Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.
To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
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Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.
To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Compliance Operations Lead, Third-Party Due Diligence to join our team in the Westminster, CO office. This is a hands-on individual contributor program lead role with ownership for improving how Vantor screens, escalates, documents, and monitors third-party compliance risk across global business activity. The ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting thorough due diligence processes to assess the viability, risks, and opportunities associated with customers, suppliers, partners, and other business opportunities. This role is also responsible for vetting in-bound and out-bound travel requests and other Compliance program operations management. In this role, you will help protect Vantor’s ability to serve mission-critical customers by ensuring third-party relationships, travel, visitor access, and order activity are reviewed with speed, consistency, and sound compliance judgment..
Responsibilities:
Lead day-to-day operations for Vantor’s third-party due diligence and screening program, including risk-based reviews of customers, suppliers, agents, resellers, consultants, channel partners, and other business intermediaries.
Conduct sanctions, restricted-party, denied-party, adverse media, ownership, and reputational-risk screening, evaluate red flags, document findings, recommend mitigation, and escalate issues for cross-functional review.
Analyze public records, screening results, questionnaires, contracts, ownership information, business justifications, and other documentation to assess anti-corruption, sanctions, export control, human rights, and reputational risk.
Support onboarding, renewal, and ongoing monitoring of third parties, including risk reclassification, periodic reviews, and event-driven reviews based on changes in ownership, geography, sanctions status, or business activity.
Compliment the company’s Third-Party Risk Management program by focusing specifically on sanctions, restricted-party, anti-corruption, export control, reputational, and regulatory compliance risks.
Partner with Contracts, Security, Procurement, Sales, and business teams to gather information, resolve diligence questions, and support timely, well-documented business decisions.
Prepare due diligence summaries, risk assessments, metrics, reports, and stakeholder briefings that clearly communicate findings, recommendations, mitigation steps, and open issues.
Develop, maintain, and continuously improve due diligence workflows, templates, screening criteria, escalation protocols, playbooks, tools, and records to promote consistency, efficiency, and audit readiness.
Support compliance review and clearing of business activity in SAP and related systems, including customer, reseller, supplier, order, travel, and visitor-access reviews where sanctions, export control, restricted-party, or high-risk country concerns may be present.
Review inbound visitor, foreign-person access, and outbound travel requests in coordination with cross-functional stakeholders to identify and resolve potential sanctions, export control, facility-access, or country-risk concerns.
Support Compliance program administration, including policy administration and management, internal website content, training materials and corporate training administration, job aids, dashboards, documentation repositories, and other employee-facing resources.
Assist with internal audits, monitoring, testing, and remediation activities across Compliance programs, including third-party diligence, sanctions/restricted-party screening, anti-corruption controls, and related records.
Identify, develop and maintain compliance operations dashboards, metrics, reporting, and business intelligence-style insights to track screening volume, cycle times, risk trends, escalations, open items, and program effectiveness through automation, system configuration, and use of AI-enabled tools where appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications:
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Bachelor's degree in a related field.
3+ years of experience supporting third-party due diligence, restricted-party screening, sanctions/export-control compliance, anti-corruption compliance, trade compliance, or related compliance operations, preferably in aerospace or other defense contractor industries.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate compliance risk, investigate and document red flags, prepare clear written risk assessments, and support escalation or mitigation recommendations for internal stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in aerospace, defense, technology, manufacturing, logistics, telecommunications, financial technology, or another complex global compliance environment.
Experience with screening, case-management, ERP, or workflow tools such as SAP/SAP GTS, Salesforce, NavEx or similar platforms.
Experience building or improving compliance dashboards, metrics, SOPs, playbooks, escalation protocols, training resources, or audit-ready documentation.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to critically evaluate complex information and data. Demonstrated ability to use sound judgment and balance business needs.
Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy and thoroughness.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle discreet and sensitive matters.
Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software/tools.
Experience developing dashboards, metrics, reports, or business intelligence-style analysis to support compliance, risk, legal, operations, finance, procurement, or sales teams.
Pay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.
● The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $97,000.00 - $129,000.00 - $141,900.00 annually.For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers
Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
The date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.
To apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.
EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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