Director / Senior Director, Global Logistics, Warehousing and Trade Compliance

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Leadership:
• Develop and execute global logistics, warehousing, and trade compliance strategy to support R&D, clinical trials, and commercial operations.
• Establish long‑term vision for a flexible, scalable global distribution and storage network, aligned with Beam's growth and commercialization plans.
• Serve as a senior leader influencing enterprise and site‑level supply chain strategies, including readiness for new product launches and expansion of cell and gene therapy programs.
• Build, lead, and develop high‑performing teams, fostering a strong talent pipeline, culture of accountability, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Logistics Operations
• Provide operational leadership for global distribution, including domestic and international shipments from internal sites and external partners.
• Lead shipping operations supporting R&D, clinical, and commercial programs, ensuring on‑time, in‑full delivery and patient‑centric execution.
• Own cold chain strategy and execution, including qualification, validation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of shipping lanes and systems.
• Ensure logistics operations comply with GMP, GDP, EHS, product security, and data integrity requirements.
• Warehousing & Inventory Management:
• Lead internal and external warehousing operations, including inventory control, materials management, kitting, and production support.
• Ensure no disruption to production schedules while proactively identifying and mitigating supply risks.
• Drive inventory optimization, accuracy, and visibility across the network using ERP and digital tools.
• Trade Compliance & Governance
• Create, lead, and chair the Trade Compliance Committee, ensuring adherence to all applicable global import/export laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Develop and maintain a robust global import/export compliance framework, including permits, licenses, valuation, duties, VAT, sanctions, HTS classification, country

Benefits

Additional Information

Company Overview: Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform with integrated gene editing, delivery and internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam's suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This has the potential to enable a wide range of therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases. Position Overview: The Senior Director, Global Logistics, Warehousing and Trade Compliance is responsible for defining and executing the global strategy, operational leadership, and compliant storage and movement of materials supporting R&D, Clinical, and Commercial programs across Beam. This role provides end‑to‑end leadership across global logistics operations, warehousing networks, and trade compliance, ensuring reliable supply, regulatory adherence, and scalable infrastructure to support pipeline growth and commercialization. This position reports to the Vice President, Supply Chain and serves as a key member of the Supply Chain Leadership team, partnering closely with Technical Operations, Quality, R&D, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Clinical Patient Supply and Commercial Patient Operations.

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