Global Trade Compliance Director & Counsel

Overview

The organization is seeking a leader to oversee global trade compliance, providing strategy, governance, risk assessment, and legal guidance to ensure effective import/export, customs, and sanctions compliance across worldwide operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organization’s global trade compliance program, including strategy, governance, risk assessments, policies, procedures, controls, and continuous improvement, aligned with Ethics and Compliance leadership and business priorities.
• Provide legal advice and operational execution guidance for the global trade compliance program, translating applicable laws and regulations into practical, standardized business processes and controls.
• Assess the impact of global import, export, customs, sanctions, and related regulatory developments on businesses, products, customers, and supply chains; lead timely implementation of required changes.
• Lead, develop, and appropriately resource a high-performing global trade compliance team, fostering engagement, accountability, innovation, and alignment with program purpose and priorities.
• Partner with stakeholders to embed trade compliance requirements into business processes, systems, and decision-making.
• Oversee risk-based training and communications to increase awareness, reinforce governance and control requirements, and address higher-risk activities by country, region, function, and role.
• Establish and monitor controls for restricted-party screening, sanctions and embargoes, end-use and end-user restrictions, and escalation and resolution of potential matches.
• Direct trade compliance due diligence and integration for acquisitions, divestitures, new products, new markets, and material supply-chain or business changes.
• Manage and provide legal counsel on government inquiries, audits, investigations, disclosures, and enforcement matters; oversee related corrective actions and remediation.
• Develop analytics, metrics, and periodic reporting to evaluate program effectiveness, identify trends and control gaps, support data-driven decisions, and communicate material risks and progress to leadership and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; Juris Doctor required; active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 8+ years of international trade compliance experience within a global organization, including responsibility for import and export compliance and demonstrated experience leading a global team and program.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, engineering, technology, or other complex global supply-chain operations.
• Experience interacting with customs authorities and other government agencies, including handling government investigations, disclosures, audits, and remediation.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of global trade laws and regulations, including those administered by CBP, BIS, OFAC, DDTC, or similar global regulatory agency requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Global (including US, Latin America, EU, EMEA/I, APAC) import/export compliance regulations.
• Strong executive communication and change-management skills, with demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams in a global matrix environment.
• Ability to translate complex trade laws and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable business controls.
• Knowledge of government procurement and domestic-content certification requirements, including the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) (preferred, not required).

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation Range: $172,900.00 - $257,000.00
• Depending on the position offered, the employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.
• Benefits for eligible full-time employees may include:
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans; flexible spending accounts
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits; critical illness; accident insurance; life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan (both include a company match)
  • Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement; caregiver support; personal and parental leave; back-up care services; paid time off including volunteer time; well-being program; and/or legal & identity theft protection

Location

• Principal office: London
• Management office: Minneapolis
• Pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location.