Director, Global Trade Compliance

🕒 May 22

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $165k - $227.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Symbotic

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔧 Hardware

🤝 B2B

Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • B2B

Symbotic is an industrial automation company that provides an end-to-end, AI-powered warehouse automation platform combining autonomous mobile robots, advanced vision and sensing, and orchestration software to modernize supply chains. Its system integrates hardware and intelligent software to increase throughput, accuracy, and storage density for retail, grocery, CPG, and wholesale customers, solving labor constraints and operational inefficiencies in distribution and fulfillment operations.

📋 Description

• Define and lead Symbotic’s global trade compliance strategy, governance, and program execution across all regions, aligned with business growth, operational priorities, and risk tolerance • Build and scale a global trade compliance program, including operating model, governance frameworks, escalation pathways, and capability roadmap • Define and drive the enterprise strategy for global trade management systems, ensuring successful deployment, adoption, and continuous optimization • Establish and enforce enterprise-wide policies, standards, and internal controls for import/export compliance, including tariff and export control classification valuation, country of origin, sanctions screening, and licensing • Ensure compliance with U.S. and international trade regulations and partner government agency requirements • Embed trade compliance into ERP systems, workflows, data structures, and automation strategies to enable scalable and consistent execution • Integrate trade compliance into supply chain execution, product development, and change management by partnering with Production Control, Sourcing, Engineering, and Operations teams • Lead export controls program, including denied/restricted party screening, sanctions compliance, end-use due diligence, and technology/data transfer controls • Oversee import and export operations, including import entry processing, export transaction review and clearance, and regulatory requirements management • Drive international trade strategy, including utilization of preferential trade programs duty optimization, and tariff mitigation • Govern customs brokers, freight forwarders, and external partners, including performance management, standardization, and audit oversight • Ensure compliance across installation and service operations, including temporary imports, commissioning activities, spare parts flow, and repair/return (RMA) processes • Own trade compliance data integrity within enterprise systems, ensuring accurate classification, valuation, and country of origin data • Develop and lead internal audit and controls programs, including risk assessments, documentation standards, corrective actions, and continuous monitoring of global risk exposure • Define and track KPIs and performance metrics to measure compliance effectiveness, risk exposure, and operational impact • Drive continuous improvement in data quality, process efficiency, control effectiveness, and overall program scalability • Serve as the primary interface with government agencies, auditors, and regulatory bodies globally • Act as the executive escalation point for complex, high-risk, or time-sensitive trade compliance decisions, balancing regulatory requirements with business needs • Ensure global alignment of trade compliance standards while enabling effective regional execution • Partner with executive leadership across Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, Legal, IT, and Commercial teams to guide trade-related risk, cost, and operational decisions • Develop and deliver training programs to build organizational awareness and capability in trade compliance • Build and lead a high-performing global trade compliance organization, fostering accountability, talent development, and a culture of continuous improvement

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, International Business, Logistics, Law, or related field required • Minimum 12 years of experience in trade compliance, global trade operations, or international logistics, with increasing scope and responsibility • Minimum 5 years of experience in a leadership role, with accountability for program oversight and decision-making • Deep knowledge of U.S. and international trade regulations, including classification, country of origin, export controls, and licensing • Experience supporting multi-site, project-based operations (automation, manufacturing, or capital equipment environments preferred) • Proven ability to design and scale trade compliance programs and operating models • Experience implementing or managing trade compliance systems (e.g., SAP GTS, Oracle GTM, or similar)

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • disability • 401K • PTO