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Roles and Responsibilities

• Set the strategic vision and oversee the preparation, submission, and management of all CES export authorizations.
• Build, develop, and manage a team of ITC professionals to drive ITC requirements into standard work for various functions within CES.
• Prioritize effective collaboration with key business stakeholders and authorization owners to ensure accurate and timely authorizations.
• Maintain and oversee implementation of the ITC Authorization Management SOP, authorization management standard work, and digital tools (e.g., OCR EASE database) to ensure full compliance with regulatory administrative requirements and reporting. Conduct periodic control testing, as necessary, to evaluate overall compliance with the terms and conditions of government authorizations.
• Partner with the ITC Executive Leader to develop strategies to enhance CES risk-area management capacity, deepen risk-management governance, and drive overall compliance excellence within the ITC risk area.
• Oversee the CES ITC annual risk-assessment process, assess control gaps, and monitor remediation.
• Lead engagement and communication with government officials, as needed, to support license submissions.
• Support trade-compliance awareness and foster a positive trade-compliance culture within CES.
• Oversee and manage the CES export focal program, including effective communication flow-down, training, and regular engagement driving continuous improvement.
• Identify, analyze, and implement robust compliance systems and IT tools to enhance export operations.
• Monitor and report to business stakeholders and partners on relevant regulatory and policy updates impacting CES licenses and trade compliance, and provide advice to business stakeholders regarding implications and requirements on GE Aerospace business strategy.
• Identify training gaps within your business area and develop and deliver training to enhance knowledge and awareness of trade compliance requirements.
• Set and execute against key performance and key risk metrics.
• Support deployment of CES-specific ITC policies, procedures, SOPs, standard work, tools, and compliance training within the CES organization.
• Implement and maintain appropriate recordkeeping policies and procedures, and satisfy applicable reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with ITC leadership to drive continuous improvement.
• Undertake special projects and support other compliance-program continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Own FLIGHT DECK implementation across the CES ITC organization, including an organizational capability-building strategy, creation and management of KPIs, bowlers, and other lean tools, and drive accountability and tracking of ITC priorities.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 10 years of professional experience in International Trade Compliance or Associates degree with minimum of 12 years of professional experience in International Trade Compliance or High School Diploma with minimum of 14 years of professional experience International Trade Compliance
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience inInternational Trade Compliance

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).