# Europe Trade Compliance Lead

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: Dublin, Leinster
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

We are seeking a Europe Trade Compliance Lead to build and run OpenAI's trade compliance program across Europe. The successful candidate will have deep European customs expertise, including EU customs law, classification, valuation, origin and importer/exporter responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

- Design compliant trading and supply-chain structures with Legal, direct tax and indirect tax teams.

- Build the European trade compliance program and launch cross-border shipping routes.

- Own ongoing European import, export and returns operations, including customs warehousing where needed.

- Set and test compliance policies and controls for each legal entity.

- Personally manage relationships with customs and other trade authorities.

- Use AI to improve trade analysis, document review and ongoing monitoring.

- Use shipment, inventory and customs data to investigate problems and compare options.

- Bring business, supply chain, Finance, Tax, Legal and technology teams together to turn strategy into clear procedures, training and measurable operating improvements.

Requirements:

- Deep European customs expertise, including EU customs law, classification, valuation, origin and importer/exporter responsibilities.

- A record of building trade programs from the ground up and making business decisions that balance compliance, cost, speed and operating needs.

- Direct experience managing hardware imports and bonded warehouse compliance across multiple European countries.

- Experience personally managing regulatory relationships and defending compliance programs.

- Ability to investigate detailed data, question assumptions and recommend action.

Preferred qualifications:

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- European customs law
- trade compliance
- AI

### Nice to have
- European indirect tax law
- global supply chain management

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