Associate Director, Global Trade (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2024-08-07

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ201: RMS AP Bldg 801 1151 East Hermans Road Building 801, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Raytheon has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director, Global Trade who will oversee and manage the export/import licensing team and all export compliance activities within Raytheon’s Advanced Products & Solutions (APS), Space, Imaging and Microelectronics (SIM) business.  This position reports directly to the APS Global Trade Director.  The SIM portfolio includes two subsidiaries with space-related products and has a number of commodities controlled under both the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).    

In this role, you will be expected to provide strategic oversight, guidance, and leadership in connection with all facets of export/import authorizations activities under the ITAR and EAR, respectively.   This position is responsible for ensuring understanding of and compliance with key global trade infrastructure elements including processes/procedures, automated solutions/tools, and collaborate closely with diverse stakeholders across the SIM organization.  As Associate Director, you will be responsible for directly engaging with SIM leadership and for being a champion of compliant export practices in the intricate landscape of business needs, USG regulations, corporate policies, and company processes.

This role has been deemed to be hybrid with the expectation that the employee’s home is located within 50 miles of one of Raytheon’s locations listed here: Tucson, AZ; El Segundo, CA; Goleta, CA; Aurora, CO; Louisville, KY; Huntsville, AL,  North Boston, MA; Princeton, NJ, McKinney, TX; Sterling, VA, or Arlington, VA. Please note that role type assignments are not permanent and may change as position responsibilities change due to business needs or if you change positions.

What You Will Do

• Serve as Empowered Official

• Supervise a team of Global Trade professionals as a supervisor, mentor, trainer and coach; provide license guidance and managing workloads  

• Work with the APS GT Director to identify critical licensing priorities for escalation, resolve releasability challenges, and manage internal and external customer support issues.

• Support the business to enable growth

• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in ITAR and EAR Export Authorizations requirements and drafting

• Review, prepare, submit, and manage Export/Import Authorizations (Licenses: DSP-5, DSP-85, DSP-73, DSP-61, BIS-748P Licenses; Agreements: MLAs and TAAs; Exemptions/Exceptions) to authorize the transfer of regulated hardware, technical data, software, and services

• Review and approve export transactional requests involving engineering support services, meetings, employee travel, visitor access, trade shows, technical data/defense service exports, and hardware exports and temporary imports

• Provide day-to-day guidance, training and support to various stakeholders on export licensing and compliance needs (e.g., releasability, etc.). Interpret and explain export compliance requirements such as license/TAA provisos, export regulations, and Raytheon export policies and procedures

• Assist with investigations and reviews of possible GT escapes and disclosures and other compliance matters as necessary

• Contribute to key global trade compliance infrastructure elements including people, processes/procedures, automated solutions/tools, training, and metrics

• Periodic travel to the SIM business locations in Denver, Colorado, Princeton, New Jersey and Goleta, California. 

What You Will Learn:

• You will provide global trade support for a unique set of businesses, each with incredible technologies and international portfolios positioned for growth. 

• You will work on a team with experienced Global Trade professionals, ready to support your career development and growth at Raytheon

• You will play a pivotal role in contributing to the continuous improvement of our Global Trade Professionals and of our licensing and compliance policies and processes

Qualifications You