Senior Compliance Manager-Global Trade Legal Compliance

About the position

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. 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 resulting in unique ability to advise businesses on complex legal regulatory questions, identify common and conflicting legal issues and positions across the company, and contribute to high-level policy decision-making. The Sr. Compliance Manager, Global Trade Legal & Compliance will aid in the ongoing enhancement of our global trade compliance program, ensuring adherence to import regulations, export controls, and sanctions laws. They will be responsible for managing, creating, and enforcing global policies, procedures, training, and systems that support global trade compliance. This position could reside in either Washington, D.C. or Minneapolis, MN; or near a Medtronic site in the U.S. This position reports to the Director of Global Trade Legal & Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement ongoing trade compliance program that drives accountability for compliance with import requirements, export controls, and sanctions regulations.
• Partner with enterprise supply chain, regional trade experts, and global/regional functional teams to manage trade compliance risks and work with such teams to implement effective controls to mitigate them.
• Partner with corporate and regional compliance teams to implement trade compliance program activities.
• Ensure legal requirements related to company’s global trade compliance policies and processes are current.
• Provide support to colleagues on global trade related litigation, compliance investigations and voluntary disclosures.
• Collaborate with Global Trade Operations and Office of Ethics & Compliance along with other internal stakeholders in support of risk assessment, auditing and monitoring activities.
• Identify and drive mitigation of global trade legal risks that cross Medtronic businesses and facilitate information sharing across Medtronic businesses.
• Collaborate with business and regional partners on due diligence reviews of global trade compliance matters in connection with potential business development activities.
• Support the development and delivery of legal and compliance training for employees on various global trade compliance requirements.
• Exhibit a collaborative mindset in working globally, particularly in a matrixed environment.
• Possess effective interpersonal, oral, presentation, and written communication skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of project/program management experience with global trade compliance programs in a large-scale corporate environment and 5+ years of managerial experience, or an advanced degree with 5+ years’ experience and 5+ years managerial experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the healthcare/medical device industry.
• Understanding of the legal regulatory environment and business risks for a life science company.
• Experience with change management and/or process efficiency efforts (i.e. Lean Sigma).
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven influence management skills, both internal and external, with savvy to communicate effectively with leaders.

Benefits

• Health, Dental and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
• Life insurance.
• Long-term disability leave.
• Dependent daycare spending account.
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement.
• Simple Steps (global well-being program).
• Incentive plans.
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match.
• Short-term disability.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums).
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).