[Hiring] Director, Labeling and Nutrition Compliance @CookUnity

Role Description

We’re looking for a hands-on Director of Labeling and Nutrition Compliance to lead labeling and nutrition compliance across our meals, ingredient data, product claims, and customer-facing information.

• Own the overall source-to-label process, including governance, performance metrics, third-party laboratory validation, and approval of product and nutrition claims.
• Establish technical acceptance criteria, verify data suitability, coordinate cross-functional deliverables, and manage the label and content release process.
• Establish clear accountability, verify nutrition and labeling information, and ensure teams have practical controls for maintaining compliance.
• Within your first 90 days, establish technical acceptance criteria and a risk-ranked review baseline.
• Verify a representative set of supplier and market substitutions delivered by Supply Chain.
• Demonstrate an independently reviewed, controlled release pilot that includes label-to-website reconciliation.
• Align ongoing verification and escalation measures with functional owners.

Responsibilities

• Lead CookUnity’s labeling and nutrition compliance program.
• Establish practical standards consistent with applicable Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) requirements.
• Own the create, review, approve, and distribute (CRAD) labeling process.
• Define regulatory and technical requirements for ingredient master data owned by Supply Chain Operations.
• Review and approve ingredient data eligibility for labeling and claims.
• Own third-party laboratory validation, including lab qualification and risk-based representative sampling.
• Investigate laboratory discrepancies and drive verified corrections.
• Approve product, nutrition, standards, ingredient, and dietary claims before publication.
• Obtain documented Food Science Lab approval of the nutritional basis for claims.
• Set risk-based technical review priorities for estimated and generic legacy records.
• Manage the compliance impact of supplier, ingredient, recipe, process, portion, packaging, and system changes.
• Establish technical acceptance criteria for labeling and data systems.
• Require production first-article checks and ongoing label-to-meal verification.
• Verify consistency between approved label master data and customer-facing channels.
• Define website reconciliation criteria and verify publication and correction evidence.
• Exercise delegated authority to hold or reject nonconforming label and content releases.
• Maintain inspection-ready records and train cross-functional teams on labeling requirements.
• Maintain the overall CRAD KPI dashboard covering technical data acceptance.
• Drive a consistent process in which released products have traceable inputs and verified production execution.

Qualifications

• Deep, practical experience in food-labeling regulations, nutrition, and standards compliance.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable U.S. FDA food-labeling requirements.
• Experience connecting supplier specifications, ingredient databases, formulations, and production execution.
• Sound technical judgment regarding ingredient variability and laboratory results.
• Ability to translate regulatory and technical requirements into clear acceptance criteria.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional programs.
• Clear written communication and careful documentation.
• A degree in food science, nutrition, regulatory science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Preferred

• Experience in multi-site prepared meal operations.
• Experience with recipe-management systems and supplier-data platforms.
• Familiarity with Canadian food-labeling requirements.
• Registered Dietitian credentials.

Company Description

CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment.