Director, Export Policy

Technology Security & Foreign Disclosure Strategy

• Develop company strategy for technology security and foreign disclosure across products, capabilities, countries, and international programs.
• Identify technology-release considerations early and develop pathways for the responsible international release of advanced autonomy, aircraft, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Advise leadership and program teams on releasability, partner considerations, geopolitical risks, and U.S. Government policy affecting international opportunities.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to translate complex technical capabilities into clear technology-security and foreign-disclosure strategies.

Interagency Engagement & Policy Shaping

• Build trusted relationships across DoD, State, NSC staff, military departments, combatant commands, and other stakeholders involved in technology security, foreign disclosure, and international defense partnerships.
• Represent the company in policy discussions concerning the international release of autonomous systems, AI-enabled capabilities, and next-generation aircraft.
• Develop persuasive policy positions, white papers, and senior-level briefings demonstrating how technologies advance U.S. national security, coalition, and partner objectives.
• Anticipate emerging policy issues surrounding autonomous and AI-enabled technologies and help shape government approaches to their international release.

Security Cooperation & International Strategy

• Help position capabilities within U.S. security cooperation and security assistance frameworks.
• Advise international campaigns on interagency decision-making, partner requirements, regional considerations, and technology-release strategy.
• Align international opportunities with U.S. defense and foreign policy priorities and allied capability requirements.
• Coordinate across Policy, Business Development, Legal, Engineering, Product, and Programs to establish unified strategies for priority international opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in national security policy, technology security, foreign disclosure, security cooperation, security assistance, international defense policy, or related government engagement.
• Significant experience working in or with the U.S. national security interagency.
• Strong understanding of U.S. Government decision-making around international defense partnerships, technology release, security cooperation, and security assistance.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex interagency processes and build trusted relationships with senior government, military, technical, and operational stakeholders.
• Strong strategic communication skills, including development of persuasive policy narratives, senior-level briefings, and decision materials.
• Ability to understand sophisticated defense technologies and translate technical capabilities into policy and national security considerations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience serving in a U.S. Government security cooperation, security assistance, technology security, foreign disclosure, or international defense role.
• Experience as a Foreign Area Officer, Security Cooperation Officer, Defense Attaché, Country Director, Foreign Disclosure Officer, or in a comparable regional or international security role.
• Experience working with DoD, State, DSCA, military departments, combatant commands, NSC staff, or U.S. embassies.
• Familiarity with Foreign Military Sales, security cooperation, technology security, and foreign disclosure processes.
• Experience influencing U.S. Government policy concerning the international release of advanced defense technologies.
• Experience working with allied and partner governments on defense capability development or technology release.
• Comfort working with engineers, operators, and product teams on advanced autonomy, AI, aircraft, and other emerging technologies.
• Advanced degree in international affairs, national security, public policy, law, or a related field.