Lead, Regulatory Affairs and Customer Assurance

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with the cloud market, industry analysis and enterprise technology sales
• Experience producing technical assets or writing technical documentation.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experince in IT audit, risk management, and compliance standards (ISO 27k, SOC, PCI DSS, FedRAMP); CISSP, CISA, CIPP, or GIAC.
• Ability to convert complex AUNZ regulations into technical, operational, and engineering controls and knowledge of cloud security infrastructure and compliance frameworks.
• Track record of driving large-scale cloud projects and policy consultations across cross-functional teams in high-velocity, agile environments.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As part of the Cloud Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Risk & Compliance organization, the Regional Regulatory Affairs & Customer Assurance team is a proactive engine of advocacy and customer growth. We serve as the Regional Technical Liaison—the high-impact bridge between Google’s global engineering, local regulators, and our most strategic customers. Our goal is to unblock markets and shape the regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance is a competitive advantage rather than a barrier.

You will protect business growth and unblock markets by representing Google Cloud compliance position anad provide assurance to customers, partners and regulators. You will drive Google Cloud’s success and our customers’ AI adoption through trust-based advocacy, regional leadership, effective assurance engagements. As the convergence of AI and cloud redefines global critical infrastructure, we face a new regulatory reality defined by sovereignty, safety, and resilience mandates.

Responsibilities

• Unblock Australia & New Zealand (AUNZ) regulatory hurdles to accelerate Google Cloud adoption, AI workloads, and complex agreement closures across regulated and public sectors.
• Maintain Google’s risk/control environment and lead audit engagements for major enterprise customers, independent auditors, and regulators.
• Review and approve high-impact agreement terms, geo-expansions, and industry-tailored cloud architectures.
• Represent the regulators to shape global product roadmaps while advocating business compliance.