Director, Global Trade Compliance

Danaher Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

401(k) plan

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Director of Global Trade Compliance to lead and advance its international trade program, ensuring adherence to import/export, sanctions, and customs rules from a remote setting. The role partners across Corporate and Platform Trade Compliance to support growth while enforcing Danaher standards.

The successful candidate will sustain a mature program, strengthen stakeholder engagement, manage risk, and drive continuous improvement with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, International Trade, Supply Chain, Law, Finance, or related discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive global trade compliance experience within multinational manufacturing.
• Experience leading mature global trade compliance programs with governance, policies, and internal controls.
• Experience developing customs valuation methodologies, origin strategies, and tariff mitigation programs.
• Experience in diagnostics, medical devices, or life sciences industries with trade compliance tech/digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cepheid’s global trade compliance program to align with Danaher standards and business objectives.
• Act as the primary trade compliance SME for Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, Tax, and R&D functions.
• Oversee customs compliance programs including valuation, tariff classification, country of origin, and FTAs.
• Develop and maintain origin strategies, tariff mitigation, and trade planning activities with cross-functional teams.
• Lead audit, monitoring, and internal controls framework for regulatory compliance.
• Drive transformation and digitalization using technology and analytics to improve compliance and efficiency.

Skills

Global trade compliance

Governance & controls

Audits

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, International Trade, Supply Chain, Law, Finance, or related

Tools

Trade compliance software

Job description

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you'll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Director, Global Trade Compliance is responsible for leading, sustaining, and advancing Cepheid’s global trade compliance program, ensuring compliance with import, export, sanctions, customs, and other international trade regulations across a complex global business environment. This role will oversee the ongoing effectiveness of Cepheid’s established trade compliance program while driving continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen governance, internal controls, customs valuation processes, and global regulatory compliance.

This position reports to the Vice President, Global Fulfillment & Distribution and is part of the Cepheid Supply Chain organization and will be fully remote. Serving as Cepheid’s primary trade compliance subject matter expert, this role partners across Corporate and Platform Trade Compliance, and key Cepheid teams to support business growth while ensuring compliance with Danaher standards and applicable global trade regulations.

The successful candidate will be a strategic and hands-on leader who can effectively sustain a mature trade compliance program, strengthen global partnerships, oversee compliance controls and audits, influence stakeholders across the organization, and identify opportunities to further enhance trade compliance capabilities in support of Cepheid’s global operations.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and continually enhance Cepheid’s global trade compliance program to ensure compliance with applicable import, export, customs, sanctions, and other international trade regulations, aligned with Danaher standards and business objectives
• Serve as Cepheid’s primary trade compliance subject matter expert, providing technical trade compliance guidance to Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Procurement, R&D, Operations, and Commercial functions to manage regulatory risks and support global business growth
• Provide global oversight of customs compliance programs, including customs valuation, tariff classification, country of origin, free trade agreements, customs broker management, post-entry activities, and duty optimization initiatives
• Establish, document, maintain, and monitor customs valuation methodologies for intercompany transactions in partnership with Tax and Transfer Pricing, including governance requirements, supporting documentation, and alignment between customs and transfer pricing requirements
• Develop and maintain country of origin strategies, tariff mitigation programs, and trade planning initiatives in partnership with Supply Chain, R&D, Sourcing, and Operations to support business continuity and cost optimization
• Lead the global trade compliance audit, monitoring, and internal controls framework, including compliance risk assessments, corrective actions, management reporting, and continuous improvement activities
• Lead trade compliance transformation and digitalization initiatives using technology, automation, analytics, and data governance to improve recordkeeping, commercial invoice management, supplier solicitation programs, compliance monitoring, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, International Trade, Supply Chain, Law, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline with 12+ years of progressive global trade compliance experience within multinational manufacturing
• 12+ years of experience applying customs compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions, including customs valuation, tariff classification, country of origin, free trade agreements, export controls, sanctions, and other global trade regulatory requirements
• Experience leading and enhancing mature global trade compliance programs, including governance, policies, procedures, internal controls, compliance monitoring, audits, customs risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Experience developing and implementing compliant customs valuation methodologies, origin strategies, tariff mitigation programs, and trade planning initiatives in partnership with Finance, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Supply Chain, and Operations functions
• Experience supporting global customs valuation programs, transfer pricing alignment, tariff mitigation initiatives, and trade compliance strategies within multinational organizations
• Experience within diagnostics, medical devices, life sciences, healthcare technology, or other highly regulated industries, including implementation of trade compliance technology, automation, and digital transformation initiatives
• Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally to support business operations, audits, compliance initiatives, and global trade compliance stakeholders

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Cepheid 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 Cepheid can provide.

The annual salary range is $190,000 - $220,000. 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 Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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