# Director, Export Policy

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Role:** Business Development
**Salary:** $200k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** technology security, foreign disclosure, security cooperation, security assistance, national security policy, international defense policy, interagency engagement, foreign military sales, policy writing, strategic communications, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, defense technology, geopolitical risk
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Leads international technology-release, foreign-disclosure, and security-cooperation strategy for advanced autonomy, aircraft, and AI-enabled defense capabilities. Requires 12+ years in national security or international defense policy, extensive interagency experience, and the ability to translate sophisticated technologies into persuasive policy and engagement strategies.

## Job Description

## 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.

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