Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
The North American Communications Specialist will be the external point of contact for Project Kuiper’s service compliance obligation deliverables in front of communications regulators (e.g., the Federal Communications Commission, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, and the Federal Telecommunications Institute). This role will use their specific knowledge of communications regulation to advance Kuiper’s policy interests by coordinating complex compliance filings, maintaining effective lines-of-communication with relevant regulatory bodies and developing mechanisms to ensure scalability. Deliverables will include the filing of complex revenue and subscribership reporting, regulatory fee payments, network availability reporting, and all other obligation deliverables to be submitted directly to regulators.
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
* Interface directly with North American Regulators to drive Kuiper Compliance strategy and perform advocacy consistent with Kuiper’s policy priorities
* Develop and optimize mechanisms to ensure accurate and timely filing of complex communications service provider compliance filings
* Aligns directly with Compliance, Legal, Regulatory, Public Policy and Global Expansions on Communications Service Provider matters
* Ensure timely and accurate compliance filings related to the regulatory obligations that arise as a result of Project Kuiper’s status as a communications service provider (e.g., revenue reporting, subscribership reports)
* Coordinate across Kuiper entities, and across Amazon addressing the unique nature of Kuiper operating as a global Communications Service Provider
