Senior Director, Export Compliance
Airbus
- Location
- Grand Prairie, TX
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Staff
- Posted
- Sep 10, 2026
About this role
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Job Summary
The Sr. Director, Export Compliance will have management and oversight responsibility for the company’s export compliance activities, involving export controls, licensing, screening processes and related systems to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, those administered by U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The Sr. Director, Export Compliance must have a strong knowledge of all aspects of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), OFAC regulations, Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) and US Customs regulations. The Sr. Director, Export Compliance will develop and maintain a Local Compliance Program (LCP) designed to ensure compliance with the broader Airbus USA Export & Trade Compliance Internal Control Plan and the Airbus SE export control directives and methods related to U.S. export and trade controls. This plan will marry the legal requirements with business objectives enabling the business to achieve success while operating compliantly. The Sr. Director, Export Compliance will engage in routine audits, internal reviews, and as required, develop corrective actions in conjunction with the Airbus Americas Head of Trade Compliance.
Primary Responsibilities
Export Control Management: 45% Serve as an Empowered Official and DECCS Administrator and manage the Company's SNAP-R and ACE accounts; assist in management of the Part 122 and 129 Registration. Provide day-to-day operational export and trade regulation guidance and support to program personnel for proposed exports, re-exports, deemed exports, management of controlled data and other activities, including jurisdiction and classification determination, screening all parties to transactions, and conducting licensing analysis. Manage and monitor areas of trade compliance risk based on the company's activities and provide periodic reports to program and functional leadership regarding concerns. Integrate trade compliance requirements into the company operations by working with operational and functional support staff to understand trade compliance requirements inherent in their activities and document those requirements in areas such as release and protection of technical data/controlled technology, purchase of controlled items, performance of services, international travel, visits to company facilities, employment of non-US persons, and shipping/receiving. Prepare, submit, and track ITAR export and temporary import licenses applications, technical assistance agreements, manufacturing license agreements, retransfer requests, commodity classification and jurisdiction requests, and other export control documentation; communicate status proactively with company personnel; provide license training to company personnel and ensure required recordkeeping and appropriate license decrementation. Prepare, submit, and track EAR export license applications, use of license exceptions, commodity classification requests as needed, and other related documentation; communicate status proactively with company personnel; provide license and exception training to company personnel and ensure required recordkeeping and appropriate license decrementation. Provide guidance and transactional review of export shipping documentation to ensure proper Schedule B codes, ECCNs or