The Leo Global Trade and Compliance Export Control team is looking for a talented Sr. Export Compliance Project Manager to own critical components of Amazon Leo's export compliance program as we scale into new international markets. You will drive export licensing and classifications, lead compliance due diligence for strategic transactions, conduct foreign national reviews, build country-specific regulatory readiness, and partner across engineering, legal, and supply chain to keep pace with rapid innovation. This role requires a self-driven professional who thrives in a fast-moving environment, takes full ownership of ambiguous challenges, and consistently delivers results even when the path forward is undefined.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
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.
A day in the life
No two days look the same. You might review a foreign national assessment for a new engineering hire, evaluate export licensing for a shipment to a new country, lead a due diligence review for a potential partnership, or build out a compliance framework for an upcoming market launch. Your stakeholders span engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, legal, HR, and IT - the teams across Amazon Leo who need to move fast globally. You're the one who makes that possible.
About the team
Amazon Leo'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
- Experience in Space Vehicle/Satellite Operations, Space Communications or related industry
- 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
