Cargo Export Control Manager Ahmedabad India

Qatar Airways; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qatar Airways Cargo is recruiting for the role of Cargo Export Control Manager based at our Global Business Services (GBS) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. You will lead day‑to‑day export controls and sanctions compliance across the global cargo network, embedding regulatory requirements in booking, acceptance, documentation and shipment handling.

The successful candidate will provide practical guidance to the CCSC, Cargo Operations, Commercial teams and outstations, ensuring risks are identified,

Qualifications

• Minimum 4–5 years in air cargo operations, export controls or related regulatory environment.
• Experience in sanctions compliance and customs regulations.
• Strong leadership and supervisory capability in a compliance/operational setting.
• Professional certification in cargo systems, sanctions compliance or export controls is preferred.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and maintenance of export‑control and sanctions policies across Qatar Airways Cargo operations globally.
• Assess high‑risk shipments and recommend appropriate action.
• Manage sanctions‑screening governance and escalation.
• Conduct end‑user/end‑use and destination‑risk assessments with robust records.
• Provide practical regulatory guidance to Cargo Operations, Commercial teams and outstations.
• Review incidents and drive corrective actions with closed-loop follow-up.
• Govern screening criteria, rules, and automation improvements.

Skills

Export controls

Sanctions compliance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

BI tools

Job description

Job Description:

General Information

Ref # 260000ET

Location: India-Ahmedabad

Job family: Corporate & Commercial

Closing Date: 2026-11-02

Description

Qatar Airways is recruiting for the role of Cargo Export Control Manager based at our Global Business Services (GBS) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India).

The Cargo Export Control Manager will lead and manage the day‑to‑day implementation, oversight and continuous improvement of Qatar Airways Cargo’s export controls and sanctions compliance programme across the global cargo network. The role will ensure that requirements relating to dual‑use, military and strategic goods, controlled technology, restricted end‑use and end‑users, destination controls and sanctions screening are embedded within cargo booking, acceptance, documentation, escalation and shipment‑handling processes. The successful candidate will provide practical specialist guidance to the Cargo Compliance Support Center (CCSC), Cargo Operations, Commercial teams, Ground Handling Agents and outstations, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, escalated and managed consistently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and maintenance of export‑control and sanctions policies, procedures, screening rules, commodity controls and escalation workflows across Qatar Airways Cargo operations globally.
• Assess high‑risk shipments involving dual‑use, military, strategic or otherwise controlled goods and recommend appropriate operational, legal or compliance action.
• Manage sanctions‑screening governance, including list matching, false‑positive resolution, potential‑match escalation and the implementation of applicable regulatory controls.
• Conduct and oversee end‑user, end‑use, consignee, intermediate‑consignee and destination‑risk assessments, ensuring decisions are supported by clear and complete records
• Interpret regulatory requirements and provide commercially practical guidance to Cargo Operations, Commercial teams, outstations, Ground Handling Agents and other relevant stakeholders.
• Review export‑control and sanctions incidents, exceptions and investigations; identify root causes; and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented and closed effectively.
• Govern screening criteria, system rules and enhancements, and drive automation and continuous improvement of export‑control and sanctions processes.
• Monitor compliance performance through quality reviews, audits, KPIs, dashboards, trend analysis and management reporting, escalating material risks in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with the Cargo Sanctions and Crisis Manager, Legal, Security, Customs and other stakeholders on complex or sensitive matters.
• Provide functional leadership, coaching and operational direction to assigned resources; allocate work, monitor quality and progress, manage time‑sensitive escalations and support capability development.

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Qualification

• High School / Diploma or Equivalent with minimum 5 years of job‑related experience or Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with minimum 4 years of job‑related experience.
• Relevant experience should be in air cargo operations, international trade compliance, export controls, sanctions compliance, customs, logistics compliance or a related regulatory environment.
• A strong candidate will have at least six years of relevant experience, including supervisory, specialist or compliance‑advisory responsibility.
• Professional certification in cargo systems, sanctions compliance and/or export controls is preferred

Job Specific Skills

• Strong knowledge of export‑control regulations, dual‑use, military and strategic goods, restricted commodities, end‑use and end‑user controls, and sanctions‑related trade restrictions.
• Practical experience in restricted‑party screening, false‑positive resolution, potential‑match escalation, due diligence and documented risk assessment.
• Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear, workable operational controls and escalation procedures.
• Experience in compliance investigations, root‑cause analysis, corrective‑action management, audits, KPIs and management reporting.
• Demonstrated leadership, work‑allocation, coaching, stakeholder‑influencing and decision‑making capability in a compliance or operational environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English, strong analytical and presentation skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office; knowledge of business‑intelligence or data‑analysis tools is preferred.

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.

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