Export Compliance and Trade Sanctions Associate

Company: Eli Lilly and Company
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: July 17, 2025

Job Description:

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. U.S. Import Export Compliance (USIEC) is responsible for trade compliance oversight for all functional areas and business units of Eli Lilly and Company in the United States, Puerto Rico, and OUS sites for activities covered by U.S. Import Export and Trade laws and regulations. The team ensures adequate awareness of U.S. trade compliance issues by providing timely updates of regulatory changes and appropriate tools to all functional areas subject to U.S. regulatory jurisdiction. USIEC also serves as the primary contact with the multiple government agencies with regulatory authority over U.S. trade. Responsibility Statement As a member of the USIEC team, this role will be responsible supporting daily export operations: including using screening tools to evaluate potential business partners; consulting with internal business partners on potential transactions, partnerships, and shipments; engaging business partners, third party vendors or suppliers to support U.S. export compliance reviews; educating internal groups on trade compliance risks; updating internal documentation as needed; and evaluating equipment and technology to determine export restrictions. This position will execute technical aspects or requirements of trade compliance. This position will work with a variety of groups both inside and outside the company, such as supply chain, legal, finance, marketing, customer service, IT, R&D, manufacturing, procurement, and third-party vendors. The successful candidate will have working knowledge of U.S. regulations that govern trade compliance and some understanding of Lilly business processes. Key Responsibilities Understand and work under the elements of a compliance system model and use this knowledge to support daily operations for export and trade sanctions controls. Manage Daily Export Operations: Executing global export compliance as it relates to U. S. Sanctions and exports, including, but not limited to restricted party screening, licenses, export classification, valuation, boycott reporting, AES filing, etc. Executing training, metrics/dashboard, tracking, record keeping, powers of attorney, contracts, and leveraging technology, etc. Policies and Procedures—Update existing procedures and write new procedures for USIEC. Continuous Improvement: Executing continuous improvement strategies to enhance processes, procedures, and governance with prioritization input identified as higher risk or in need of improvement. Basic Qualifications Requirements: BS/BA Degree 2-5 years of trade compliance experience and well versed in Export Administration and OFAC regulations, preferably within the pharmaceutical industry. Demonstrated strong learning agility. Effective communication skills to enable networking cross-functionally to address multiple regulatory requirements necessary to manage trade compliance. Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role. Additional Skills/Preferences Desired Experience: Experience with pharmaceutical exports and sanctioned party screening Interpersonal skills needed to develop effective internal and external working relationships. Ability to adapt and learn in a changing environment with an approach to achieve continuous improvement in support of trade compliance. Understanding of internal controls or elements of effective compliance programs. Ability to investigate, test for compliance, evaluate options, and take corrective action. Highly organized with quantitative and analytical attention to detail Additional Information Travel: 0-10% Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response. Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups. Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $57,750 - $129,800 Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees. WeAreLilly

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