Subject Matter Expert, Government and Compliance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Monitor legislation, regulations, executive actions, rulemaking, and enforcement that impact semiconductors across key global regions.

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of export control regimes, sanctions, subsidy programs, tariffs, trade remedies, investment screening, and supply chain security protocols.

• Anticipate policy shifts by evaluating legislative calendars, rulemaking indicators, political trends, and coordination with allies.

• Develop scenarios with projected timing and probabilities.

• Produce rapid-response analyses, policy briefs, routine outlooks, jurisdiction comparisons, and detailed reports.

• Convert regulatory language into accessible implications for market access, revenue risk, supply chain resilience, manufacturing and investment strategies, and product classification.

• Integrate policy analysis with TechInsights' reverse engineering, teardown, and process assessment.

• Contribute to the Compliance Monitor and other TechInsights offerings by ensuring accurate structured data on regulations, controlled entities, thresholds, and programs.

• Lead customer briefings for compliance, legal, government affairs, engineering, and executive stakeholders.

• Assist sales and account teams during pre-sales meetings, account planning, demonstrations, proposals, and renewals.

• Identify emerging customer needs.

• Present at webinars, industry conferences, and client events.

• Offer thought leadership and media commentary.

• Establish a network across government agencies, trade associations, think tanks, and legal and advisory sectors.

• Advise Product leadership on compliance and government strategies.

• Update executive, sales, and customer success teams on significant policy changes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, International Relations, Law, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 8 to 10 years of experience in semiconductor or technology trade policy, export controls, or regulatory compliance.

• Practical experience in interpreting and applying U.S. export control and sanctions regulations, along with at least one other major jurisdiction.

• Familiarity with semiconductor subsidy, grant, and incentive programs, including their application, awarding processes, and compliance requirements.

• Strong comprehension of the semiconductor value chain, from design, EDA, and IP to equipment, materials, foundries, memory, packaging, testing, and AI accelerators.

• Demonstrated history of published or client-oriented policy analysis for professional and executive audiences.

• Experience advising customers, clients, or senior executives on the commercial ramifications of regulatory changes.

• A rigorous, objective, and politically neutral methodology.

• Sound judgment regarding the distinction between intelligence and legal advice.

• Outstanding writing skills and the ability to produce precise analysis under tight deadlines.

• Confidence in presenting to executives, compliance professionals, engineers, and government representatives.

• High levels of integrity and discretion in managing sensitive information.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%, both domestically and internationally, and to work outside regular hours when significant policy news arises.

• Proficiency in Mandarin, Japanese, or Korean is a plus.

• Current citizenship and/or permanent residency information is required to comply with U.S. Export Control Laws and Regulations.

• Must possess legal eligibility to work in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company-sponsored training and development opportunities.

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, wellness, RRSP/401K matching, and annual fitness reimbursements.

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Trusted device reimbursement program.

• Opportunities for community involvement through charitable partnerships.

• Wellness resources and support.

• Inclusive work environment that emphasizes diversity, equity, and accessibility.

• Rapidly growing company driven by a commitment to high performance.