Director, Legal, Global Trade Regulations (PRC)

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Position Overview

Based in Beijing, China, incumbent provides strategic legal leadership for Lenovo's trade compliance program in China, advising the business on export controls, sanctions, technology controls, customs and geopolitical trade risks. The role manages a small team, and translates complex and evolving U.S., China and international trade requirements into practical business solutions, leads high-risk trade matters and investigations, and partners with global and China leadership to protect Lenovo's supply chain, technology access and ability to compete globally.

Position Responsibilities

- Lead China trade legal support advising Lenovo business and sales functions in China
- Interpreting China trade laws applicable both in China and in ROW for China origin goods
- Translate regulatory developments into business guidance and identify supply chain risks in trade and help provide advice and guidance to the supply chain trade operations team
- Oversee complex trade matters including EAR/PRC ECCN
- Help facilitate the implementation of Lenovo’s global trade compliance program in China including policies, procedures, technology control plans, training, monitoring, audits and investigations
- Partner with global leadership and cross-functional teams to manage significant trade and geopolitical risks and escalate material matters requiring enterprise level decisions

Position Requirements

- 15+ years of demonstrated experience in areas such as managing public policy, government relations and advocacy, or international trade relations and diplomatic sectors
- Expert-level knowledge of international trade law and compliance, including U.S. and PRC export controls, economic sanctions, customs, technology-transfer restrictions, licensing, product classification, restricted-party requirements, due diligence, investigations and compliance-program design.
- The role requires sophisticated legal judgment to interpret rapidly changing, overlapping and potentially conflicting regulatory regimes and to develop defensible legal and risk-mitigation approaches where established precedent may not exist.
- Broad knowledge of Lenovo's global technology business, including R&D, advanced computing and AI technologies, semiconductor sourcing, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, distribution channels, sales and customer structures.
- Understand the commercial implications of trade requirements and geopolitical developments and translate legal risk into practical business solutions that protect Lenovo's technology access, customer relationships, revenue, supply-chain continuity and global market access.

Preferred Experience

- At least 5+ years’ work experience in global technology manufacturing company
- At least 5+ years’ work experience in trade associations
- At least 5+ years managing people