Trade Services Manager
About The Position
The Trade Services Manager serves as the technical authority for RTS, leading high-value trade advisory services and shaping regulatory strategy for clients. The role translates complex global trade regulations into actionable guidance, optimization strategies, and scalable advisory offerings. The manager oversees customs technical disciplines—including classification, valuation, origin, and trade program design—and drives innovation in duty optimization, supply chain risk management, and emerging regulatory requirements. The position leads complex client engagements, provides technical guidance to senior client stakeholders, develops advisory services and internal capabilities, and partners with other RTS leadership to ensure technical advice can be delivered through governed, auditable workflows. The role is based in New York or Philadelphia with a hybrid in-office arrangement and reports to the Vice President, Regulatory & Trade Services.
Requirements
- 10–15+ years of experience in global trade, customs advisory, or trade compliance leadership.
- Deep expertise in tariff classification (HTS).
- Deep expertise in valuation methodologies.
- Deep expertise in rules of origin and FTAs.
- Deep expertise in duty optimization strategies, including drawback and FTZ.
- Strong understanding of U.S. and global trade regulations, including forced labor enforcement trends.
- Demonstrated experience advising senior stakeholders and leading complex engagements.
Nice To Haves
- Licensed Customs Broker (LCB) strongly preferred.
- PMP certification preferred.
- Experience building trade data models, classification systems, or optimization tools.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary subject matter authority for customs and trade regulations.
- Lead complex advisory engagements across classification, valuation, origin, and trade programs.
- Provide strategic guidance on regulatory interpretation, defensibility, and risk-based decision-making.
- Partner with clients to design, enhance, and mature global trade compliance programs.
- Oversee or deliver advanced tariff classification determinations, including complex and multijurisdictional matters, and HS classification governance including Chapter 98/99 applications.
- Lead customs valuation analysis and structuring, including assists and transfer pricing considerations.
- Support prior disclosures and proactive compliance strategies.
- Govern product and customs data frameworks to ensure classification accuracy and data integrity.
- Develop and execute duty optimization strategies and analytics, duty drawback programs, and Foreign Trade Zone and bonded warehousing strategies.
- Drive FTA solicitation, qualification, and Country of Origin determinations, including enablement through tools such as TradeVerifyd.
- Lead supply chain mapping and visibility, forced labor risk assessments and compliance strategies such as UFLPA readiness, and trade-driven supply chain performance optimization.
- Partner with TradeVerifyd to deliver data-driven insights and solutions.
- Deliver compliance consulting engagements and advise senior client stakeholders in Legal, Compliance, Supply Chain, and Finance.
- Support clients through regulatory change, enforcement actions, and emerging requirements.
- Lead client training and education programs and build internal learning, certification, and knowledge-sharing frameworks for RTS teams.
- Provide advisory help desk support and temporary technical staffing solutions as needed.
- Identify, design, and launch advisory services aligned with emerging regulatory and enforcement trends and trade modernization initiatives such as ACE enhancements and PGA digitization.
- Support jump-team initiatives for high-priority or complex client engagements.
- Partner with Execution & Case Management leadership to translate advisory into executable workflows.
- Partner with Compliance, Governance & Enablement leadership to ensure technical positions are governed and auditable.
- Establish and maintain technical standards across RTS.
- Support sales and solution design efforts with technical credibility and thought leadership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
