Global Trade ITAR Compliance Manager

Global Trade ITAR Compliance Manager at Leidos summary:

Lead global trade compliance for a defense program portfolio, providing hands-on support and guidance on ITAR, EAR, OFAC, and U.S. Customs matters, including drafting export/license applications and processing exemptions. Act as the primary point of contact for internal teams and external partners, conduct trainings, adjudicate travel/visitor/shipment requests, manage records and screenings, and prepare regular compliance reports. Requires 5–8+ years export/import compliance experience, strong regulatory knowledge, and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance; hybrid work from Huntsville, AL.

Description

The Leidos Defense Sector has an opening for a Global Trade ITAR Compliance Manager working hybrid from our Huntsville, Alabama location. In this role, you’ll serve as a trusted advisor and hands-on partner to program teams, helping them navigate complex trade requirements and execute efficiently, compliantly, and on schedule. You’ll provide day-to-day trade compliance support across a diverse portfolio, with a focus on U.S. trade regulatory areas, including ITAR, EAR, OFAC, and Customs. The selected candidate will report to the Director, Global Trade Management.

This position requires daily interaction with Leidos management, contracts, engineering, supply chain, and proposal teams, along with external customers and partners. Success in the role requires the ability to independently manage a high volume of complex work while maintaining a strong customer-service mindset, responsiveness, and collaboration.

This role is required to be onsite at the Huntsville, Alabama location approximately 3 days per week and/or as business needs require. Relocation assistance can be considered.

Leidos supports employees through a culture that emphasizes growth, flexibility, and well-being.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as focal point, providing direction, input, and guidance to programs and employees related to Global Trade (including ITAR, EAR, OFAC and U.S. Customs regulations).
• Draft Department of State export licenses and technical assistance agreements, as well as process ITAR exemption requests.
• Draft Department of Commerce export license applications and process EAR exception requests
• Manage export and import authorization records in Leidos’ records system
• Review International Business Review Board (IBRB) routings for trade compliance purposes
• Conduct global trade training for internal stakeholders
• Review and adjudicate requests for foreign travel and visitors
• Conduct restricted party screenings
• Review and adjudicate documentation for export-controlled information
• Review and adjudicate international shipments
• Act as a Global Trade point-of-contact for questions arising from the Huntsville, AL site
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports
• Perform projects and other duties as assigned or required to support Global Trade objectives

Basic Qualifications.

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 5 – 8 years of experience in export / import compliance. Additional work experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Proficiency with Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations and Department of Commerce Export Administration Regulations
• Experience with trade compliance tools, e.g., screening
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in reviewing documentation, data, and filings
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain complex regulatory requirements
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and external customers
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and sound judgment when assessing compliance risk and recommending solutions
• High level of integrity and ethics, with a strong commitment to compliance
• Active or ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and Outlook.

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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit .

Pay and Benefits

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Keywords:

ITAR compliance, EAR export controls, export licensing, OFAC sanctions compliance, customs and import/export, restricted party screening, trade compliance manager, export/import documentation, defense industry compliance, technical assistance agreements