Sr. Global Trade Legal & Compliance Manager
Medtronic
Summary
This individual will be part of a corporate Global Trade Legal & Compliance team in the Global Operations and Supply Chain Legal Department composed of lawyers and compliance professionals that combine deep substantive expertise in global trade areas core to Medtronic's business with in-house understanding of Medtronic's businesses. Team members work across business units and geographies to advise on complex trade legal and regulatory issues.
Job description
The Sr. Compliance Manager, Global Trade Legal & Compliance will lead the development, execution, and continuous improvement of Medtronic's global trade compliance program across businesses and geographies. The role will oversee enterprise policies, procedures, training, and controls governing import compliance, export controls, and sanctions, while advising senior business and functional leaders on material trade risks and effective mitigation strategies. This position could reside in either Minneapolis, MN; Washington, D.C.; or near a Medtronic site in the U.S. This position reports to the Director of Global Trade Legal & Compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the enterprise global trade compliance program, driving accountability for import, export control, and sanctions compliance.
- Maintain global trade compliance policies, procedures, standards, training, and governance mechanisms to reflect current legal requirements and business risks.
- Direct cross-functional identification, assessment, and mitigation of material trade compliance risks in partnership with Global Trade Operations, Supply Chain, the Office of Ethics & Compliance, regional experts, and business leaders.
- Establish and monitor controls, remediation plans, and program metrics that strengthen program effectiveness, audit readiness, and sustained compliance.
- Lead or coordinate the compliance response to significant investigations, litigation, potential violations, voluntary disclosures, and corrective actions in alignment with legal counsel and relevant stakeholders.
- Provide strategic trade compliance advice for business development activities, including risk-based due diligence, escalation of material findings, and integration planning.
- Deliver concise, decision-ready guidance to senior leaders and facilitate consistent execution and information sharing across businesses and regions.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of global trade compliance experience in a large, complex corporate environment, or an advanced degree with 5+ years of experience, including substantive responsibility for import compliance, export controls, sanctions, investigations or disclosures, and compliance program governance.
Nice to Have
- Experience in the healthcare, medical device, or life sciences industry and a strong understanding of the associated legal, regulatory, and business risk environment.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional compliance initiatives and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders in a global, matrixed organization.
- Executive-level written, oral, and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex compliance issues into clear decisions and actions.
- Experience with change management, process improvement, compliance technology, or data-driven program monitoring.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and drive timely execution in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of global trade compliance experience in a large, complex corporate environment, or an advanced degree with 5+ years of experience
- Substantive responsibility for import compliance, export controls, sanctions, investigations or disclosures, and compliance program governance
- Experience in the healthcare, medical device, or life sciences industry
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional compliance initiatives and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders in a global, matrixed organization
- Executive-level written, oral, and presentation skills
- Experience with change management, process improvement, compliance technology, or data-driven program monitoring
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and drive timely execution in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance/Reimbursement
- Simple Steps Well-being Program
- Incentive Plans
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.