What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Export Control Manager, Project Kuiper position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
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.
Project Kuiper is looking for a Global Export Control Manager to define program and product requirements to build, maintain and operate the technology, processes and controls which ensure Project Kuiper’s compliance with export control regulations globally.
This role will encompass a broad range of regulatory compliance subjects, including: export compliance processes, software and technology exports, deemed exports, export licensing, export classification and all related export compliance governance requirements related to the business objectives of Project Kuiper.
Key job responsibilities
- Work with Legal and Global Trade & Compliance teams to drive strategy, drive and enforce global export control processes
- Drive transactional compliance with export regulations globally, including obtaining and monitoring the use of export authorizations
- Provide export classification subject matter expertise, maintain jurisdiction and classification determinations, and develop strategic export classification processes
- Seek automation opportunities and leverage technologies to proactively detect and mitigate export compliance issues
- Drive scalable business solutions with Kuiper stakeholders, including Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Tax and other business teams to ensure compliance with export regulations globally
- Maintain deemed export processes and procedures for Project Kuiper customers, vendors, employees, and visitors
- Develop and conduct new hire and ongoing export compliance training at all levels throughout the business
- Monitor regulatory changes related to export controls
- Develop and conduct audits to verify compliance and the effectiveness of systems and processes
- Manage export control team
A day in the life
You will interact with Legal, Global Trade Services, HR, Tax, Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, and other internal businesses and external stakeholders to drive global export compliance.
This position requires significant experience in export controls and demonstrated use of mechanisms to deliver training, and to enable and monitor compliance of business, engineering and operations stakeholders.
The candidate should be an innovative compliance professional experienced in building export programs. In this role, the candidate will drive and scale the Project Kuiper export compliance program through development of effective and efficient processes that support the pace of innovation and business that Amazon and its customers have come to expect.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years of experience developing global export compliance and trade control programs
- 5 years experience in the ITAR and EAR
- 5 years experience delivering business critical projects that are global in nature, and using influence to drive adoption and compliance across engineering and business teams
- 5 strategic leadership and management experience leading teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with export controls applicable to sensitive and high-technology products and industries, such as aerospace, microelectronic circuits, telecommunications and encryption
- Trade compliance experience in both R&D and production environments
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations
- Ability to turn complex compliance requirements into scalable processes
- People management experience
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $118,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $252,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $118,100 - $252,700
