Global Trade Compliance Director - Remote

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work eligibility

Comprehensive benefits (health, dental

401(k)

Job summary

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Director of Global Trade Compliance to lead and advance the company’s international trade compliance program. You will oversee import/export controls, sanctions, and customs processes across a global environment, while driving improvements in governance and internal controls.

The role requires strategic leadership, strong collaboration with Legal, Finance, Tax, and Supply Chain teams, and hands-on execution to support Cepheid’s growth with Danaher

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, International Trade, Supply Chain, Law, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive global trade compliance experience within multinational manufacturing.
• Experience leading and enhancing mature global trade compliance programs, including governance, policies, procedures, internal controls, compliance monitoring, audits, and continuous improvement.
• Experience developing and implementing compliant customs valuation methodologies, origin strategies, tariff mitigation programs, and trade planning initiatives with Finance, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Supply Chain, and Operations.
• Experience supporting global customs valuation programs, transfer pricing alignment, tariff mitigation initiatives, and trade compliance strategies in 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously enhance Cepheid's global trade compliance program to ensure compliance with applicable import, export, customs, sanctions, and other international trade regulations.
• Provide technical trade compliance guidance to Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Procurement, R&D, Operations, and Commercial functions.
• Provide global oversight of customs compliance programs, including customs valuation, tariff classification, country of origin, FTAs, broker management, post-entry activities, and duty optimization.
• Establish and monitor customs valuation methodologies for intercompany transactions with governance and documentation.
• Develop country of origin strategies, tariff mitigation programs, and trade planning initiatives with cross-functional teams.
• Lead the global trade compliance audit, monitoring, and internal controls framework with risk assessments and corrective actions.
• Lead trade compliance transformation and digitalization efforts using technology, automation, analytics, and data governance.

Skills

Global trade compliance

Leadership

Regulatory analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, International Trade, Supply Chain, Law, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline

Job description

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Director of Global Trade Compliance to lead and advance the company’s international trade compliance program. You will oversee import/export controls, sanctions, and customs processes across a global environment, while driving improvements in governance and internal controls.

The role requires strategic leadership, strong collaboration with Legal, Finance, Tax, and Supply Chain teams, and hands-on execution to support Cepheid’s growth with Danaher