Principal Legal Counsel Global Trade Legal & Compliance

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 Dec 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

This individual will be part of the Operations legal team and must possess deep substantive expertise in global trade areas core to the Medtronic Diabetes business. This role will work across geographies resulting in unique ability to 1) advise 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 import and customs compliance advice to help mitigate risks and provide support to Global Trade Operations global regional and business unit lawyers and other relevant functions. Specific global trade areas of legal and compliance consult will include but are not limited to customs valuation tariff classification country of origin & marking forced labor and provide legal expertise on US Government procurement responsibilities and Buy America Act. Experience in other substantive areas of law is a plus including procurement contracts environmental health and safety or facilities and real estate management.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronics Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

This position may be remote with preference for Southern California or other regional Minimed location. This position reports to the Assistant General Counsel Operations.

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

• Provide legal guidance on the intersection of multiple global trade compliance and strategic business initiatives
• Advise on import and customs compliance program activities (country of origin valuation HTS classification trade remedies drawback FTZs FTAs hand carry customs programs (CTPAT)
• Stay abreast of current legal regulatory changes related to trade compliance and analyze impacts by providing interpretation and implementation guidance to impacted business and regions
• Develop implement and update the trade compliance program to drive compliance with global import 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 trade compliance risks and work with such teams to implement effective controls to mitigate them
• Partner with corporate and regional compliance teams to implement trade compliance program activities serving as the import legal and compliance subject matter expert (SME)
• Ensure legal requirements related to companys global trade compliance policies and processes are current
• Provide legal support to colleagues on global trade related litigation compliance investigations and voluntary disclosures
• 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
• Develop and deliver legal and compliance training for employees on various global trade compliance requirements
• Conduct trade-related investigations and audits develop recommendations and support issue mitigation and resolution
• Exhibit a collaborative mindset in working globally particularly in a matrixed environment
• Possess effective interpersonal oral presentation and written communication skills

Must Have : Minimum Requirements

Nice to Have

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) : $160000.00 - $240000.00

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

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification / education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week : Health Dental and vision insurance Health Savings Account Healthcare Flexible Spending Account Life insurance Long-term disability leave Dependent daycare spending account Tuition assistance / reimbursement and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees : Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match Short-term disability Paid time off Paid holidays Employee Stock Purchase Plan Employee Assistance Program Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below :

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 95000 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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Abinitio,Apprentice,Dermatology,Cost Estimation,Data Networking,Liaison

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 160000 - 240000