ITAR Compliance Lead & Export Controls Official

salesforce.com, inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 117,400 - 177,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401(k) match

ESPP

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Fertility benefits

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an experienced ITAR compliance professional to design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive ITAR program as the Empowered Official for the Global Trade team. You will manage licensing, registrations, and CJ determinations while collaborating with business and legal stakeholders in a hybrid Denver-area role.

The role requires strong analytical skills, risk management, and prior experience interfacing with government agencies such as DDTC.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as an ITAR compliance professional capable of designing and managing an enterprise ITAR program.
• Experience with Commodity Jurisdiction analysis, preparation, and submission.
• Proven track record of implementing effective compliance processes and programs.
• Experience with risk management and compliance audits.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and ability to collaborate across functions.
• Proven success in managing projects and large initiatives, and ability to work independently.
• Experience interfacing with government agencies, particularly DDTC.
• Familiarity with DECCS and compliance tools.
• Experience in sanctions compliance work is a plus.
• High ethical standards and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to adapt and grow in an expanding organization.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Salesforce's ITAR compliance program, which includes preparing written policies and procedures, overseeing program management, conducting internal audits, and providing training to the business.
• Serve as Salesforce's designated ITAR Empowered Official, overseeing Salesforce's ITAR compliance program.
• Review and sign export license applications and Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs), verifying transaction legality and ensuring all exports align with the ITAR regulations and Salesforce's business policies and practices.
• Conduct due diligence to verify the eligibility of parties involved in transactions.
• Manage ITAR registration with DDTC, ensuring compliance with annual renewals and mandatory change notifications for any substantive organizational changes.
• Manage commodity jurisdiction (CJ) classifications and make jurisdictional determinations regarding which Salesforce products and bespoke activities are ITAR-regulated.
• Act as the primary defense trade export control resource for the business teams during deal and solution evaluations, ensuring Salesforce does not engage in unauthorized transactions.
• Prepare, submit, approve, and manage authorizations to engage in activities regulated by the ITAR and other export control regimes, as applicable, including continuous tracking and decrementing against each authorization.
• Track and report to DDTC information regarding whether Salesforce or our vendors have paid certain thresholds of political contributions, fees, or commissions.

Skills

ITAR compliance

Commodity Jurisdiction

Export licensing

Risk management

Communication

Project management

Government interface

DECCS familiarity

Sanctions compliance

Ethical standards

Analytics

Organizational skills

Tools

DECCS

Job description

Salesforce is seeking an experienced ITAR compliance professional to design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive ITAR program as the Empowered Official for the Global Trade team. You will manage licensing, registrations, and CJ determinations while collaborating with business and legal stakeholders in a hybrid Denver-area role.

The role requires strong analytical skills, risk management, and prior experience interfacing with government agencies such as DDTC.