder: you build trust quickly with customers, regulators, and internal stakeholders at the most senior levels.
- Exceptional communication skills — the ability to "think big" and inspire passion in others, while staying grounded in tactical execution and delivering results.
A day in the life
As the Director for Security Assurance EMEA Regional Leader, no two days are alike, but you can expect to:
- Shape AWS's response to the evolving regulatory landscape in real-time, engaging directly with the authorities writing the rules
- Partner with enterprise customers on complex, high-stakes audit matters that require strategic judgement and exceptional stakeholder management
- Collaborate with AMER and APJC Regional Leaders to deliver seamless, multi-regional customer outcomes
- Mentor and develop your leadership team on strategic thinking, executive communication, and client relationship excellence
- Review engagement strategies and risk assessments for your most critical customer and regulatory programs
- Participate in executive briefings addressing security assurance, sovereignty, and digital resilience — with routine exposure to AWS's most senior leadership
- Identify and drive operational improvements that scale impact across the region
This position is based in Europe. The role involves regular travel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to engage with customers, regulators, and your team.
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