Overview As Director of Global Trade Compliance, you will lead Cepheid's international trade program to ensure import/export and sanctions compliance across a complex global operation. You'll partner across supply chain, legal, finance, and R&D to manage regulatory risk and enable growth, while driving governance, controls, and continuous improvement. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, including digitalizing compliance processes. You help sustain a mature program in alignment with Danaher standards, contributing to Cepheid's mission to advance healthcare worldwide.
Compensation / Benefits- remote work eligible
- paid time off
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- bonus/incentive pay
Responsibilities- Lead and continuously enhance the global trade compliance program in line with import/export, sanctions, and other regulatory requirements
- Serve as Cepheid's primary trade compliance expert and provide guidance to cross-functional teams
- Oversee customs compliance programs including valuation, tariff classification, country of origin, FTAs, broker management, and post-entry activities
- Develop and maintain customs valuation methodologies for intercompany transactions with Tax and Transfer Pricing
- Create country of origin strategies, tariff mitigation, and trade planning with Supply Chain, R&D, Sourcing, and Operations
- Lead the global trade compliance audit, monitoring, and internal controls framework
- Drive trade compliance transformation and digitalization through technology, automation, analytics, and data governance
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in Business, International Trade, Supply Chain, Law, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline
- 12+ years of progressive global trade compliance experience in a multinational manufacturing environment
- Experience applying customs requirements across multiple jurisdictions (valuation, tariff classification, origin, FTAs, export controls, sanctions)
- Proven track record leading and maturing global trade compliance programs (governance, policies, controls, audits, continuous improvement)
- Experience developing compliant customs valuation, origin strategies, tariff mitigation, and trade planning in partnership with Finance, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Supply Chain, and Operations
- Experience supporting global customs valuation programs, transfer pricing alignment, and regulatory strategies in multinational settings
- Experience in diagnostics, medical devices, life sciences, healthcare tech, or similarly regulated industries, including trade compliance tech and digital transformation
- Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally
- Strategic thinking
- Stakeholder influence and collaboration
- Strong communication
- Customs valuation
- Tariff classification
- Country of origin
