
Director, Compliance
Solutus Legal Search
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $265,000 - $280,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, implement, and maintain a global compliance program aligned with U.S. and international export control and sanctions regimes, including EAR and OFAC.
- Oversee ECCN classification and technical export analyses for advanced semiconductor and AI hardware products.
- Partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations, finance, and product teams to ensure operational controls align with evolving regulatory requirements.
- Develop and maintain compliance frameworks for complex commercial agreements, including government contracts and related regulatory programs.
- Monitor and advise leadership on regulatory developments at the intersection of AI, advanced compute, export controls, and national security.
- Support additional compliance domains, including privacy, supply chain integrity, environmental matters, ethics and code of conduct programs, and anti-corruption initiatives.
- Build and scale global compliance training programs and internal controls appropriate for a rapidly growing organization.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on compliance risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and regulatory positioning.
Requirements
- 10+ years of legal, compliance, or regulatory experience, ideally within export-controlled or government-regulated industries.
- Experience in semiconductors, advanced compute, cloud infrastructure, aerospace/defense, or similarly regulated technology sectors strongly preferred.
- Deep familiarity with export controls, sanctions programs, and international trade compliance frameworks; exposure to federal contracting requirements a plus.
- Demonstrated experience building and scaling enterprise compliance programs in high-growth environments.
- Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical operational controls and business-facing guidance.
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills and executive presence.
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving, technically sophisticated environment.
Benefits
- Fixed bonus
- Strong stock grant
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
export controlsanctions regimesECCN classificationtechnical export analysescompliance frameworksregulatory requirementscompliance risk assessmentmitigation strategiesregulatory positioningenterprise compliance programs
Soft Skills
cross-functional partnershipexecutive presenceself-directeddetail-orientedoperating in fast-moving environments