Director, Global Product Compliance - Physical AI Hardware

The Elevator Pitch

Evolv Technology is the world's leading physical security AI company, redefining how people and organizations are protected from concealed weapons. Our hardware products — Evolv Express® and eXpedite™ — are deployed across thousands of venues worldwide, and we are rapidly expanding into global markets. As we scale, the regulatory compliance foundation that supports that growth needs to be just as strong as the technology itself.

Do you understand what it takes to bring a complex hardware product to market across multiple regions and certification domains in parallel — and can you build the processes that make compliance a competitive advantage rather than a bottleneck? Are you energized by owning end-to-end compliance accountability for products that are helping to protect people and communities every day?

Evolv's Product Management team is seeking a Director, Global Product Compliance, to own holistic regulatory compliance for our hardware products across global markets. This is a director-level role with a broad scope and direct business impact. The compliance frameworks you build and the decisions you make will directly determine our ability to ship, scale, and grow globally — putting our technology in the hands of the customers who need it most.

The Problem We're Solving

As Evolv expands our hardware products beyond the United States into other countries — in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, and beyond — the complexity of compliance has grown significantly. It now spans product regulatory certifications, equipment safety, EMC compliance, human safety, material compliance, country-specific certifications, localization, and HS codes. This work has high visibility and direct impact on our ability to close deals, ship products, and protect our customers. We need a dedicated leader who owns this end-to-end — with the expertise, rigor, and execution discipline to make it happen.

In this role, you will:

• Own end-to-end product regulatory compliance. Take full accountability for regulatory compliance across Evolv's hardware product portfolio — Express and eXpedite and future products — covering all product components, including tablets, LTE and Wi-Fi radios; EMC,
• immunity; electrical and radiation safety; regulatory markings; and NRTL certification. Ensure every product ships with the required certifications for each market.
• Lead global market compliance. Build and maintain a prioritized country compliance framework covering North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America. Understand country-specific certification requirements and own the execution plan to achieve and maintain compliance in each target market.
• Own responsibilities as the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). Serve as the designated RSO for Evolv's cabinet X-ray product, ensuring compliance with applicable low-energy field and human safety regulations across all deployment environments. This includes being trained and certified in radiation survey techniques and radiation safety management, conducting and maintaining required radiation surveys across all HQ and field systems, and collaborating with internal teams and external customers to manage RSO requirements at customer deployment sites, ensuring that every installation meets regulatory obligations and safety standards.
• Drive material and environmental compliance. Own RoHS, REACH, SCIP, and conflict minerals compliance across the product portfolio. Ensure all components and assemblies meet material compliance requirements for every target market and maintain accurate documentation and reporting.
• Manage HS codes and trade compliance. Review and maintain accurate Harmonized System (HS) of tariffs code classifications for all hardware products and components.
• Build a compliance workflow and execution framework. Design and implement a structured compliance checklist and workflow that ensures every product is compliance-ready before shipment to any market. Work with a prioritized country list to sequence compliance efforts aligned with business needs and sales pipeline. Make compliance a defined phase in the product-readiness process—not an afterthought.
• Partner cross-functionally. Work closely with Sales, Legal, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Hardware, and Systems Engineering to ensure compliance requirements are understood early in the product development cycle and addressed proactively. Be the compliance voice in product roadmap and stage gate product release discussions.
• Manage external test labs and certification bodies—own relationships with accredited test laboratories, certification bodies, and regulatory consultants. Manage testing schedules, submissions, and renewals to ensure certifications remain current as products evolve.
• Monitor the regulatory landscape. Working with outside consultants, stay current on regulatory developments across all target markets. Proactively identify upcoming changes that could impact product compliance and build response plans before they become blockers.

Success in the Role:

In the first 30 days, you will:

• Build relationships across Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, Product Management, Legal, and Sales to understand the current compliance posture and gaps.
• Audit existing certifications across Express and eXpedite.
• Understand the product architecture well enough to identify compliance dependencies across components — tablets, radios, power systems, and enclosures.
• Identify the highest-priority compliance gaps relative to near-term business needs and sales pipeline.
• Within 3 months, you will:
• Deliver a comprehensive compliance assessment across all target markets with a prioritized compliance plan.
• Build a compliance workflow and country-specific checklist framework that becomes the standard process for product shipment readiness.
• Establish working relationships with key external test labs and certification bodies.
• Begin executing against the highest-priority certification needs.
• Within 6 months, you will:
• Have a clear, documented compliance roadmap aligned with the product and sales roadmap.
• Close at least two high-priority certification or market compliance needs.
• Have the compliance checklist and workflow adopted as standard practice across Product and Engineering.
• Provide leadership with a clear view of compliance coverage — where we're solid and where we will focus next with an eye toward continuous improvement.

By the end of the first year, you will:

• Be the recognized product compliance authority at Evolv — internally and with external partners and customers.
• Have a mature, scalable product compliance framework in place that supports Evolv's international growth without creating bottlenecks.
• Deliver measurable improvements in product compliance readiness time and reduction in last-minute certification surprises.
• Have built a product compliance process that is integrated into the product development lifecycle from concept through shipment.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline required. 10+ years of experience in hardware product regulatory compliance, with direct experience managing certifications across multiple global markets.
• Knowledge of product compliance domains, including EMC, immunity, electrical and radiation safety, CE marking, NRTL, UL, FCC, as well as country-specific certifications across all target markets.
• Hands-on experience managing the full certification lifecycle — test lab selection and coordination, application submission, documentation, regulatory correspondence, approval, and renewal. Familiar with both product-level and component-level certification requirements, including tablets, LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and power systems across all applicable radio and safety frameworks.
• Strong working knowledge of RoHS, REACH, SCIP, and conflict minerals compliance requirements and reporting obligations.
• Familiarity with HS code classification, import/export documentation, and trade compliance requirements across multiple regions.
• Experience with radio certifications — LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth — across FCC, CE, and international equivalent frameworks.
• Proven ability to build and manage compliance workflows, checklists, and execution plans that translate regulatory requirements into operational readiness.
• Experience managing external test laboratories and certification bodies — including scheduling, submissions, and renewals.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills — you know how to work with Engineering, Legal, and Sales to embed compliance in the way we do business.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — you can translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, actionable guidance for technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have:

• Experience with security screening, weapons detection, or related regulated product categories.
• Experience with SAFETY Act applications.
• Experience as a Radiation Safety Officer or direct familiarity with RSO responsibilities and low-energy field human safety compliance.
• Familiarity with localization requirements — labeling, documentation, and language requirements for international markets.
• Experience supporting international sales teams with compliance documentation and customer-facing regulatory questions.
• Experience with ITAR/EAR compliance.

Compensation and Transparency Statement

The base salary range for this full-time position is $165,000- $225,000. In addition to base salary, this role offers a competitive target bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package. This range reflects our commitment to pay transparency and equity, in alignment with applicable state laws. Our compensation ranges are determined based on factors such as role, level, location, market benchmarks, and internal equity. The posted range represents the good-faith estimate o