International Trade Compliance Leader - APAC

We are seeking an experienced international trade compliance leader to help build a best-in-class trade compliance program supporting the EMEA/APAC region.

The International Trade Compliance team is responsible for providing strategic, high-level trade compliance advice and guidance to internal business and engineering teams as well as owning day-to-day tactical execution.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving international trade controls and policies to protect and guide the development of commercial dual-use and defence technology across the APAC region, as an expert in applicable US and non-US export control laws and regulations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and implement trade compliance policies, protections, and infrastructure to ensure engineering/program development meets schedule objectives, consistent with ITAR, EAR, and local country laws/regulations of EU, UK, or Australia.

• Coordinate with external partners (e.g., customers, suppliers, in-region government agencies, etc.) to ensure product roadmaps align with internal compliance posture and pivot accordingly.

• Develop country-specific classification decision rationale, heuristics and methodology for Anduril programs to improve efficiency in classification while maintaining accuracy.

• Leverage AI for rapid risk-mitigated determinations.

• Support the release of technology and data to internal and external stakeholders.

• Deploy and maintain country-specific J/C training curricula and robust methodologies to meet cost and performance metrics.

• Apply for and manage country-specific export authorizations, when required.

• Oversee country-specific export authorizations, ensuring compliance with license scope, provisos and associated conditions.

• Support the logistics team on hardware exports and imports as appropriate.

• Provide guidance and training to Anduril regional teams on ITAR, EAR and country-specific regulations as appropriate.

• Perform compliance assessments, identifying and mitigating compliance risks, of export/import authorizations and related transactions and assist in any investigations of potential compliance issues.

• Lead working groups, independent projects, and collaborative efforts with within the compliance function or cross-functionally driving ITC program enhancements.

• Support and implement corrective actions that result from compliance issues.

• Navigate co-production, co-development, and offset projects across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with US export regulations and country-specific trade laws.

• Manage Defence export portal for license applications, tracking, and reporting (RR).

• Evaluate and review commodities, including hardware, software, and technical data, for export license eligibility under AUKUS and other international trade control frameworks.

• Communicate and collaborate with regulators and outside counsel to address export compliance matters.

• Stay updated on regulatory changes and export compliance requirements, providing timely insights and guidance to leadership.

• Provide guidance on the use of collaborative environments for sharing technical information across borders.