Associate Director, Global Trade – DT/GT & Automated Export Control Systems (AECS)

Pratt & Whitney; Longueuil, Quebec, Mississauga; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney Canada seeks an Associate Director, Global Trade – DT/GT & Automated Export Control Systems (AECS) to lead the integration of trade requirements into digital strategies. You will influence global teams, shape AECS capabilities, and drive automated, compliant trade processes across a global aerospace enterprise.

The role requires deep knowledge of export controls, sanctions, and governance, with strong leadership and communication skills in a matrix organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 12+ years in global trade, export compliance or related field.
• Extensive knowledge of global trade requirements: jurisdiction, classification, licenses, sanctions and verification.
• Experience with automated trade compliance systems and digital technologies in ERP/GTS environments.
• Ability to translate global trade requirements into clear business and technical requirements for senior stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills in a global, matrixed organization.
• French-speaking environment with very good English for daily documentation and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of global trade requirements into the company's digital environment from the outset.
• Act as a senior global trade advisor in IT and business transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with DT teams and GT teams to translate requirements into actionable tech specs.
• Evaluate initiatives for alignment with global trade requirements, risks, and business objectives.
• Drive AECS evolution with scalable, data-driven controls and ABAC.
• Establish governance for technology initiatives and ensure GT involvement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify gaps in global trade controls within digital tools and improve automation and efficiency.
• Influence global trade initiatives across the enterprise and ensure alignment with standards.
• Provide portfolio-wide visibility and strategic leadership across global teams.
• Build relationships across global trade, IT, and business functions to remove obstacles.
• Challenge status quo and pursue opportunities to improve compliance through technology and data.
• Travel approximately 10% of the time.

Skills

Global trade knowledge

Export compliance

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP/SAP GTS

Classification solutions

Sanctions screening

Identity and access management

Data governance

Job description

Associate Director, Global Trade – DT/GT & Automated Export Control Systems (AECS)

Date Posted: 2026-09-02

Country: Canada

Location: CA-QC-LONGUEUIL-J01 ~ 1000 Blvd Marie-Victorin ~ J01 BLDG

Job Title: Associate Director, Global Trade – DT/GT & Automated Export Control Systems (AECS)

About Pratt & Whitney Canada

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is a global leader in aerospace innovation, headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, since 1928. We design and manufacture next-generation aircraft engines that power the world's largest fleet of airplanes and helicopters in business, general, and regional aviation segments.

For nearly 100 years, our teams have been at the forefront of propulsion technologies, pushing boundaries to make our engines more efficient and reliable. Our engines support critical missions, from passenger and cargo transport to emergency medical services, humanitarian operations, and firefighting worldwide.

An Employer of Choice

Pratt & Whitney Canada was recognized as one of Canada's Top Employers for 2026 by Forbes, for the 11th consecutive year. The company also ranked first among employers in the country's aerospace and defense industry. Additionally, our headquarters consistently ranks among the top employers in the Montreal region. Together, these distinctions confirm our reputation as an employer of choice in Montreal, Canada, and globally.

Why Join the Team?

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join Pratt & Whitney as Associate Director, Global Trade – DT/GT & Automated Export Control Systems (AECS).

This is a strategic leadership role at the intersection of global trade, digital technologies (DT), and business transformation. The successful candidate will help define how global trade (GT) requirements are designed, integrated, and automated within a complex and highly regulated global enterprise.

This role is for a global trade leader who wants to go beyond traditional compliance and help design the technologies, processes, and controls that will enable the next generation of automated global trade compliance.

The position is full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible hours in Longueuil or Mississauga and is performed exclusively on-site.

What Will Your Daily Routine Look Like?

Reporting to the Director, Global Trade, DT/GT and Automated Export Control Systems (AECS), you will be responsible for:

• Leading the integration of global trade requirements into the company's digital environment, ensuring GT requirements are integrated at the earliest stages of digital strategies, projects, applications, and technology solutions, rather than being treated as an afterthought for Pratt & Whitney and all its global sites.

• Acting as a senior global trade advisor in initiatives related to information technology and business transformation, with substantial and general knowledge of key global trade domains (jurisdiction and classification, authorizations and licenses, tangible transfers - import and export, intangible transfers, sanctions, and verification).

• Working with limited support from specialists in the relevant functional domains.

• Translating global trade requirements into clear business and technology requirements, and being able to explain, defend, and challenge them with confidence to Global Trade (GT) teams, Digital Technology (DT) teams, business leaders, project teams, and senior management.

• Evaluating and challenging technology and business initiatives when project priorities, global trade requirements, compliance risks, or business objectives are not aligned; formulating clear recommendations and driving issues to resolution.

• Leading the evolution of Automated Export Control Systems (AECS), defining future capabilities, and advancing scalable approaches to automation, data-driven controls, and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC).

• Establishing the global trade governance and engagement model for technology initiatives, ensuring GT is involved at the appropriate stage of the project life cycle and that requirements are integrated into architecture, processes, master data systems, and controls.

• Assessing and strengthening the global trade control environment within digital tools and processes, identifying capability gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities to improve automation, scalability, and operational efficiency.

• Influencing global trade initiatives across the enterprise and RTX, ensuring business requirements and risks are understood while fostering harmonization with enterprise strategies and standards.

• Providing strategic leadership and portfolio-wide visibility, bringing clarity to complex issues, highlighting risks and interdependencies, and enabling senior leaders to make informed decisions.

• Building strong relationships and exercising leadership through influence across global trade, IT, and business functions, removing obstacles and fostering alignment within a global matrix organization.

• Challenging the status quo and proactively identifying opportunities to improve how global trade compliance is ensured through technology, processes, and data.

• Being available to travel between company sites as project needs require. Travel approximately 10% of the time.

What Do You Need to Succeed?

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 12 years of experience in global trade, export compliance, global trade-related technologies, or a related field, including experience with export control and sanctions requirements; OR an advanced degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.

• Substantial knowledge of global trade requirements, particularly regarding jurisdiction and classification, authorizations, tangible and intangible transfers, sanctions, and verification.

• Demonstrated ability to apply global trade requirements to complex business and technology environments, and to explain, defend, and challenge those requirements with senior stakeholders.

• Experience with automated trade compliance systems and digital technologies such as ERP/GTS platforms, classification solutions, screening platforms, data governance, access control solutions, or similar technologies.

• Experience in a highly regulated industry or complex global environment, notably in aerospace and defense, advanced manufacturing, automotive, semiconductors, energy, life sciences, technology, or a similar sector.

• Experience within or closely collaborating with an Information Technology organization, with an understanding of enterprise architecture, application development, data, access controls, and technology delivery processes.

• Excellent strategic and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to understand complex problems, identify real risks, and translate them into clear business and technology decisions.

• Strong leadership and influencing skills, particularly in a global and matrixed organization encompassing global trade, digital technologies, business functions, and corporate stakeholders.

• Strong sense of ownership and urgency, with the ability to manage competing priorities, escape risks, and drive issues to resolution.

• This position operates in a French-speaking work environment; however, it requires a very good knowledge of English to read and understand, on a daily basis, documentation and technical terms originating from international organizations, as well as to write and communicate in English with international clients, suppliers, or colleagues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise platforms and technologies such as SAP/SAP GTS, classification and licensing solutions, sanctions screening, identity and access management, data governance, or other compliance automation technologies.

• Experience in designing or implementing automated global trade controls, export compliance systems, digital compliance capabilities, or Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC).

• Experience translating regulatory or compliance requirements into technological requirements, system controls, and scalable business processes.

• Strong business acumen and ability to evaluate risks, business value, costs, and operational impacts when formulating recommendations.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior executives and demanding stakeholders, including constructively challenging decisions and influencing outcomes without direct line authority.

• Excellent communication skills.