Manager, Product Stewardship – Regulatory Affairs

Job Description:

• Serve as the authoritative internal expert for global hardware and chemical control regulatory regimes
• Protect global market access and business continuity through timely, defensible regulatory decisions
• Lead interpretation, implementation, and governance of chemical and product compliance obligations across regions
• Own PSRA business systems, data architecture, and advanced analytics capabilities
• Translate regulatory requirements into scalable digital controls, automated workflows, and AI-assisted decision support
• Embed regulatory intelligence into product, supply chain, and customer-facing processes through the Stage Gate process
• Ensure sustained global compliance of fire suppression hardware and chemical agent products across all served markets
• Act as regulatory decision authority for complex or high-risk global compliance issues
• Lead regulatory strategy for high-complexity NPI, sustaining products, and major material or supplier changes
• Deliver scalable, system-enabled regulatory intelligence through modern business platforms and AI-driven tools
• Anticipate emerging regulatory risks and mitigate business, supply chain, and product safety impacts
• Lead interpretation and application of global chemical and hardware regulatory regimes, including TSCA, REACH, RoHS, WEEE, CPSC, Proposition 65, CE/UKCA, DSL/NDSL, SCIP, and analogous APAC and LATAM regulations
• Own global regulatory impact assessments and compliance pathways for new and revised regulations
• Establish approaches for substance restrictions, material declarations, labeling, documentation, and customer disclosures
• Serve as regulatory escalation point for audits, customer inquiries, and enforcement-related issues
• Embed regulatory requirements into early-stage product design, architecture, and material selection
• Ensure end-to-end lifecycle compliance through manufacturing changes, obsolescence, and end-of-life obligations
• Provide regulatory guidance for scale-up, process changes, and global supply chain transitions
• Develop, own, and advance PSRA digital platforms supporting chemical management, product compliance, supplier data, and regulatory reporting
• Act as PSRA business owner for IT and data science initiatives, defining system requirements and priority roadmaps
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-enabled capabilities for regulatory horizon scanning, SDS and material risk screening, predictive compliance risk assessment, and customer documentation and inquiry management
• Ensure regulatory data governance, traceability, transparency, and audit readiness across systems
• Define global supplier compliance data standards and validation requirements
• Drive digital integration of supplier material and chemical data
• Ensure timely, accurate regulatory disclosures to customers, authorities, and certification bodies
• Mentor PSRA team members on regulatory strategy, systems thinking, and risk-based decision-making
• Influence engineering, operations, and commercial leaders by embedding regulatory intelligence into decision workflows
• Define KPIs, dashboards, and governance mechanisms to measure global compliance health and system effectiveness

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science, Regulatory Science, Data Science, or a related technical discipline
• 7–10+ years of experience in global regulatory affairs, product stewardship, or product compliance roles
• Demonstrated authority managing global chemical control and hardware regulatory requirements
• Experience designing or deploying AI, automation, or advanced analytics solutions within regulatory or compliance environments
• Expert understanding of global chemical control and product regulatory frameworks
• High level of proficiency in SAP and other BI systems to draw out needed sales volume numbers for both chemical and hardware
• High level of proficiency in overall business data management systems
• Ability to balance regulatory rigor with pragmatic, business-enabling solutions
• Strong systems thinking with advanced data literacy
• Credibility and influence across technical, commercial, digital, and leadership audiences
• Proven ability to operate as both regulatory authority and digital transformation leader
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Candidates must reside and perform work within the U.S.

Benefits:

• Competitive bonus plan based on individual, group, and corporate performance
• Competitive benefits package