Export Controls Compliance Director

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts. Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet. Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all. Director - Export Controls & Trade Compliance About the Team eBay’s Global Compliance organization helps the company drive regulatory risk while enabling safe, trusted, and sustainable commerce around the world. We partner closely with Legal, Product, Engineering, Shipping, Payments, Risk, Government Relations, and business leaders to develop practical and scalable compliance programs. We are seeking an experienced Director of Export Controls and Trade Compliance to lead the continued development and operation of eBay’s global import and export compliance program, with an initial focus on the Export Control Reform Act and Export Administration Regulations (ECRA/EAR), as well as the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (AECA/ITAR). This leader will develop a risk-based program tailored to eBay’s role as a global marketplace that facilitates transactions between third-party buyers and sellers. Because eBay’s responsibilities vary by transaction and shipping model, the role will assess and manage obligations arising when eBay engages in shipping, classification, filing, inspection, routing, or customs-related activities. The Director will partner across the company, including with the separately-led Sanctions Compliance function, to design practical, technology-enabled controls that address eBay’s direct regulatory obligations and facilitation-related risks. The successful candidate will be a strategic and pragmatic compliance leader who can interpret complex trade regulations, apply them to a global technology marketplace, and influence cross-functional teams to implement effective controls at scale. What You Will Accomplish Lead the enhancement and operation of eBay’s export controls and import/export compliance program, tailored to eBay’s role as a global marketplace connecting third-party buyers and sellers. Assess and manage eBay’s regulatory obligations across different transaction and shipping models, including circumstances in which eBay engages in shipping , classification, filing, inspection, routing, or customs-related activities. Enhance and/or establish policies, standards, governance, escalation protocols, and clear accountability for compliance with ECRA/EAR, AECA/ITAR, and related import/export requirements. Conduct risk assessments covering listings, products, sellers, buyers, end users, destinations, transaction patterns, shipping models, and logistics partners. Oversee processes for export jurisdiction and classification, licensing and authorization analysis, export eligibility, required filings, and escalation of potentially controlled or prohibited items. Partner with Product, Engineering, Shipping, Operations, Legal, Risk, and Sanctions Compliance to implement scalable controls for restricted items, parties, destinations, end uses, and suspicious transaction activity. Enhance  controls addressing freight forwarders, unusual routing, transshipment, mismatched transaction information, and other indicators of export-control and sanctions evasion. Advise on new products, shipping services, partnerships, geographic expansion, acquisitions, and other initiatives that may change eBay’s regulatory obligations or trade compliance risk. Lead regulatory-change