Flora Food Group

Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Flora Food Group  •  $105k - $135k/yr  •  Hackensack, NJ (Hybrid)  •  21 hours ago
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Job Description

About the position

Location: Hackensack, NJ- Hybrid 2/3 days in Office- Shuttle offered from NYC

Salary :105K-135K

The Regulatory Affairs Specialist independently manages complex regulatory topics and supports regulatory strategy execution across markets. The role acts as a senior subject‑matter expert, ensuring product compliance, enabling innovation and renovation, and providing authoritative regulatory guidance to cross‑functional teams. Operating with high autonomy, the role translates regulatory requirements into clear business guidance and mitigates regulatory risk across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Impact

  • Act as regulatory subject‑matter expert for assigned product categories (particularly within dairy), markets or regulatory domains.
  • Interpret and apply food legislation, labelling, claims and ingredient requirements to product development and renovation projects.
  • Provide proactive regulatory guidance to R&D, Marketing, Quality and Supply Chain to ensure compliant product design and communication.
  • Lead regulatory assessments for complex or high‑risk projects, identifying constraints, risks and mitigation options.
  • Support market submissions, regulatory notifications and interactions with authorities through accurate and timely input.

Innovation

  • Anticipate regulatory changes and assess their impact on portfolio, innovation pipelines and claims.
  • Translate complex regulatory developments into practical, business‑relevant guidance and decision options.
  • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of internal regulatory standards, tools and ways of working.
  • Support portfolio compliance monitoring and horizon scanning activities.

Communication

  • Act as trusted regulatory advisor within multidisciplinary project teams.
  • Communicate regulatory risks, trade‑offs and recommendations clearly to non‑regulatory stakeholders.
  • Review and approve product labels, claims and regulatory documentation within defined authority.
  • Guide junior specialists through review, coaching and quality oversight.

Career Path

  • Feeder roles: Regulatory Affairs Specialist.
  • Potential next career steps: Regulatory Affairs Manager, Senior Nutrition Specialist.

Experience / Competencies

Functional/ technical competencies:

  • Advanced knowledge of North American food legislation, labelling and claims frameworks. Previous experience within a dairy category would be ideal.
  • Proven experience supporting product development, renovation and market execution from a regulatory perspective.
  • Strong capability to interpret legislation and translate requirements into compliant product and communication solutions.
  • Experience managing regulatory risk, trade‑offs and complex stakeholder discussions.

Behavioural/ leadership competencies:

  • Works independently with limited supervision.
  • Influences through expertise, credibility and clear argumentation.
  • Structured, detail‑oriented and quality‑
  • Proactive in identifying risks and improvement opportunities.

Qualifications / Education

  • Required: Master’s degree in food science, Food Law, Regulatory Affairs or a related field.
  • Preferred: At least 5–8 years’ experience in Regulatory Affairs within FMCG or food industry.

Knowledge

  • Advanced knowledge of food regulations, claims, labelling, packaging and regulatory change processes.
  • Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and innovation pipelines.
  • Awareness of current regulatory & nutrition topics such as UPF, GLP-1 and Clean Label.

Travel Requirements

Occasional

What’s next

If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now!

We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles. 

Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.

No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.

Flora Food Group

About Flora Food Group

The driving force behind our success are the circa 4,700 Flora Foodies who live our purpose every day and are engaged in our mission, delivering through our values of Performance, Care and Passion. Results Matter. With an ‘Always Day 1 mindset’. Always one step ahead, driven by data, with a finger on the pulse – our customers and consumers are at the heart. We identify the sweet spot; we relish challenge; we own it. We're agile decision-makers, with the courage to pivot, we sometimes fail fast - but learn even faster. Kindness wins. With a long-term focus on building a sustainable future, Flora Foodies show the 'Courage to Care' for each other, our communities, and the next generation. We believe in doing the right thing and 'Come As You Are' is not just a saying; it's an invitation to be authentic and bring your whole, true self to work. Difference brings angles and ideas to the party – we want you to be you. Passion fuels our Next Generation of the Food journey. Full of energy and possibility, Flora Foodies constantly raise the bar, driving the Flora Food Group and one another forwards. We're a team of food lovers and enthusiasts – our sum is truly greater than our parts, and we absolutely love what we do.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Amsterdam, NL
Year Founded
2018
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