Export Controls & Sanctions - Manager

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San Francisco, CA
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Professional Services • Business Intelligence • Consulting • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems.
The Role
Manage compliance programs related to export controls and trade sanctions, helping clients navigate regulatory challenges while optimizing processes and building relationships. Oversee teams in conducting assessments, developing policies, and driving business development initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In

A career in our Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics will provide you the opportunity to solve our clients most critical business and data protection related challenges. You will be part of a growing team driving strategic programs, data analytics, innovation, deals, cyber resilency, response, and technical implementation activities. You will have access to not only the top Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics professionals at PwC, but at our clients and industry analysts across the globe. Our Government Regulation team focuses on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside IT and Business leaders solving their toughest problems while capturing their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world's largest and most complex organizations, departments, and agencies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by driving innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising contracting processes, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage. Our team helps our clients form strategic alliances to reduce research and development costs by implementing and monitoring contracts and licenses initiatives. You'll help our clients with managing their risk exposure and increasing growth through co-promotion and co-development agreements, license distribution and pricing agreements, royalty forensics, and dispute resolution and process improvement analysis.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

  • Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills outside of comfort zone.
  • Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty.
  • Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.
  • Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
  • Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
  • Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
  • Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalisation, and how they impact the firm and our clients.
  • Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
  • Focus on building trusted relationships.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.


A career in our Export Controls and Trade Sanctions advisory practice will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients manage their national security regulatory compliance obligations. Our team supports companies by developing insightful compliance program planning and implementation strategies targeted to reduce the risk of noncompliance with regulatory requirements and expectations, as well as to enhance alignment with leading practices.
Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Year(s) of Experience:
6 year(s)
Required Knowledge/Skills:
Export controls/sanctions/other regulatory certifications (e.g., ECoP; CGSS); other National Security regulatory background (e.g., former Government or industry roles with focus in trade compliance)
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Fields of Study:
Business Administration/Management,International Relations,Political Science,Economics,Finance,Accounting
Additional Educational Preferences:
Bachelor of Science
Masters of Science
Bachelor of Business Administration
Master of Arts
Juris Doctor
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record in the following areas:

  • Serving as a subject matter specialist in a client-facing capacity;
  • Designing and conducting assessments on the effectiveness of various aspects of export controls and trade sanctions compliance program related processes, procedures, controls, and technologies;
  • Overseeing and reviewing the development of export controls and trade sanctions processes and controls, including policies, procedures, and manuals;
  • Supporting on demand consulting services related to export controls and trade sanctions inquiries from our clients;
  • Overseeing managed services teams to help clients address a variety of regulatory challenges in areas like restricted party screening and export classification;
  • Working with other internal specialized teams across subject matter areas and across global locations to deliver on client requests;
  • Supporting and driving business development activities;
  • Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of US export controls and trade sanctions regulatory requirements, frameworks, expectations (e.g., Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions, Committee on Foreign Investment in US (CFIUS)); and,
  • Possessing knowledge of the international trade environment and complexities.


Demonstrates extensive experience as a team leader and/or a proven record of success identifying and addressing client needs, including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement;
  • Communicating value propositions; and managing resource requirements, project workflow, and project economics;
  • Analyzing client internal control practices and evaluating client compliance with export controls and trade sanctions regulatory requirements;
  • Supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust; seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation;
  • Coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback; and,
  • Developing new relationships, making introductions to sell new projects/services, and doing so with a "One Firm" inclusive service mindset.


Demonstrates extensive-level knowledge of automation and digitization in a business environment including but not limited to:

  • Innovating through new and existing technologies, along with experimenting with digitization solutions; and,
  • Utilizing digitization tools to reduce hours and optimize engagements.


Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
The salary range for this position is: $100,000 - $232,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

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