Associate Director, Global Trade – DT​/GT & Automated Export Control Systems; AECS; Remote

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

• Lead the integration of Global Trade into the digital enterprise, ensuring GT requirements are embedded early in digital strategies, projects, applications and technology solutions rather than addressed after the fact for Pratt & Whitney and all its global sites.
• Serve as a senior Global Trade advisor across Digital Technology and business transformation initiatives, with at least general substantive knowledge across:
  Jurisdiction and Classification Authorizations and Licensing Tangible Transfers – Import and Export Intangible Transfers Sanctions and Screening
• Translate Global Trade requirements into clear business and technology requirements, and confidently explain, defend and challenge those requirements with Global Trade, Digital Technology, business leaders, project teams and senior executives.
• Assess and challenge technology and business initiatives where project priorities, Global Trade requirements, compliance risk or business objectives are not aligned; develop clear recommendations and drive issues to resolution.
• Lead the evolution of the Automated Export Control System (AECS) value stream, defining future-state capabilities and advancing scalable approaches to automation, data-driven controls and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC).
• Establish the Global Trade governance and engagement model for technology initiatives, ensuring GT is involved at the appropriate point in the project lifecycle and that requirements are incorporated into architecture, processes, systems of record and controls.
• Assess and strengthen the Global Trade control environment across digital tools and processes, identifying capability gaps, emerging risks and opportunities to improve automation, scalability and operational efficiency.
• Influence enterprise and corporate Global Trade initiatives, ensuring business requirements and risks are understood while supporting alignment with broader enterprise strategies and standards.
• Provide strategic leadership and visibility across the portfolio, bringing clarity to complex issues, surfacing risks and dependencies, and enabling senior leaders to make informed decisions.
• Build strong relationships and lead through influence across Global Trade, Digital Technology and the business, removing barriers and driving alignment in a highly matrixed, global organization.
• Challenge the status quo and proactively identify opportunities to improve how Global Trade compliance is delivered through technology, processes and data.
• Must be able to travel between company sites in support of project needs. Travel approximately 10% of the time.

• A Bachelor’s Degree and 12+ years of experience in Global Trade, export compliance, trade technology or related roles, including experience with export control and sanctions regulations; OR an advanced degree and 10+ years of experience in Global Trade, export compliance, trade technology or related roles, including experience with export control and sanctions regulations.
• US Person - This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons.

• Experience with enterprise platforms and technologies such as SAP/SAP GTS, classification and licensing solutions, sanctions screening, identity and access management, data governance or other compliance automation technologies.
• Experience designing or implementing automated Global Trade controls, export compliance systems, digital compliance capabilities or Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC).
• Experience translating regulatory or…