Senior Global Trade Counsel

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Lumentum is seeking an accomplished Global Trade Counsel to provide strategic legal guidance and practical business support across the company’s global trade activities. This high-impact role will advise leaders and cross-functional teams on export controls, economic sanctions, customs and import compliance, international trade regulations, and related geopolitical and supply-chain risks.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Legal Counsel

- Serve as a trusted legal advisor to business leaders and stakeholders on global trade matters affecting Lumentum ’s products, technology, transactions, supply chain, and operations.

- Provide clear, practical advice on U.S. and non-U.S. export controls, economic sanctions, customs and import requirements, antiboycott rules, and other international trade laws.

- Assess the legal and business implications of evolving geopolitical developments, regulatory actions, tariffs, trade remedies, and government policy initiatives; communicate risks and recommended actions to senior leadership.

- Support commercial, supply-chain, product, and operational decisions by identifying trade requirements early and developing risk-based, business-oriented solutions.

- Partner with the Legal Department on agreements, transactions, investigations, disclosures, and other matters involving trade compliance considerations.

Export Controls, Sanctions & Technology Compliance

- Advise on export jurisdiction and classification for hardware, software, technology, technical data, and services under the EAR, ITAR, and applicable non-U.S. regimes.

- Analyze licensing requirements, license exceptions, exemptions, de-minimis and foreign direct product rules, reexports, retransfers, deemed exports, and controlled technology access.

- Support the preparation, submission, and management of export license applications, commodity classifications, advisory opinions, and other government filings; monitor license conditions and provisos.

- Advise on restricted-party, end-use, end-user, destination, diversion-risk, and sanctions screening; evaluate red flags and conduct risk-based due diligence and escalation.

- Guide the development and implementation of Technology Control Plans and other controls governing access to controlled technology, technical data, and facilities.

- Provide legal support for investigations, voluntary disclosures, directed disclosures, enforcement matters, and responses to government inquiries or audits.

Customs, Import & Trade Remedies

- Advise on customs classification, valuation, country of origin, marking, admissibility, foreign-trade zones, and other import compliance requirements.

- Assess the impact of tariffs, Section 301 and Section 232 measures, antidumping and countervailing duties, forced-labor restrictions, and other trade remedies on Lumentum ’s products and supply chain.

- Partner with Logistics, Supply Chain, Finance, and external customs brokers to resolve complex entry, clearance, post-entry, and duty issues and strengthen the accuracy and defensibility of import records.

- Support customs audits, protests, prior disclosures, ruling requests, and other interactions with customs authorities in the United States and other jurisdictions.

Program Governance, Risk Management & Operations

- Help develop, maintain, and continuously improve Lumentum ’s global trade compliance policies, procedures, controls, training, and governance framework.

- Establish risk-based processes for classification, licensing, screening, technology controls, import compliance, recordkeeping, and escalation across regions.

- Conduct or oversee compliance assessments, internal reviews, audits, and risk analyses; track remediation activitie