Global Trade Compliance Manager - Sanctions Screening and Clinical Valuation Lead

Career Category

Compliance

Job Description

JOIN AMGEN’S MISSION OF SERVING PATIENTS

At Amgen, if you feel like you are a part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission, to serve patients living with serious illnesses, drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas – Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease – we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Global Trade Compliance Manager - Sanctions Screening and Clinical Valuation Lead

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What you will do: Sanctions and Ownership Screening

In this role, you will serve as the global screening lead responsible for executing and continuously improving Amgen’s sanctions and ownership compliance framework under:

U.S. Department of Treasury – Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

U.S. Department of Commerce – Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS)

Other global regulatory agencies

You will act as the primary escalation point for sanctions screening alerts involving counterparties, transactions, and ownership structures. This includes responsibility for analyzing complex corporate ownership chains to determine applicability of OFAC’s 50% aggregation rule and BIS Entity List/ MEU (Military End User) ownership requirements.

Partnering cross-functionally with Compliance, Legal, Sourcing, Finance, Operations, and Business Units, you will help ensure Amgen’s global activities are conducted in full compliance with international trade laws while mitigating regulatory, financial, and reputational risk.

This role combines investigative rigor, regulatory experience, data analysis, and process innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Sanctions & 50% Ownership Screening Oversight

Serve as subject matter expert on OFAC 50% Ownership aggregation principles and BIS 50% Entity List alignment requirements

Conduct enhanced due diligence on counterparties to determine ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO)

Aggregate ownership interests across direct and indirect shareholders to assess sanctions exposure

Screen vendors, customers, banks, and other counterparties against:

OFAC SDN List

BIS Entity List / Military End User Lists

Other applicable restricted party lists

Review, analyze, and adjudicate screening alerts; determine true matches vs. false positives. Serves as primary escalation contact for high-risk sanctions determinations

Investigations & Complex Ownership Analysis

Identify hidden or indirect sanctioned ownership exposure

Gather and interpret information from public records, corporate registries, databases, and commercial screening tools

Develop comprehensive case files documenting findings, risk assessments, and recommended actions

Prepare clear, well-supported investigative reports for leadership and Legal review

Regulatory Guidance & Risk Mitigation

Monitor evolving OFAC/BIS and other regulatory developments and enforcement trends

Provide real-time guidance to internal stakeholders on risk

Technology & Process Optimization

Leverage screening systems, compliance management tools, and data analytics platforms to improve efficiency

Identify automation opportunities, including AI-enabled first-pass review capabilities

Drive process improvements to reduce manual inefficiencies while maintaining compliance integrity

Partner with systems teams to enhance screening workflows and reporting capabilities

What you will do: Clinical Customs Valuation Lead

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for supporting global customs clinical valuation assignments by ensuring accurate customs valuation in compliance with international trade regulations.

Apply knowledge of trade compliance requirements to support global clinical valuation activities

Support the assignment of customs values for clinical materials in accordance with World Customs Organization (WCO) valuation principles

Review dashboards for new product setup and demand forecasts to anticipate valuation needs and prioritize activities

Support year-end true-up activities for global clinical customs valuation and ensure new values in SAP are entered accurately and timely

Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure customs values for new clinical materials are accurately entered in SAP

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What we expect of you

We seek a professional who combines regulatory expertise, analytical rigor, and sound judgment with the ability to operate in a dynamic global environment.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience in compliance or screening operations, risk management, regulatory affairs, audit, law, or a related field

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Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience in compliance, risk management, regulatory affairs, audit, law, or a related field

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High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience in compliance, risk management, regulatory affairs, audit, law, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

Basic understanding of WCO customs valuation principles and international trade compliance

Strong knowledge of:

OFAC sanctions regulations and 50% aggregation rule

BIS Entity List / MEU requirements

Experience conducting ownership due diligence and UBO investigations

Familiarity with sanctions screening platforms (e.g., Dow Jones, Descartes, MK Denial, Sayari, Kharon, SAP GTS, Oracle GTM)

Advanced analytical skills and ability to interpret complex ownership structures

Experience preparing investigative reports for senior leadership

Proficiency in compliance systems, analytics tools, and AI-enabled monitoring solutions

Strong project management capabilities

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating across a global matrix

High ethical standards and professional integrity

Adaptable and eager to learn new technologies and regulatory trends impacting regional compliance

High ethical standards, integrity, and sensitivity to diverse groups, with the ability to influence and resolve conflict constructively

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