Sr. Export Compliance PM, Amazon Leo

Key job responsibilities

• Drive the strategic development and implementation of Amazon Leo's comprehensive export compliance program, encompassing U.S. (EAR/ITAR) and global trade regulations across multiple countries and jurisdictions.
• Lead export compliance due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships, including sanctions screening, ITAR registration reviews, and integration planning to ensure trade compliance risks are identified and mitigated early.
• Design and implement scalable compliance mechanisms for tangible/intangible exports, deemed exports, licensing, and classifications to support multi-country expansion and operational readiness.
• Own the development and execution of country-specific export readiness assessments, enabling Amazon Leo to enter new international markets while maintaining full regulatory compliance.
• Manage ongoing export compliance obligations across multiple countries of operation, adapting program controls to local regulatory requirements and evolving business needs.
• Conduct foreign national reviews and make export license determinations, including deemed export assessments, to support hiring, contractor engagement, and collaboration across international teams.
• Provide expert guidance on EAR and ITAR requirements specifically within cloud and AI computing environments.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, legal, tax, HR, and IT teams to develop compliance solutions that support rapid innovation.
• Lead continuous process improvement initiatives to simplify and strengthen the export compliance program while balancing business objectives with regulatory requirements.
• Take ownership of ambiguous, cross-functional challenges where the path forward is unclear — define the problem, develop the approach, and drive to resolution with minimal direction.

About The Team

Airport's Global Trade & Compliance team is responsible for international trade strategy and operations including imports, exports, export compliance due diligence for strategic transactions, and multi-country market entry readiness for supply chain, manufacturing, and sales. We operate at the intersection of regulation and innovation — enabling a satellite constellation program to scale globally while meeting complex and evolving trade requirements.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of HR, privacy, legal, compliance or risk management experience
• Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
• Experience in ownership of projects and communicating timelines and executing independently
• 5+ years of export compliance experience in a global corporate environment
• Strong understanding of US export regulations including EAR & ITAR
• Experience managing export compliance across multiple international jurisdictions
• Experience with export licensing, including foreign national reviews and deemed export determinations
• Experience with IT system controls, cloud computing, and AI

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a global company, with multi-country responsibilities
• Aerospace or technology manufacturing industry experience
• Experience conducting export compliance due diligence for M&A, partnerships, or corporate transactions
• Experience developing export readiness frameworks for new country market entry
• Advanced compliance training, Masters or Law degree is a plus, but is not required
• Experience identifying, creating, and driving strategic trade initiatives
• Experience working with global trade ERP systems