Export Compliance Manager

The Export Compliance Manager will support global trade compliance activities related to production, non-production, and intangible exports. This role is responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable U.S. and international export control laws and regulations.


Key activities include conducting restricted-party screenings, reviewing and approving export transactions, classifying products and technologies, determining licensing requirements, preparing and submitting export license applications, and resolving shipment and customs-related issues. The Export Compliance Manager will also support regulatory inquiries, internal investigations, voluntary disclosures, corrective actions, and broader trade compliance initiatives.


Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Audit and Compliance, Legal, Customs, Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, external service providers, and government agencies to ensure compliance with U.S. and international export control regulations

• Review and approve export transactions and supporting documentation

• Conduct restricted-party and sanctions screenings

• Classify products, software, and technologies under applicable ECCN and HTS classifications

• Evaluate export licensing requirements and manage the preparation and submission of license applications

• Manage export documentation and recordkeeping requirements

• Oversee Electronic Export Information filings through the Automated Export System (AES)

• Monitor and resolve export shipment, customs, and regulatory issues

• Develop, maintain, and update export compliance policies, procedures, and work instructions

• Conduct or support internal export compliance audits and risk assessments

• Assist with regulatory inquiries, investigations, voluntary disclosures, and corrective action plans

• Provide practical export compliance guidance and training to internal and external stakeholders

• Identify potential compliance risks, escalate concerns, and support the implementation of effective mitigation strategies

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, international trade, law, engineering, or a related field

• 5+ years of relevant export compliance, global trade, customs, or regulatory experience

• Strong knowledge of export controls, economic sanctions, restricted-party screening, ECCN and HTS classifications, deemed exports, licensing processes, customs compliance, regulatory correspondence, and trade compliance risk mitigation

• Experience with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions requirements

• Experience preparing export license applications, commodity classification requests, voluntary disclosures, and responses to regulatory inquiries

• Experience conducting internal audits, investigations, and corrective action activities

• Experience supporting export compliance within the automotive, manufacturing, engineering, technology, or aerospace industry

• Familiarity with export compliance systems, AES filings, and automated restricted-party screening tools