Planet needs to ensure compliance with international trade regulations, including economic sanctions, export/import controls, and anti-bribery laws, to facilitate its global operations and mitigate legal and financial risks.
Requirements
- Experience reading and interpreting regulations
- Technical proficiency in Google Suite, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience implementing sanctions, anti-bribery, and/or in export control compliance programs
- Knowledge of HR legal requirements and immigration filings/processes as relates to overlaps of those fields with international trade compliance
- Experience working with engineers or in a technical/aerospace environment
Responsibilities
- Supporting the ITC team with administration of compliance requirements related to sanctions/embargoes, export/import controls, and anti-bribery/anti-corruption regulations
- Drafting and preparing export licenses and related filings for government agencies (e.g., DDTC and BIS), including license applications, registrations, regulatory notifications, and reporting
- Supporting the lifecycle of export authorization management
- Preparing export classification and licensing determinations
- Vetting Planet and its non-US subsidiary employees for access to export-controlled information
- Reviewing office and manufacturing lab visit requests to ensure compliance with Planet policy
- Coordinating with engineering, launch and manufacturing teams to manage compliance requirements associated with international shipments requests
Other
- 2+ years of paralegal or regulatory/government compliance experience
- Ability to work independently and knows when to ask questions
- Ability to take initiative with a methodical approach, handle repetitive tasks and display a continuous improvement mindset
- Excellent verbal and written communication, problem solving skills and the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization
- This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
