[Hiring] Senior Regulatory Steward @Charter Next Generation

Role Description

From supporting internal teams to developing next-gen materials, our professional roles span strategy, innovation, and purpose. At CNG, you’ll do work that matters—and own it all.

Schedule: Monday - Friday, Business hours

What You'll Do

• Enterprise Regulatory Strategy and Oversight
  • Establish and maintain enterprise-wide standards, policies, and best practices for regulatory compliance documentation across all business units and sites.
  • Serve as the final point of review and approval for complex or high-risk customer regulatory documentation, letters of conformance, and compliance statements.
  • Advise senior leadership on the business impact of evolving domestic and international regulations affecting current and future product lines.
  • Set priorities and direction for the organization's regulatory roadmap in partnership with Quality, R&D, and Commercial leadership.
• Regulatory Compliance Assessment and Escalation
  • Serve as the organization's most senior technical authority on FDA food contact regulations, including complex CFR interpretations and indirect food additive determinations.
  • Resolve complex or ambiguous California Proposition 65 exposure and warning determinations that require senior-level judgment.
  • Provide expert guidance on multi-state and international regulatory conflicts, including REACH, PPWR, EU food contact frameworks, China national standards, and Mercosur regulations.
  • Serve as the escalation point for Regulatory Stewards on the most technically or legally complex compliance questions.
• Regulatory Monitoring, Intelligence, and Policy
  • Monitor global regulatory developments at a strategic level and determine the organization's response to significant new or amended regulations.
  • Own and govern the organization's regulatory reference library, ensuring it reflects current, validated guidance across all applicable jurisdictions.
  • Translate emerging regulatory trends into proactive recommendations for product development and sourcing decisions.
• Team Development
  • Provide functional mentorship, and technical development to Regulatory Stewards across the organization.
  • Review and coach the work of Regulatory Stewards to ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality of customer-facing documentation.
  • Support onboarding and training of new regulatory team members on organizational standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Cross-Functional and External Engagement
  • Serve as the organization's senior regulatory representative with key customers, suppliers, industry associations, and regulatory bodies.
  • Partner with raw material suppliers at a strategic level to validate regulatory data and resolve complex compliance gaps.
  • Provide final review and approval for the purchase of new resins and additives for trial and commercial use where regulatory risk is elevated.
• Documentation Systems Governance
  • Own the governance of standardized templates, workflows, and recordkeeping systems used across the regulatory documentation function.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives to scale regulatory documentation processes and tools as customer and regulatory demands grow.
  • Ensure enterprise-wide documentation is audit-ready and supports the organization's ability to demonstrate regulatory compliance to customers, regulators, and third-party auditors.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Polymer Science, or a related field required; advanced degree a plus.
• Work Experience: Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in regulatory affairs, compliance, or a related technical role within the plastics, packaging, chemical, or CPG industry.
• Demonstrated experience authoring and approving complex regulatory compliance documents, letters of conformance, and safety data for food contact or consumer product applications.
• Proven experience advising senior leadership and representing regulatory positions to external customers, suppliers, or regulatory bodies.
• Experience mentoring or providing technical direction to other regulatory professionals a plus.

Requirements

• Expert-level knowledge of FDA food contact material regulations (21 CFR), California Proposition 65, and U.S. state chemical restriction laws.
• Deep working knowledge of European chemical and packaging regulations including REACH, PPWR, and EU food contact material Regulations (e.g., EU 10/2011, 2023/2006).
• Advanced knowledge of China national standards for food contact materials and Mercosur packaging and food contact regulations.
• Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence and align cross-functional and senior stakeholders on complex regulatory matters.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong mentoring and coaching orientation.

Benefits

• Employee Ownership – Become a company owner day 1!
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance upon hire.
• Holiday Pay.
• Paid vacation.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Performance-based bonuses.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Career advancement opportunities across 18+ facilities.