Description

Amazon is making bold investments to reshape healthcare delivery by making it more accessible, efficient, secure and compliant. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Healthcare Compliance Specialist to join our dynamic team and drive transformative change both within Amazon and the healthcare industry. If you are a healthcare compliance expert with a vision to shape the future of healthcare through cutting-edge technology, and innovative compliance solutions, we invite you to be part of this exciting journey!

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our healthcare solutions not only meet but exceed regulatory standards while enabling magical experiences for our customers. Leveraging your deep expertise in healthcare compliance and technical proficiency, you will guide our software engineers and architects in implementing cutting-edge compliance solutions while using your judgment to balance risk and innovation. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team that is pushing the boundaries of innovative compliance solutions at Amazon scale to revolutionize healthcare.

The Senior Healthcare compliance Specialist partners with executive leadership to establish and manage a shared vision Health Care compliance. You can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery. You are proactive in removing roadblocks, pave the way for innovation, and can handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. You will be a positive influencer across diverse teams, be able to effectively rally support for your initiatives.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Austin, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Key job responsibilities

• Regulatory Expertise: Serve as the ultimate authority on controls related to healthcare regulations, such as HIPAA, HITRUST, and other industry standards

• Technical Leadership: Provide visionary technical leadership, aligning healthcare compliance requirements with our state-of-the-art tech. Guide software engineers, architects, and teams, ensuring our healthcare solutions are fortified with cutting-edge security and compliance controls.

• Compliance Oversight: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain compliance programs, policies, and procedures

• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the trusted advisor to the business and Senior Executives (VPs, Directors, Senior Managers.). You will leverage your judgment and expertise to balance risk and innovation and help leaders make informed decisions.

• Risk Mitigation: Spearhead innovative risk assessment and audit methodologies to identify vulnerabilities and develop advanced strategies for risk mitigation within our technology-driven healthcare systems.

• Technology-Driven Monitoring: Partner with Software engineers to build advanced monitoring and reporting mechanisms to track compliance metrics, status of technical controls across a diverse technology landscape and report on the efficacy of compliance efforts.

About the team

About Amazon Security

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We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Austin, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.

• 7+ progressive experience in healthcare compliance, with a strong focus on HIPAA, HIITRUST, SOC2, ISO 27001, NIST Cyber Security Standards

• Proven track record of leading healthcare compliance initiatives in a large, technology-driven organization.

• Robust technical background with a deep understanding of implementing and assessing controls in complex cloud environments.

• Strong skills in security principles such as least privilege access, defense in depth, preventative vs detective controls

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical program management experience

• Experience in data privacy or security compliance

• Experience executing software programs in support of a major compliance effort

• Have a record of delivery of IT process improvement projects with technology processes and/or major tech companies.

• Experience evaluating the design and effectiveness of IT controls

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $95,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $229,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.