Senior Manager Global Trade Compliance

Telix Pharmaceuticals is a dynamic, fast-growing radiopharmaceutical company with offices in Australia (HQ), Belgium, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Our mission is to deliver on the promise of precision medicine through targeted radiation. At our core, we exist to create products that seek to improve the quality of life for people living with cancer and rare diseases. You will be supporting the international roll-out of our approved prostate cancer imaging agent and helping us to advance our portfolio of late clinical-stage products that address significant unmet need in oncology and rare diseases.

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The Senior Manager, Global Trade Compliance is responsible for building and operationalizing foundational global trade compliance processes, controls, and procedures to support the company’s expanding international activities related to radiopharmaceutical products, raw materials, clinical trial supplies, equipment, and related technologies. This role ensures compliance with international trade regulations, customs requirements, import/export controls, sanctions programs, and country-specific permitting requirements while supporting the timely movement of highly regulated radiopharmaceutical materials across global markets.

The position partners closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Clinical Operations, Logistics, Procurement, Finance, Legal, and Commercial teams to establish compliant and efficient cross-border trade processes. The Senior Manager serves as the subject matter expert for customs classification, importer/exporter obligations, duty optimization, and regulatory licensing associated with radiopharmaceutical products and radioactive materials.

Key Accountabilities:

Global Trade Compliance Program

• Develop, implement, and maintain foundational global trade compliance policies, procedures, work instructions, and internal controls.
• Ensure compliance with customs, import/export, sanctions, and trade regulations in all countries where the company operates.
• Monitor and assess regulatory changes impacting radiopharmaceutical imports, exports, and distribution activities.
• Lead internal trade compliance reviews, investigations, and corrective action plans.
• Provide recommendations and practical guidance to leadership regarding trade compliance risks, control enhancements, and operational improvement opportunities.

Customs Classification and HTS Management

• Build and maintain the company’s global Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) classification framework and related processes for radiopharmaceutical products, APIs, isotopes, precursor materials, laboratory equipment and all other related imports.
• Determine and validate HTS classifications and coordinate classification rulings where appropriate.
• Maintain classification databases and ensure accurate customs declarations through brokers, freight forwarders, and internal stakeholders.
• Analyze tariff impacts and support mitigation strategies for duty and tax optimization.

Importer of Record (IOR) and Export Compliance

• Coordinate and manage day-to-day Importer of Record (IOR) and Exporter of Record requirements globally, escalating complex or high-risk issues as appropriate.
• Work closely with Telix trade and import partners to identify and set-up IOR’s in countries which we operate.
• Support import and export processes involving radioactive materials, dangerous goods, and temperature-sensitive products.

Duty Drawback and Duty Optimization

• Identify, support development of, and administer duty drawback and duty optimization processes to recover eligible customs dutie…