Europe Trade Compliance Lead

Job description

About the Team Tax and Trade helps shape how OpenAI brings new technologies to the world. We help build the foundations for global expansion and new hardware businesses, combining expertise in tax, customs and export controls with creative problem-solving. Our work brings together technology, regulation and global commerce. We solve new problems with teams across OpenAI and use data, AI and automation to support a growing business. Joining the team means helping turn ambitious ideas into products and capabilities that reach people around the world. Based in Dublin, Ireland, with a hybrid schedule of three office days each week. Relocation support is available for new hires. About the Role You will build and run OpenAI’s trade compliance program across Europe. Your remit spans cross-border shipping routes, partner and supplier arrangements, daily trade operations and compliance oversight for the legal entities involved. You will work with Legal, direct tax and indirect tax teams to design structures that meet trade requirements while improving cost and speed. We are looking for someone who can build from the ground up, make sound business decisions and stay close to execution. You will also help set a new benchmark for how trade compliance programs use AI to improve decisions, strengthen controls and support growth. In this role, you will: 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, doc…