Position Purpose: The Global Trade Manager leads all Global Trade ("GT") activities at Blue Canyon Technologies and is responsible for manage export/import licensing, GT compliance and jurisdiction/classification actions. They will be empowered as the primary GT facilitator at BCT, responsible for overseeing key global trade compliance infrastructure elements including but not limited to providing cross-functional support, processes/procedures, automated solutions/tools, training, licensing strategy, program support, and metrics. This person will collaborate closely with a broad base of functional groups across the organization and champion compliant business practices in the intricate, dynamic landscape of export and import regulations. This position operates in a high-energy, fast-paced environment. A successful individual in this role will prioritize fostering strong relationships with internal and external customers and be skilled at collaborating with multiple business functions to support BCT's business needs. Title: Global Trade Manager Position Type: Full Time Pay Range: $140,000 - $215,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) On-site position at our Lafayette, CO location (work locations are subject to change based on business need). Benefits: • Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date • Life insurance • 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution) • Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave Job Responsibilities: • Provide export/import licensing guidance and license portfolio management guidance. • Support the business by developing export/import licensing strategies to enable business growth. • Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in ITAR and EAR Export Authorizations requirements and drafting. • Review, prepare, submit, and manage various Export/Import Authorizations (Licenses: DSP-5, DSP-73, 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, vendor and customer engagements, meetings, employee travel, visitor access, technical data/defense service exports, and hardware exports. • Provide day-to-day guidance and support to BCT personnel on export licensing and compliance needs (e.g., releasability, etc.). Interpret and explain export compliance requirements such as license/agreement provisos, export regulations, and company export policies and procedures. • Assist with investigations and reviews of possible GT escapes and disclosures. • Support the physical export and import of products. • Direct and oversee the creation and realization of processes, methodologies, and practices that ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and contract terms and conditions. • Mitigate risk exposure for the company. • Apply and exercise strong business judgment to ensure business objectives. • Monitor and ensure strong relationships with internal and external customers. • Provide oversight and management in resolving GT actions. • Represent the company in communications with internal management in matters relating to GT. • Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and applicable laws. • May include personnel management responsibilities. • Other responsibilities as assigned. Required Qualifications/Education: • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. • 8+ years of experience working with import/export compliance, including EAR and ITAR. • Experience in drafting and submitting Department of State and/or Department of Commerce license and agreement applications and other authorization requests. • Experience with DECCS, SNAP-R, OCR EASE, and/or other automated licensing and compliance systems and/or resources. • Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills to effectively collaborate with all levels of internal and external stakeholders and multiple business functions. • Strong time management, prioritization, analytical and organizational skills, with ability to meet deadlines and achieve desired results. • Problem solver, able to work under time sensitive circumstances, collaboratively or independently. • Well-versed experience with Global Trade systems. • Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. • The ability to obtain and maintain a clearance. Working Conditions: This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window. Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus. We recommend applying directly via the Blue Canyon Technologies website, careers page: https://www.bluecanyontech.com/careers