Assistant General Counsel, International Trade

Company Description

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position 

The Assistant General Counsel, International Trade leverages deep knowledge and expertise of the international trade landscape to help ensure Intuitive’s compliance with global trade laws, rules, and regulations.  The role is responsible for tracking developments in law, providing practical legal guidance, monitoring policies and procedures, providing training and education, conducting internal investigations, and supporting audits in the areas of export, import, and customs compliance, trade sanctions, investment restrictions, and third-party screenings.  The candidate will be a key member of the Corporate and Compliance team within the Legal Department and closely collaborate with Supply Chain, GPA, Regulatory, EMS, Facilities, and Trade stakeholders.

Essential Job Duties (Specific responsibilities and tasks an individual would be expected to perform in the role. Additional job duties may be determined by functional people manager):

• Serve as lead counsel on U.S. and global trade regimes and issues, including export, import, and customs compliance activities (country of origin, valuation, classification, tariffs, trade remedies, drawbacks, FTZs, and FTAs), and advise on export controls (including with respect to controlled technology and other sensitive goods), import controls related to human rights concerns, U.S., EU, UK, and UN economic and trade sanctions (including regulator engagement), CFIUS and foreign direct investment restrictions, sanctioned country licensing, restricted party screening, antidumping and countervailing duties, and antiboycott reporting.
• Support the internal third-party management program, including supply chain due diligence and compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, and other anti-corruption laws around the world.
• Provide guidance and input on the trade compliance program to ensure adherence to global import and export laws, rules, regulations, and other trade-related requirements.
• Monitor, interpret, and stay current on geopolitical developments, laws, and regulations and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for business teams.
• Coordinate with the New Business Development, Legal, Compliance, and Finance teams during due diligence for equity investment and M&A transactions to assess trade exposure, jurisdictional risk, and market-entry structuring, and manage issues concerning the U.S. outbound investment security program, Foreign Direct Investment regimes, and other cross-border investment restrictions, and support other diligence and integration activities.
• Partner with Supply Chain, GPA, Regulatory, Compliance, EMS, Trade, and regional Legal teams to ensure coordinated responses to regulatory changes and enforcement trends.
• Prepare and advise on trade compliance policies and procedures to ensure all employees, contractors, and agents understand and follow the necessary guidelines for international trade activities.
• Develop and deliver legal and compliance training for employees on global trade compliance requirements.
• Conduct trade-related risk assessments and investigations and support audits to identify any potential risks or violations, develop recommendations, and drive issue mitigation, remediation, and resolution.
• Select and supervise outside counsel on trade-related projects.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience 

• Minimum of eight (8) years of legal experience in private practice, government, and/or in-house.  Track record of driving trade initiatives at a multinational company preferred.
• J.D. and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state.