International Trade Compliance Leader - APAC

<div class="content-intro"><p>Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.</p></div><h4>ABOUT THE TEAM</h4> <p>We are seeking an experienced international trade compliance leader to help build a best-in-class trade compliance program supporting the EMEA/APAC region. The International Trade Compliance team is responsible for providing strategic, high-level trade compliance advice and guidance to internal business and engineering teams as well as owning day-to-day tactical execution. Anduril is a fast-growing defence products company at the early stages of growth. Consistent with this fast growth, members of Anduril’s ITC team must be resourceful, creative, and eager to take ownership of complex matters.</p> <h4>ABOUT THE JOB</h4> <p>We are looking for International Trade Compliance Leader to join our rapidly growing team in Sydney. In this role, you will be responsible for driving international trade controls and policies to protect and guide the development of commercial dual-use and defence technology across the APAC region, as an expert in applicable US and non-US export control laws and regulations. The role will be a key interface between engineering, program management, compliance, and senior leadership to ensure that product teams are in line with engineering goals and compliance frameworks. This person will be responsible for designing and managing controls plans for commercial dual-use and defence platforms across the region and ensuring compliance with U.S. and global export control regulations. You will provide strategic guidance and regulatory expertise, achieving positive outcomes supporting Anduril’s global growth objectives. </p> <h4>WHAT YOU’LL DO</h4> <ul> <li>Design and implement trade compliance policies, protections, and infrastructure to ensure engineering/ program development meets schedule objectives, consistent with ITAR, EAR, and local country laws/regulations of EU, UK, or Australia.</li> <li>Coordinate with external partners (e.g., customers, suppliers, in-region government agencies, etc.) to ensure product roadmaps align with internal compliance posture and pivot accordingly</li> <li>Develop country-specific classification decision rationale, heuristics and methodology for Anduril programs to improve efficiency in classification while maintaining accuracy</li> <li>Leverage AI for rapid risk-mitigated determinations</li> <li>Support the release of technology and data to internal and external stakeholders</li> <li>Deploy and maintain country-specific J/C training curricula and robust methodologies to meet cost and performance metrics</li> <li>Apply for and manage country-specific export authorizations, when required</li> <li>Oversee country-specific export authorizations, ensuring compliance with license scope, provisos and associated conditions</li> <li>Support the logistics team on hardware exports and imports as appropriate</li> <li>Provide guidance and training to Anduril regional teams on ITAR, EAR and country-specific regulations as appropriate</li> <li>Perform compliance assessments, identifying and mitigating compliance risks, of export/import authorizations and related transactions and assist in any investigations of potential compliance issues</li> <li>Lead working groups, independent projects, and collaborative efforts with w ... (truncated, view full listing at source)