Rolls-Royce plc

Export Control Manager - Defense

Rolls-Royce plc$103K — $168K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 5+ years in business, export control, or related fields, or Master's degree with 3+ years, or JD/PhD.
  • Eligibility for a Security Clearance requiring US Citizenship.
  • Experience in export compliance or regulatory frameworks preferred.
  • Knowledge of ITAR and EAR regulations is essential.
  • Familiarity with EU, UK, and other international export regulations is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Act as Empowered Official ensuring export authorizations are accurately managed.
  • Interpret and advise on ITAR and EAR for staff across business units.
  • Provide ongoing support and strategic guidance to programs on export control issues.
  • Develop and implement localized compliance procedures and training.
  • Manage compliance assurance activities for supported programs.
  • Lead initiatives for compliance program improvements and objectives.
  • Participate in investigations and resolve corrective actions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards package including base pay and discretionary bonuses.
  • Health, dental, vision, and disability insurance options.
  • Flexible spending account and health savings account available.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Employee Assistance Program and paid time off including parental leave.
  • Tuition reimbursement and long-term incentive plans offered.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Job Title: Export Control Manager

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN or Remote

As an Export Control Manager in the Defense Division of Rolls-Royce, you will support the compliance and operations of civil and military product programs. You will be responsible for authoring export licenses, advising program leadership, assisting in any compliance investigations, contributing to Division-wide compliance program improvements, and locally deploying elements of the compliance program.

What you will be doing

  • Serve as Empowered Official and work with Product Program leadership to ensure export authorization requirements are appropriately drafted, submitted, maintained, and managed.
  • Provide consistent interpretation and advice relating to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to business unit employees.
  • Provide day-to-day guidance and support to your supported programs, including strategic advice, contract reviews, resolution of frustrated exports, support to local export control subject matter experts and user-level assistance on corporate systems used for administration of export control requirements.
  • Extend compliance program pillars into the programs you support through localized procedures, practices, training, and reviews.
  • Locally develop, implement, and manage compliance program assurance activities.
  • Contribute to and lead compliance program functional improvements and objectives.
  • Participate in investigations and lead corrective action resolution.


Who we're looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Basic Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years of business, paralegal, purchasing, logistics, export control, project management, military service, commercial contracts, and/or technical writing experience OR
  • Master's degree with 3+ years of business, paralegal, purchasing, logistics, export control, project management, military service, commercial contracts, and/or technical writing experience OR
  • JD/PhD
  • In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be eligible to receive and maintain a Security Clearance which requires a US Citizenship


Preferred Requirements:

  • Experience in drafting and obtaining Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) export agreements and licenses
  • Previous experience working within or implementing compliance programs
  • General understanding of EU, UK, and/or other international export control regulations


What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date: June 15, 2026

Job Category

Sanctions and Export Control

Job Posting Date

28 May 2026; 00:05

Pay Range

$103,520 - $168,220-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

About Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce plc is a British multinational engineering company that designs, manufactures, and distributes power systems for aviation, marine, and energy markets. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in London, England. Rolls-Royce is a leading provider of power systems for civil and military aircraft, and is also a major supplier of power systems for marine vessels. The company's energy division provides power systems for the oil and gas industry, as well as for power generation and other industrial applications. Rolls-Royce has operations in over 50 countries and employs over 50,000 people worldwide.
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