openai - Europe Trade Compliance Lead

• Design compliant trading and supply-chain structures with Legal, direct tax and indirect tax teams. Evaluate company, transaction, partner and supplier arrangements to improve cost, speed and operating reliability. • Build the European trade compliance program and launch cross-border shipping routes. Put customs, import, export, sanctions and cross-border e-commerce requirements into workable processes. • Own ongoing European import, export and returns operations, including customs warehousing where needed. Manage brokers and service providers, resolve issues and maintain reliable service as volume and complexity grow. • Set and test compliance policies and controls for each legal entity. Maintain required authorizations, respond to rule changes, prepare for audits, resolve gaps and report risks to leaders. • Personally manage relationships with customs and other trade authorities. Work with Legal to defend compliance positions and programs, respond to audits and inquiries, and resolve issues. • Use AI to improve trade analysis, document review and ongoing monitoring. Build and test these processes, retain human review and decision records, and measure gains in accuracy and speed. • Use shipment, inventory and customs data to investigate problems and compare options. Define the data and systems the program needs, and track whether processes and controls work. • Bring business, supply chain, Finance, Tax, Legal and technology teams together to turn strategy into clear procedures, training and measurable operating improvements. • You might thrive in this role if you have: • A record of building trade programs from the ground up and making business decisions that balance compliance, cost, speed and operating needs, in partnership with Legal and Tax. • Direct experience managing hardware imports and bonded warehouse compliance across multiple European countries. Personal responsibility for decisions, controls and ongoing operations. • Experience personally managing regulatory relationships and defending compliance programs, positions and actions in reviews, audits or inquiries. • Ability to investigate detailed data, question assumptions and recommend action. Practical experience using AI tools and checking their outputs. • Experience leading work across internal teams, partners and suppliers, including European cross-border e-commerce requirements and the processes needed to meet them. • Sound judgment, personal accountability and clear communication when facts or requirements are uncertain; a relevant degree or equivalent practical experience. • Preferred signals • Experience applying European indirect tax law alongside customs law to design effective cross-border structures. • Experience managing trade compliance at the volume and complexity of a global supply chain. • Experience with major device or semiconductor manufacturers, technology businesses or Big Four trade advisory teams, combining strategy with direct responsibility for execution. • Experience introducing AI, trade software or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems into daily operations, with measured improvements in accuracy, risk detection or processing time.