Danaher

Senior Director, Global Trade Compliance (USA REMOTE or Hebron, KY)

Danaher$220K — $260K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/BA with 20+ years in global trade compliance, preferably in regulated industries.
  • Expertise in global import/export regulations and familiarity with US and international trade frameworks.
  • Experience in delivering results by building partnerships and influencing business decision-makers.
  • Strong analytical skills, utilizing data and KPIs for compliance and operational improvements.
  • Commitment to a compliance-first culture with a focus on ethics and accountability.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 25%, including global travel.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a global trade compliance team, enhancing capabilities across various products and regions.
  • Develop a best-in-class trade compliance function by optimizing team structure and expertise.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional trade compliance leadership to align on global initiatives.
  • Execute and own the global trade compliance strategy, ensuring regulatory alignment with business goals.
  • Liaise with customs authorities, addressing compliance risks and communicating with leadership.
  • Drive trade compliance audits and monitoring programs to enhance internal controls.
  • Champion the digitization of trade compliance processes, integrating advanced technologies.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement offered for flexibility.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and health insurance.
  • 401(k) plan available to eligible employees.
  • Opportunities for professional development within a cutting-edge healthcare environment.
Full Job Description

The Senior Director, Global Trade Compliance is responsible for shaping and advancing how Beckman Coulter Diagnostics approaches trade compliance, ensuring the company remains compliant in a dynamic global business environment. The role also focuses on identifying and driving strategic opportunities to optimize costs and improve operational efficiency.  This leader will develop and execute the longterm roadmap to strengthen functional capabilities, enhance compliance posture, and optimize the organizational structure supporting global trade operations. They will manage a diverse global team and serve as a handson thought leader, designing programs and processes that maximize performance, mitigate risk, and support business objectives through deep expertise in import and export regulations and trade compliance best practices.  

This position is part of the Global Logistics and Distribution function and will be fully remote, reporting to the Vice President of Global Logistics and Distribution, responsible for the strategy and execution of Beckman Coulters logistics, transportation, distribution and trade compliance functions that span six continents and encompasses over $300M in spend.  If you thrive in an environment where you can build best in class global trade compliance capabilities and teams worldwide while delivering meaningful resultsread on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Lead a global team of trade compliance professionals, building capability across diverse products, value streams, and geographies while collaborating across a matrix of trade operations partners throughout the network

  • Build and strengthen a bestinclass global trade compliance function by enhancing organizational capabilities, optimizing team structure, and developing sustainable expertise across the network

  • Work collaboratively with Danaher and Diagnostics platform trade compliance leadership to align priorities, policies, and strategic initiatives across the global organization.

  • Own and execute the global trade compliance strategy, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, operational priorities, and Beckman Coulter Diagnostics mission to relentlessly reimagine healthcare through innovation and continuous improvement.

  • Serve as the primary liaison with customs authorities and regulatory agencies, integrating trade compliance risks into enterprise risk management and communicating exposure, mitigation plans, and business impact to leadership.

  • Drive comprehensive trade compliance audit and monitoring programs to identify gaps, strengthen internal controls, and implement process improvements.

  • Champion the global trade compliance digitization roadmap by enhancing existing automation, identifying opportunities to integrate advanced and AIenabled technologies, and leading their adoption across classification, licensing, valuation, and auditing workflowswhile influencing stakeholders and securing leadership buyin to modernize and scale compliance operations.

The essential requirements of the job include:

  • BS/BA and 20+ years of experience leading global trade compliance programs and teams in metric/KPIdriven global manufacturing organizations, preferably within medical device, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated multinational companies.

  • Deep subject matter expertise in global import/export regulations, including WTO, WCO, U.S. and nonU.S. customs rules, tariff classification, country of origin, preferential trade programs, and valuation methodologies, with working knowledge of EAR, OFAC, and EU export control frameworks.

  • Proven record of delivering results through others, including building crossfunctional partnerships, influencing senior business leaders, and driving decisionmaking within large, complex matrixed organizations.

  • Strong analytical mindset with experience using data, KPIs, and risk assessment methodologies to solve problems, prioritize work, and drive continuous improvement in compliance and operational performance.

  • Demonstrated commitment to ethics, transparency, accountability, and maintaining a compliancefirst culture while enabling business success.

  • Travel around 25% to include some global travel.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

  • Advanced degree in International Business, Trade, Law, or a related field; MBA or JD preferred.

  • Professional certifications in trade compliance or customs law (e.g., LCB, etc.).

  • Leading global trade compliance or trade operations in medical device, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, or life sciences multinational  corporations

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.

The annual salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $220,000 to $260,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

 

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

 

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company27s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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About Danaher

Beckman Coulter develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. More than 275,000 Beckman Coulter systems operate in both Diagnostics and Life Sciences laboratories on seven continents. For more than 75 years, our products have been making a difference in peoples' lives by improving the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery.

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Founded
1969
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