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The Global Trade Organization, within the Anti-Corruption, Trade, and Risk Management (ATR) group is responsible for global export compliance for Microsoft's products, services, and technology.
The Global Trade Organization team owns and manages export control processes, ensuring compliance with all applications, laws, and regulations and provides export subject matter expertise internally and externally.
The Trade Manager, Export Compliance Integration (ECI) will be primarily responsible for business engagement in general export compliance matters for Microsoft businesses. This role will work closely with Microsoft business groups to advise and enable international business strategy while complying with Microsoft Global Trade and regulatory requirements. This position will work closely with a cross-functional team, including program/product management, product launch, marketing, engineering, research & development (R&D), operations, legal, and other Trade colleagues to strategically drive and implement export compliance processes throughout the product development lifecycle within these groups. This role will also drive continuous improvement in processes and technology of Global Trade's engagement, from identifying/solving complex exporting scenarios, to collaborating on remediation of identified risk areas / process gaps between the businesses and Global Trade.
This role will be primarily responsible for export classification support to Microsoft's strategic business engagements in hardware and software platforms, ensuring these business groups comply with Global Trade and regulatory requirements. This position will work closely with program/product management, engineering, R&D, and other Trade colleagues to strategically drive and implement jurisdiction and classification processes throughout the product development lifecycle within these groups. This role will also drive continuous improvement in processes and technology of Global Trade's engagement with such business groups, from identifying/solving complex classification challenges, to collaborating on remediation of identified risk areas / process gaps between business processes and Global Trade' compliance integration efforts.
The Trade Manager , ECI , will be a member of the Export Compliance Integration team, which sits in the wider Global Trade Organization. As the Global Trade Organization continues to expand and grow to meet external statutory trends and internal business needs, this Trade Manager will hold key responsibilities in enhancing our export compliance program. This position will also provide business engagement support to Microsoft businesses, with responsibilities in export classification and authorizations, risk assessment and mitigation, internal controls, testing, auditing, incident management, and training.
Responsibilities
Identifying hardware, software, and technology for export classification, and providing clear trade compliance guidance (-playbook-) to the business
Determiningjurisdiction and classification for such products, including clear rationales with robust documentation, that are repeatable and scalable
Providing clarity and guidance to the business on export classification implications
Draft U.S. State Department and Commerce Department export classification and authorization requests to enable international business strategy
Advise, develop, and implementauthorization strategies to mitigate risk for complex product, software, and technology exporting scenarios, including deemed export compliance
Guidance on maintaining commercial viability through design to enhance exportability and compliantly protect our businesses
Additional areasinclude:technology controls plans / technology transfers, travel policies, foreign person visitor guidelines, training, product/technology markings, end use / end user guidelines, export documentation support, and authorized storage/access of technical data
Additional responsibilities include:
Export Control & Management
Compliance
Monitor and prepare for changes in export control laws against current business outcomes, and coordinate with CELA (Legal) Trade to manage formality filings, classifications, export licenses and reports. Helps to design, implement, and maintain repeatable, scalable processes to ensure business units are in compliance with export regulatory requirements.Provides factual analyses to support Microsoft's position and offers insight to external government agencies. Identifies, monitors, and contributes to key metrics to ensure efficiency and compliance in the Trade execution and process.
Stakeholder Engagement
Ensure compliant, efficient export compliance across the company by interfacing with internal customers and Legal teams in trade compliance matters. Drive inclusion by proactively listening to diverse perspectives to better understand Microsoft's business for optimal business and compliance outcomes.
Proactively identify gaps and draft corresponding action plans to mitigate risk and ensure timelycompletion
Audit
Coordinate and facilitate trade gap and risk remediation projects with business stakeholders. Drive and manage internal trade controls and governance monitoring.
Reporting
Contribute to the research, development and implementation of reporting and insights across the enterprise.
Ensure compliance with Microsoft reporting requirements, and regulatory filing requirements and recordkeeping.
Training
Identify training needs and develop training pertaining to export control requirements for export compliance framework. Facilitate global trade compliance policy training and change management training for internal business development partners.
Process Improvement
Help drive efficiencies for trade processes by monitoring feedback (e.g., from internal audits). Partner with management to determine needed updates, institute policy changes by recommending updates for the compliance procedures, and provide status communication updates. Partner with technology groups to define and prioritize requirements to create and update compliance tools. Drive innovation across the organization to identify business requirements and support process automation and improvement.
Other
Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Law, or related field AND 1+ years corporate, trade, or supply chain experience in an export compliance function
OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Law, or related field AND 1+ years corporate, trade, or supply chain experience
OR equivalent experience.
The successful candidate must be a U.S. Citizen.
This position requires access to export-controlled commodities, technical data/technology, software, and/or services governed by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Experience with, and ability to apply, the ITAR/EAR "specially designed" definitions.
1+ years' experience in classifying military and commercial hardware and software products in USML Categories IX, X, XI, XII, and CCL Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9.
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Additional or Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, law, or related field AND 2+ years corporate, trade, or supply chain experience in an export compliance function
OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Law, or related field AND 2+ years corporate, trade, or supply chain experience
OR equivalent experience.
Certification with Export Compliance Training Institute (ECTI) (similar export certification program) or equivalent
OR in-country professional trade certifications or licenses.
2+ years' experience in classifying military and commercial hardware and software products in USML Categories IX, X, XI, XII, and CCL Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9.
Experience with export filings, such as classification requests, encryption filings, exemption reports, and advisory opinions, and the corresponding government portals in which they are filed.
Experience in / familiarity withnon-US export control regulations (e.g. UN, EU, Wassenaar, UK, etc.).
Other Qualifications:
This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid-passport.
This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
Import Export Trade IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $72,800 - $144,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $95,100 - $157,900 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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