IT Director – Global Trade Compliance

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $153.4k - $260.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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BAE Systems, Inc.

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10,000+ employees

🎖️ Defense

🚀 Aerospace

🔐 Security

Defense • Aerospace • Security

BAE Systems, Inc. is a large defense and aerospace company that provides advanced technology, intelligence solutions, and mission-critical systems to protect national security. The company develops and supports defense systems and aerospace technologies, works with military and government customers (including supporting space-related work such as NASA collaborations), and emphasizes innovation, cybersecurity and intelligence offerings. BAE positions itself as a partner to defenders and focuses on engineering, manufacturing, and integrated solutions for security and defense.

📋 Description

• Own and communicate the long-term technical vision and roadmap for Global Trade Compliance systems and data • Align technology solutions to business goals, Consent Agreement obligations, data governance expectations, and regulatory frameworks including ITAR, EAR, DFARS, CMMC, and GT modernization requirements • Serve as the IT Product Owner for Global Trade systems, including export management systems, authorization workflow tools such as Appian, and related data pipelines • Lead a cross-functional product team covering business analysis, configuration, testing, production support, integration, and continuous improvement • Ensure reliable system operations, strong service health, SLA adherence, and rapid issue response • Maintain compliance with enterprise policies, cybersecurity standards, classification requirements, and data handling protocols for export-controlled data • Partner with BRMs, Legal, Global Trade leadership, and functional SMEs to define problem statements, clarify requirements, and prioritize initiatives • Drive adoption of AI, automation, and analytics capabilities for the Global Trade value stream • Manage relationships with critical vendors, ensure contract performance, resolve escalations, and enforce quality and delivery standards • Oversee escalation management, RCA processes, and service resilience improvements • Drive KPIs, analytics, dashboard visibility, and readiness reporting for leadership • Collaborate with business executives, Legal, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Enterprise Applications, and Integration Services

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience • 12+ years of progressive IT leadership experience in enterprise systems, service ownership, application lifecycle management, or compliance-related technologies • Experience supporting legal, export, or compliance systems, including EMS or similar tools • Demonstrated ability to execute technology plans and support export and compliance operations • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, including communication, facilitation, and negotiation • Ability to translate business needs into technical strategies and actionable roadmaps • Proven ability to influence across matrixed organizations and build trusted partnerships • Analytical mindset with an ability to balance long-term strategy and short-term operational needs • Practical decision-making approach with strong problem-solving capabilities • Familiarity with modern software development practices, program management, and technical engineering environments • Strong history of leading enterprise system sustainment and application lifecycle management • Background in Global Trade, export control systems, or regulated data workflows • Ability to communicate technical and non-technical concepts clearly to executives • Leadership experience building teams, developing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Health savings accounts • 401(k) savings plan • Disability coverage • Life and accident insurance • Employee assistance program • Legal plan • Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance • Paid time off • Paid holidays • Paid parental leave • Paid military leave • Paid bereavement leave • Applicable federal and state sick leave • Monetary or non-monetary recognition awards • Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics • Remote work