Director – Associate General Counsel

Director – Associate General Counsel

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate degree with 6-10 years experience.
• Experience working with ITAR and EAR.
• Preference is experience working with NOAA, FCC and NASA for satellite licensing and regulation.
• At least two years in the space or defense sectors.
• Possess strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience.
• Ability to sustain a workload effectively which has several concurrent independent activities.
• Travel: 10% or less with a visit to the Herndon, VA corporate office a minimum of two times a year.

Responsibilities

• Independent work ethic to assist development and product teams as lead counsel and provide guidance and advice.
• Lead technical and legal review of deliverables, reports, and presentations and provide the business with expert guidance as to export controls.
• Assist development and product teams with regulatory requirements and filings with US regulatory agencies, such as FCC and NOAA.
• Assess and classify hardware under the EAR or ITAR and review of platform and analytic capabilities for export concerns.
• Develop business procedures, policies, and processes.
• Draft and file export license applications and agreements as needed.
• Organize and compile materials for licenses, including renewals or updates to registration in a timely manner.
• Provide annual export training to the operations organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• US Government contracting support experience for a US or DOD Government contractor.
• Foreign business registration and maintenance.
• SEC filing support experience.