Senior Legal Operations Specialist, Compliance Programs – Controls

Role Overview

• Help design, operate, and improve compliance processes, controls, and technology-enabled workflows across Honeywell’s Corporate Legal function
• Focus on trade diversion risk mitigation, export and sanctions compliance operations, third-party due diligence, and legal transformation initiatives
• Report directly to the Senior Director of Legal Operations
• Work closely with Legal, Compliance, IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to convert compliance requirements into scalable operating processes and controls
• Improve compliance operations by standardizing workflows, translating regulatory requirements into scalable controls, supporting automation, and measuring program performance through data and reporting
• Maintain and enhance the end-to-end trade diversion risk mitigation program
• Maintain and improve trade compliance risk models, dashboards, and heat maps for diversion, export control, and sanctions risk
• Draft business requirements documents and translate compliance requirements into control points, system logic, and automation requirements
• Partner with IT, Legal, and business stakeholders on SAP/GTS implementations
• Support the third-party due diligence strategy and Certa workflow design
• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external technology, data, and compliance service providers
• Partner across Legal, Compliance, IT, Finance, and business teams to develop and mature Legal Global Design Models
• Drive change management, including communications and training development
• Support legal operations optimization initiatives, including process mapping, workload analysis, operating model improvements, metric development, and implementation planning
• Identify process gaps, recommend practical improvements, and coordinate implementation across functional and business stakeholders

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in legal operations, compliance operations, trade compliance, sanctions/export controls, risk management, business process transformation, or a related operational role
• 1-2 years of experience in trade compliance, sanctions, export controls, third-party risk, or related compliance program operations
• Systems fluency with SAP, SAP GTS, Salesforce, Snowflake, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office; experience with workflow, screening, reporting, or third-party due diligence platforms preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in business, legal studies, compliance, supply chain, international relations, information systems, data analytics, or a related field preferred
• Familiarity with EAR, ITAR, OFAC sanctions programs, EU dual-use and sanctions frameworks, UK OFSI, and high-risk jurisdiction or transshipment controls
• Ability to monitor regulatory developments and translate new requirements into operational controls, playbooks, training, and system requirements
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile/Scrum, legal operations, compliance, or process improvement certification preferred but not required
• Ability to translate regulatory and legal requirements into business processes, system requirements, controls, and reporting for Legal, IT, Finance, Revenue Operations, and business stakeholders
• Experience with legal operations, compliance, and workflow tools, such as matter management, e-billing, third-party due diligence, screening, contract lifecycle, reporting, or analytics platforms
• Knowledge of legal operations practices, including process design, intake, workflow governance, metrics, controls, documentation, and change management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create clear requirements, training materials, stakeholder updates, and executive-ready summaries
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret data, identify risk patterns, evaluate control effectiveness, and recommend practical process improvements

Tech Stack

• PMP

Benefits

• Employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• EAP
• Educational Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave)
• 12 Paid Holidays