Helping U.S. defense companies advance national security and foreign policy through faster, compliant global operations.
Defense Trade Specialist – Senior/Principal
Location
District Of Columbia + 1 moreAll locations: District Of Columbia | Washington
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$80K - $120K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Defense Trade Specialist – Senior/Principal
Defense Trade Solutions
• Support the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) needs of our customers. • Work on high-visibility or mission-critical aspects of a given program and perform all functional duties independently. • Oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job. • Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project's inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs. • Provides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff. • Provides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues. • Consult with client to define need or problem, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions. • Ability to lead solutions to defense trade problems and provide service to our customers, while also improving upon what was done in the past. • Ability to lead teammates in problem solving, and break down barriers through a high level of communication skills that can simplify problems. • Ability to be a trusted advisor with established relationships with our clients and U.S. Government.
Job Requirements
- 5-9 years (Senior Specialist) or 10+ years (Principal Specialist) of relevant work experience specific to defense trade – ITAR, FMS or TSFD experience required.
- Working knowledge of the ITAR, EAR and AECA.
- Experience building international trade compliance programs for aerospace or defense companies (prior ITAR Empowered Official preferred).
- Strong ability drafting and managing ITAR export licenses and agreements.
- Experience participating in and managing ITAR compliance audits and assessments.
- Ability to conduct self-classifications and commodity jurisdictions with technical rigor.
- Experience drafting and implementing enterprise-wide international trade compliance policies & procedures.
- Working knowledge of the Foreign Military Sales process from Letter of Request (LOR) to Letter of Offer & Acceptance (LOA).
- Working knowledge of Technology Security & Foreign Disclosure (TSFD) Release.
- Familiarity with social media and strategic communication strategies.
- Customer service and client management skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively and provide trainings to audiences at all levels (action officer to C-Suite) in a defense industry enterprise.
- Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients and the U.S. Government.
- Ability to solve defense trade problems and provide service to our customers without direction and with minimal rework.
- A reliable resource for all teammates with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to hold and maintain a DoD Active Secret Security Clearance or higher is required.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.
Benefits
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- 9/80 Schedule
- 3 weeks accrued PTO
- 10 Holidays
- Accrued Sick Leave
- Holiday Shut-down
- $100 Quarterly Stipend for Wellness
- $100 Monthly Stipend for WFH Setup
- 401k with company match
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