Senior Export Compliance Manager

_{05th June, 2026}

Senior Export Compliance Manager 
Miami, FL | Full-time | On-site
$135,000 to $145,000 annually, depending on experience
Our client is a well-established global aviation aftermarket and aircraft parts distribution company headquartered in South Florida. The company supports airlines and aviation customers with inventory solutions across a highly regulated international supply chain.
This is a fast-paced environment where accuracy, traceability, export compliance, quality documentation, and timely order fulfillment are critical. As the company continues to grow its global customer base and digital sales capabilities, it is seeking a senior compliance leader who can strengthen export controls, support scalable operations, and protect the business from regulatory, financial, and reputational risk.
The Senior Export Compliance Manager will lead and strengthen the company’s global export compliance program across aviation aftermarket operations, aircraft parts distribution, inventory, logistics, online marketplace activity, and international customer transactions.  This is a hands-on leadership role for a compliance professional who can operate strategically while also making real-time, risk-based decisions.  
Responsibilities

• Lead, maintain, and continuously improve the export compliance program across global aviation parts sales, inventory sourcing, marketplace transactions, logistics, and international customer activity.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. export control and sanctions regulations, including EAR, ITAR, OFAC, restricted party requirements, licensing obligations, end-use and end-user controls, and anti-diversion expectations.
• Develop, update, and enforce export compliance policies, procedures, work instructions, approval workflows, and internal controls aligned with regulatory requirements and aviation aftermarket business operations.
• Manage export licensing strategy, including license determinations, applications, authorizations, provisos, conditions, recordkeeping, and ongoing compliance obligations.
• Review and assess high-risk orders, customers, destinations, end uses, end users, technical data, aircraft part classifications, restricted party screening results, and red flags.
• Make independent compliance decisions regarding transaction approvals, holds, denials, license escalation, voluntary disclosures, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Sales, Purchasing, Quality, Operations, Logistics, IT, Finance, and executive leadership to embed export compliance into daily workflows, ERP processes, order review, marketplace activity, customer onboarding, vendor management, and shipping processes.
• Support export classification activity for aerospace products, aircraft parts, technical data, and related documentation.
• Lead or support internal audits, investigations, root cause analysis, regulatory inquiries, voluntary disclosures, and corrective action plans.
• Monitor regulatory changes, enforcement trends, sanctions developments, geopolitical risks, and aviation trade compliance issues that may affect the business.
• Develop and deliver targeted export compliance training for employees involved in sales, purchasing, logistics, quality, customer service, IT, and operations.
• Maintain accurate compliance records, documentation, audit trails, licensing files, transaction review notes, and decision-support materials.
• Evaluate and improve compliance tools, screening systems, ERP controls, workflow automation, and reporting processes to support consistent and scalable compliance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership by clearly explaining complex export control, sanctions, licensing, and business risk issues in practical terms.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Equivalent export compliance, aviation, aerospace, trade compliance, or regulatory experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in export compliance, trade compliance, international regulatory compliance, or a closely related function.
• ECoP, Export Compliance Professional, certification required.
• Deep working knowledge of EAR, ITAR, OFAC sanctions, export licensing, restricted party screening, end-use and end-user review, diversion risk, and export compliance program management.
• Demonstrated experience managing export licenses, authorizations, provisos, regulatory correspondence, government interactions, and ongoing license obligations.
• Experience reviewing aerospace, aviation, aircraft parts, MRO, OEM, distribution, or technical product information for export control relevance.
• Experience supporting global operations, international customers, international shipments, or cross-border sales activity.
• Proficiency with export compliance software, screening tools, ERP systems, and compliance workflow technology.
• Ability to interpret technical data, part descriptions, product classifications, customer information, destination risks, and transaction documentation.
• Strong understanding of aviation aftermarket, aircraft parts distribution, aerospace supply chain, MRO, OEM, or related regulated distribution environments strongly preferred.
• Strong export compliance judgment with the ability to make timely, independent, risk-based decisions.
• Advanced knowledge of transaction screening, end-use and end-user diligence, export licensing, sanctions review, red flag resolution, and audit documentation.
• Ability to challenge business activity professionally when compliance risk requires escalation, delay, denial, licensing, or corrective action.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex regulatory concepts to non-compliance audiences, including sales, operations, logistics, IT, and executives.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to work at both the strategic program level and the transactional order-review level.
• Strong cross-functional influence, especially with teams balancing customer urgency, revenue, logistics timelines, and compliance requirements.
• High attention to detail, strong documentation discipline, and the ability to maintain defensible records.
• Experience improving compliance controls within ERP systems, screening tools, digital marketplaces, order management processes, and operational workflows.
• Ability to lead training, audits, investigations, corrective action plans, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• High integrity, sound judgment, professional courage, and the ability to protect the company from regulatory and reputational exposure.

• Competitive base compensation from $135,000 to $145,000 annually, depending on experience
• Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k), including matching
• PTO & paid holidays