Co-op, Global Trade Compliance

This application is for a 6-month student role from July - December 2025. Resume review begins in January 2025.The Global Trade Compliance team’s mission is to enable Biogen’s purpose and commitment to patients, shareholders and communities by managing risks, creating values, driving excellence in execution and critical capabilities.We do this by ensuring that all our products (finished drugs, drug substances, clinical samples, etc.) move across multiple countries in compliance with international trade regulations and without delays.Global Trade Compliance also pays a key role across Biogen’s end to end business planning by completing due diligence assessments and advice other functions (e.g. Finance, Tax, Business development, etc.) to facilitate product launches, partnerships with external parties, changes in operating models and expansion into new markets,Furthermore, the GTC team actively evaluates potential cost savings and continuous improvement opportunities such as Free Trade Agreements, Tariff Engineering and other duty optimization programs.Position DescriptionDetailed description of role including but not limited to:Day to day responsibilitiesEnd to end process descriptionOverview of specific project(s)In this role, you will work closely with our Regional Trade Compliance Lead to support trade operations and further develop our Compliance Program for Pre-Clinical (Quality, R&D), and to enhance Data Governance. Key areas of scope include:You will learn how to assess import-export requirements across multiples countries, including but not limited to Harmonized Tariff Classification, Country of Origin determination, valuation, incoterms, etc.You will gain exposure and knowledge to complex trade compliance topics such as, submission and approval of special import/export permit/licenses with US Customs and other government agencies (e.g. USDA, FDA, FWS, CDC, etc.,).You will work closely with other functional areas in Biogen (Distribution & Logistics, Manufacturing sites, Quality, R&D, etc.) to ensure that international shipments of non-commercial products are done in a compliant and efficient way.You will collaborate closely with Biogen’s SC Operations Excellence team to map-out GTC pre-clinical end to end flows, identify opportunity areas and propose enhancements to processes and systems.You will help enhance data governance by navigating systems, building database tools and enhancing processes. You will help optimize our regional Trade Compliance Post Entry capabilities by learning current process and assessing automation through AI.Global Trade Compliance is a shared responsibility across all Biogen, and in this role, you will be able to create connections, learn and collaborate with many employees across Biogen’s various functions.