Import Compliance Manager

Date Posted:

2026-02-04

Country:

United Arab Emirates

Location:

AE-AZ-ABU DHABI-ADGM TOWER 3 ~ Al Maqam Tower ~ GLOBAL MARKET SQ TWR 3

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

About Us:

We have enjoyed a close and enduring relationship with the United Arab Emirates, built on a solid foundation of RTX providing trusted solutions to the Emirates for national security, civil defense infrastructure and training across multiple strategic initiatives for almost four decades.

Job Summary:

Raytheon Emirates Global Trade team is seeking an experienced Import Compliance Manager to develop an implement a Customs Compliance Program. In this role, you will support internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement import/export policies and procedures in accordance with UAE Import and Export Regulations.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Global Trade for the Middle East and North Africa, you will be supporting our Raytheon Emirates Global Trade team to stand up Customs Compliance Program in UAE.

In addition, you will support import/export transactions, develop duty mitigation strategies, work with Customs Brokers, Freight Forwarders and international stakeholders to ensure that all import/export requirements have been met. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced global trade professional interesting in building an import process from the ground up in a multi-national organization.

What You Will Do *

• Develop, implement and manage Customs Compliance Program at Raytheon Emirates.
• Collaborate with all affected personnel and functions to integrate UAE Customs Compliance Procedure requirements into the local policies, procedures, and training.
• Subject Matter Expert for Business Customs transactional compliance questions and coordinate closely with Corporate Global Trade Customs Lead on non-routine governmental matters and significant compliance concerns or issues.
• Review and approve export and import transactional requests involving engineering support services, meetings, employee travel, visitor access, technical data/services and hardware shipments.
• Collaborate with tax and finance, to ensure transfer pricing, if utilized as customs value, is acceptable by local Customs authorities.
• Develop and manage import/export license applications.
• Draft and review shipping documents such as Commercial Invoice, Certificate of Origin, Bill of Lading, Air Waybill.
• Establish a process for, perform, and report regular transactional testing reviews to determine accuracy of declarations and to resolve discrepancies
• Provide metrics to support corporate reporting on a requested cadence to validate and improve program’s health.
• Secure evidence to support customs voluntary programs, where appropriate, from applicable functions.
• Develop Export/Import compliance plans
• Assist with investigations and reviews of global trade matters.
• You will split your work between our offices and the Tawazun Industrial Park (TIP).
  
  

• A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years’ experience
• Working knowledge of UAE import and export regulations
• Experience with Harmonized Tarif classification and Origin Determination
• Experience with UAE Customs Declarations and Audits
• Experience with developing new processes and policies
• Experience with duty mitigation programs
  
  

• Knowledge of U.S. export regulations
• Practical experience with Customs clearance for military and dual-use items in Abu Dhabi
• Working knowledge of GCC import and export regulations
• Experience in the defense industry, national security and/or technology sector.
• Fluent in English, Arabic proficiency is a plus.