Director and Counsel – Sanctions & Antiboycott

Director and Counsel – Sanctions & Antiboycott

Requirements

• Juris Doctor Degree
• Minimum 12 years of legal experience in Global Trade.
• Admitted to the bar and able to maintain the ability to practice law in the U.S.
• In-depth knowledge of U.S. sanctions and antiboycott laws and regulations.
• U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and counsel to RTX businesses on sanctions and antiboycott matters.
• Take leadership role on RTX sanctions and antiboycott steering committee and provide oversight of the enterprise sanctions and antiboycott compliance programs.
• Partner with RTX Global Trade leaders to develop, oversee, and drive completion of sanctions and antiboycott program enhancements and initiatives across the enterprise.
• Lead sanctions risk assessments and drive initiatives to mitigate compliance risk.
• Develop and execute strategic and tactical RTX response to sanctions developments, including through leadership role on cross-functional task forces.
• Support sanctions- and antiboycott-related compliance investigations and voluntary disclosures.
• Support merger, acquisition & divestiture activity on pre- and post-closing Global Trade due diligence and integration.
• As needed for specific transactions, determine antiboycott reporting requirements, draft alternative contractual language, etc. to ensure compliance with U.S. Commerce and Treasury Department antiboycott requirements.
• Conduct in-depth sanctions regulatory analysis for specific transactions and provide timely, actionable compliance guidance to RTX businesses.
• Directly engage with U.S. sanctions and antiboycott regulators as needed on compliance matters, questions of regulatory interpretation, and other high-consequence issues, including through both written and oral advocacy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent analytical skills, strong and clear verbal and written communication skills, and a clear sense of the practical application of the law to RTX’s business.
• Demonstrated ability to manage, with limited oversight, a wide range of complex and unique Global Trade legal issues.
• Minimum 3 years in a law firm and/or government experience.
• Expertise in export controls and/or customs laws and regulations
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Demonstrated history of collaborating with others and managing multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Prior experience providing Global Trade business support.