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A Day in the Life
This individual will serve as export legal and compliance team program lead. This individual will be part of a corporate Global Trade Legal and Compliance team in the Global Operations and Supply Chain Legal Department composed of lawyers and compliance professionals that combines 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 1) advise businesses on complex legal regulatory questions, 2) identify common and conflicting legal issues and positions across the company, and 3) contribute to high-level policy decision-making.

This individual will provide legal and compliance advice to help mitigate risks and maintain compliance and provide support to Global Trade Operations, global regional and business unit lawyers, and other relevant Medtronic functions. Specific global trade areas of legal and compliance consult will include but are not limited to: U.S. export control regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and U.S. sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

This position could reside in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, MN, or another Medtronic site in the U.S. This position reports to the Director for Global Trade Legal and Compliance, Global Operations and Supply Chain Legal.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Counsel clients on compliance with U.S. export control regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and U.S. sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).


• Advise on restricted party screening and anti-boycott reporting.


• Working knowledge and capability to provide advice on regulatory programs administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the Unites States (CFIUS) and parallel non-U.S. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regimes.


• Provide legal guidance on the intersection of global trade compliance and strategic business initiatives.


• Stay abreast of legal regulatory changes related to trade compliance and provide interpretation and implementation guidance to impacted businesses, functions, and regions.


• Develop, implement and update the trade compliance program to drive compliance with global export laws, regulations and other trade-related requirements of US and non-US government agencies.


• Partner with enterprise and regional legal teams to develop legal/compliance standards and to implement risk mitigation activities on key global trade risks.


• Partner with enterprise supply chain, regional trade experts, and global/regional functional teams to manage export trade legal and compliance risks and work with such teams to implement effective controls to mitigate trade compliance risks.


• Partner with corporate and regional compliance teams to implement trade compliance program activities, serving as the export trade legal and compliance subject matter expert (SME).


• Provides strategic legal and compliance guidance for export program development.


• Ensure legal requirements related to company's global trade compliance policies and processes are current.


• Support global trade related litigation, investigations, and voluntary disclosures.


• Support periodic assessments and audits to guarantee compliance with applicable global trade laws and company policies.


• 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.


• Develop expertise and apply knowledge in discrete areas of global trade regulation and compliance.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Juris Doctor from nationally recognized Law School


• Licensed to practice law and in good standing under the Bar of at least one state


• 8+ years of experience with global trade legal and compliance programs

Nice to Have

• 10+ years of experience with global trade legal and compliance programs preferred


• Understanding of the legal regulatory environment and business risks for a Life Science Company


• Experience in the healthcare/medical device industry


• Experience with change management and/or process efficiency efforts (i.e. Lean Sigma)


• Project / program management experience


• Collaborative mindset, particularly in a matrix environment


• Effective interpersonal, oral, presentation, and written communication skills, particularly to senior leaders


• Ability to identify complex legal and compliance risks


• Proven influence management skills, both internal and external, with political savvy to communicate effectively with executive leaders and understand business


• Impeccable integrity

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$187,200.00 - $280,800.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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