Customs & Trade Regulatory Counsel

This senior attorney role acts as a trusted adviser to functional heads senior corporate officers and business leaders on six continents on issues that carry material regulatory financial operational and reputational risk. The position is designed for an attorney who exercises impeccable judgment independent decisionmaking and executive presence and who can shape enterprise trade strategy at scale.

About UPS

UPS is one of the worlds largest transportation and logistics companies operating a highly integrated global network that enables commerce for businesses of all sizes. Through its parcel logistics freight forwarding customs brokerage and trade advisory capabilities UPS helps move goods information and capital across borders every day serving as a critical connector of global supply chains and economic growth.

Become a Partner in the UPS Legal Department

Attorneys within the UPS Legal Department operate as enterprise leaders who collaborate daily to solve problems. They are not only subjectmatter experts but also strategic counselors to senior leadership trusted stewards of regulatory credibility and partners in enabling global business at scale. This role requires leadership through ambiguity sound risk judgment and the ability to influence outcomes across a complex matrixed global organization.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Serve as enterprise lead counsel for U.S. customs (CBP) and international trade regulatory matters including OFAC BIS/EAR and DDTC/ITAR.

• Advise business leaders worldwide on customs trade and sanctionsrelated risk impacting operations customers and growth strategy.

• Lead legal strategy for CBP inquiries audits investigations and enforcement actions including enforcement matters and sensitive portlevel concerns within a highvolume brokerage environment.

• Responsible for legal response to trade disruption events and enforcement shifts (including executive orders) changes in trade policy and evolving agency priorities.

• Act as senior legal adviser on governmentfacing trade matters including negotiations inquiries compliance reviews and enterpriselevel engagement with regulators.

• Guide resolution strategy for customerfacing customs and trade disputes balancing legal exposure contractual rights customer relationships and enterprise risk tolerance.

• Serve as authoritative legal lead for export controls sanctions embargoes and denied party matters.

• Provide strategic oversight of outside counsel including alignment with enterprise objectives cost discipline and quality of regulatory advocacy.

• Partner with Brokerage Compliance Operations Accounting Public Affairs and International teams to define ownership standardize escalation paths and strengthen enterprise trade governance.

• Anticipate regulatory risk across the global trade lifecycle and influence internal decisionmaking to address small issues before they become large problems.

• Draft and review executivelevel memoranda regulatory submissions and external correspondence intended for government agencies senior leadership and key stakeholders.

Knowledge and Skills

• Deep demonstrated expertise in U.S. customs and trade regulations with the ability to assess exposure at enterprise scale.

• Strong command of export controls and sanctions frameworks with the judgment to intervene decisively on highrisk or geopolitically sensitive matters.

• Proven ability to advise senior leaders with independence clarity confidence and pragmatism in fastmoving highvolume operational environments.

• Strategic mindset capable of balancing legal risk operational continuity customer expectations and longterm regulatory credibility.

• Exceptional ability to distill complex global trade issues into clear executivelevel guidance and decision frameworks.

• Credibility operating across geographies cultures and functions in a global matrixed organization.

• High integrity sound discretion and consistent executive presence.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7 years of legal experience including significant experience advising on customs international trade or regulatory enforcement matters in largescale operations in a large law firm large corporation or some of each.

• Experience supporting or leading legal response during trade disruptions enforcement surges or major policy shifts.

• Background in global logistics transportation customs brokerage or highly regulated supply chain environments preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to manage matters involving regulators senior executives and global stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited U.S. law school.

• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar in good standing.

• Bachelors degree (or internationally comparable degree).

• Authorization to work in the United States; UPS does not sponsor visas for this position.