Senior Director, Transfer Pricing

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Director, Transfer Pricing leads BD's global transfer pricing function and develops and continually evolves its global strategy, policies, and operating model. The role requires a strong understanding of BD's businesses and their evolution, including manufacturing and distribution, digital manufacturing, supply-chain transformation, and technology-enabled business processes. The Senior Director ensures transfer pricing policies remain aligned with business operations and applicable U.S. and international requirements.

This strategic leadership role sets priorities, governance, and transformation objectives while empowering direct reports to manage recurring tactical work. It provides strategic guidance on business developments, significant transactions and transformations, and transfer pricing risks and opportunities; leads major U.S. and non-U.S. transfer pricing controversies; and oversees the development of defensible, coordinated positions across jurisdictions.

The role also leads modernization of transfer pricing processes through automation, AI, analytics, and enterprise data capabilities. It establishes technology and data requirements, partners with relevant functions on systems initiatives, and develops scalable processes that improve data quality, transparency, controls, and efficiency. The Senior Director leads and develops the global team, establishes governance for material intercompany transactions, and works across Tax, Finance, Controllership, Treasury, Customs/Global Trade, Supply Chain, Legal, Technology, and business teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Tax, Business, or a related field.
• Typically 12 or more years of progressive transfer pricing or international tax experience, including experience in a complex multinational environment.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. Section 482, OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, and international transfer pricing principles.
• Significant experience with tangible-goods manufacturing, distribution, and global supply chains.
• Strong transfer pricing controversy experience, including U.S. and/or non-U.S. examinations and work with tax authorities, legal counsel, economists, and other advisors.
• Experience leading technology-enabled transfer pricing or tax process improvements, including automation, AI, analytics, or enterprise data platforms.
• Ability to understand significant business and technology developments and assess their transfer pricing implications.
• Strong financial and analytical skills and understanding of legal-entity financial results and intercompany transactions.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior Finance, Tax, and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success leading teams, developing talent, and delegating tactical execution to maintain focus on senior-level strategic priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• J.D., LL.M., CPA, master's degree, or other relevant professional credential.
• Experience with evolving business models involving software, connected products, SaaS, subscriptions, or recurring revenues.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously evolve BD's global transfer pricing strategy, policies, and operating model.
• Assess transfer pricing implications of significant business, product, supply-chain, technology, and operating-model developments.
• Provide transfer pricing leadership for business transformations, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and other significant initiatives.
• Advise senior Tax and Finance leaders on material transfer pricing risks, opportunities, and strategic decisions.
• Ensure transfer pricing policies are practical, supportable, aligned with operations, and consistent with applicable U.S. and international requirements.
• Lead transfer pricing aspects of significant U.S. and non-U.S. tax examinations and disputes.
• Develop controversy strategy with Tax leadership, internal legal counsel, and external advisors; oversee factual development, economic analyses, information requests, audit responses, and defense of BD's positions.
• Support IRS Appeals, competent authority/MAP proceedings, and litigation as appropriate, and manage external advisors involved in significant controversies.
• Coordinate and support transfer pricing positions across jurisdictions and apply lessons from disputes to strengthen policies, documentation, governance, and processes.
• Transform transfer pricing processes through automation, AI, analytics, and enterprise data capabilities.
• Establish the transfer pricing vision and business requirements for data and technology solutions, including Databricks and other enterprise platforms.
• Identify opportunities to automate monitoring, calculations, analytics, documentation, reporting, and exception identification.
• Partner with Finance, Digital and Technology, Supply Chain, and other functions on systems and technology initiatives affecting transfer pricing.
• Establish scalable processes that improve data quality, transparency, controls, and efficiency while reducing unnecessary manual work.
• Lead and develop the global transfer pricing team, establishing roles, responsibilities, escalation standards, and appropriate delegation of recurring tactical execution.
• Oversee global transfer pricing documentation and economic analyses and ensure consistency between policy and business operations.
• Establish effective governance over material intercompany transactions and financial flows, and monitor significant risks and exceptions.
• Partner across Tax, Finance, Controllership, Treasury, Customs/Global Trade, Supply Chain, Legal, Technology, and the businesses.
• Coach team members, develop technical expertise and leadership capability, and establish succession plans for future Tax leaders.
• Apply BD Excellence principles and structured problem solving to simplify, standardize, and continually improve processes and reduce recurring manual activities.

Benefits

• Annual bonus potential.
• Discretionary long-term incentive (LTI) bonus potential.
• Potential reimbursement of vehicle use/mileage and phone use.
• Medical coverage, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, dental coverage, vision coverage, hospital care insurance, critical illness insurance, accidental injury insurance, life and AD&D insurance, short-term disability coverage, long-term disability insurance, and long-term care with life insurance.
• Well-being resources, including wellness incentives and mental health, disease management, and other health support programs.
• BD 401(k) Plan and BD Deferred Compensation and Restoration Plan.
• Financial counseling and other financial well-being resources.
• Paid time off, including required state leaves.
• Educational assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• MetLife Legal Plan, group auto and home insurance, pet insurance, commuter benefits, and product and service discounts.
• Adoption assistance, backup day care and eldercare, caregiving assistance, and Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid parental leave and support for fertility, birthing, postpartum, and age-related hormonal changes.
• Bereavement, military, personal, family and medical, and jury and witness duty leave.
• Workplace accommodations, employer matching donations, academic achievement scholarships, and service recognition awards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior