Job Description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in compliance, risk management, investigation, auditing, legal, or consulting.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of relevant domain regulations (e.g., competition, consumer protection, privacy, or security) and adjacent risk areas.
• Understanding of compliance program management principles and internal control frameworks (e.g., Enterprise Controls Framework).
• Proven ability to collaborate and build effective working relationships with cross-functional teams, PACLs, and product managers.

About the job

The Risk, Compliance and Integrity organization (RCI) brings together critical compliance, assurance, risk and governance functions across Google to help the company meet compliance needs and enable our businesses to innovate. Our goal is to make compliance an engaged advantage for Google by managing scaled, data-driven, and policy-based compliance programs.

As a Compliance Specialist, you will drive the independent execution of compliance initiatives within specific product domains or issue areas. This role requires a strong compliance foundation, intermediate domain expertise, and the ability to operate with significant autonomy. You will be a proactive problem-solver with exceptional program execution skills and a demonstrated ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable, sustainable business controls.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $136000 - $196000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

As a Compliance Specialist, you will drive the independent execution of compliance initiatives within specific product domains or issue areas. This role requires a strong compliance foundation, intermediate domain expertise, and the ability to operate with significant autonomy. You will be a proactive problem-solver with exceptional program execution skills and a demonstrated ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable, sustainable business controls.

Responsibilities

• Review and provide input on documents and specifications within defined timelines before transmission to Product Areas (PAs); partner with PAs and Product Area Compliance Leads (PACLs) to provide guidance on remediating compliance risks.
• Partner with PAs to define and implement structured controls, helping teams use automated controls to reduce manual effort.
• Conduct formal domain-specific risk assessments and execute risk management by providing non-legal inputs to inform inherent and residual risk ratings.
• Define and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to provide stakeholders with visibility into compliance health.
• Build and maintain control catalogs and solution inventories to demonstrate the active data infrastructure and resolve compliance issues.