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Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company developing satellite propulsion systems, in-space servicing capabilities, and a reusable spaceplane. The company operates across the Netherlands, France, New Zealand, and the USA in an increasingly complex regulatory environment involving export controls, information security, customer requirements, and international compliance obligations.
You will lead the development and execution of Dawn Aerospace's governance, risk, and compliance capability, enabling the company to scale securely and responsibly across multiple international jurisdictions. This is a broad, high-impact role working across Engineering, Operations, IT, Legal, Commercial, and Corporate teams to translate complex regulatory, customer, and security requirements into practical, executable processes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead export control and trade compliance activities, including licensing, record keeping, jurisdictional assessments, and ongoing compliance obligations
- Develop and continuously improve the company's governance, risk, and compliance framework
- Design and implement policies, procedures, and internal controls that support both compliance and efficient operations
- Coordinate compliance with customer, contractual, and regulatory obligations across multiple international jurisdictions
- Develop and maintain compliance registers, risk registers, monitoring activities, and management reporting
- Plan and coordinate internal audits, compliance reviews, investigations, and corrective actions
- Support customer, supplier, and regulatory audits, assessments, and due diligence activities
- Partner across teams to embed compliance into day-to-day business activities
- Monitor emerging regulatory, security, and industry requirements, advising on risks and practical actions
- Support customer security questionnaires and supplier assurance activities
- Deliver compliance awareness and training programmes
- Provide commercially focused advice to managers and senior leaders
This is an opportunity to build compliance capability from the ground up rather than inherit an established function, with significant ownership, exposure to senior decision-makers, and influence over how an ambitious aerospace company scales responsibly.
REQUIREMENTS
Essential:
- Experience managing export control or trade compliance programmes within aerospace, defence, or another highly regulated industry
- Experience in governance, risk, compliance, information security, internal audit, regulatory affairs, or a related discipline
- Strong understanding of export control regulations and experience managing ongoing compliance obligations
- Experience developing and implementing policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and internal controls
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex regulatory or contractual requirements and translate them into practical business processes
- Experience working across multiple stakeholders to influence outcomes and embed compliance into business operations
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and organisational skills
- Strong analytical ability, sound judgement, and pragmatic approach to managing risk
- Tertiary qualification in Law, Engineering, Information Security, Business, International Relations, or another relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience
Desirable:
- Experience with ITAR, EAR, OFAC, UK Strategic Export Controls, EU Dual-Use Regulations, or other international trade compliance regimes
- Experience supporting government contracts or defence programmes
- Experience with information security or cybersecurity frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, or NIS2
- Experience conducting internal audits, compliance reviews, and enterprise risk assessments
- Experience supporting customer assurance, supplier assurance, or government security programmes
- Experience working across multiple international jurisdictions
- Professional certifications in governance, compliance, auditing, risk management, information security, or export controls
