IFF applies expert science to advance market-driven, healthy, and sustainable solutions for the food, beverage, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical and materials industries. In the Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) team, we have an opening for a Manager, Regulatory Affairs to drive project management, regulatory, technical and other activities for our Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials (DEB) business in compliance with global food contact, cosmetics, and/or other personal care requirements and related regulations to enable entry of IFF's new sustainable products to the market and to maintain the right to operate with existing products.
The GRA organization employs more than 320 highly specialized and committed colleagues worldwide and has a footprint in more than 20 countries. Our work environment is truly international, and we offer a dynamic working culture focused on partnership, cross-organizational collaboration, and individual development opportunities.
The DEB platform technology developed by IFF represents a breakthrough way to bio-manufacture materials at scale, combining the performance advantages of incumbent petrol-based synthetic polymers with the safety, sustainability and end-of-life benefits of bio-based processes and materials.
Our Health and Biosciences business unit believes that in-person collaboration is key to fostering innovation and building strong team dynamics. This role will be hybrid/agile from our Wilmington, DE center of excellence.
The Regulatory Affairs Manager will assist in the project management and support the regulatory strategies and initiatives to meet the strategic goals of the HPC/DEB business objectives. This role will bring together regulatory expertise and project management skills to coordinate and drive progress in a cross-functional team effort throughout complex regulatory processes. Responsiblities:
- Responsible for managing regulatory processes in a cross-functional team that is bringing new products to market. This includes working internally and externally to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for execution of regulatory strategies across various projects following best practices and supporting active portfolio management, project management, and cross-functional alignment.
- Responsible for successful product launches in time, budget, and quality, meeting business objectives in addition to regulatory success criteria designed to build sustainable regulatory processes.
- Drive decision-making (start, stop, adjust) on a need basis to achieve regulatory, project, and portfolio objectives through alignment with functional, technical, and leadership teams.
- Create transparency in output of all projects and communicate with impact to stakeholders and through alignment of cross-functional deliverables.
- Continuous adjustment of regulatory strategies, timelines, project deliverables if required for successful product development and launches.
- Project manager of key regulatory programs to bring new product to market
- Interaction and validation of project strategies with global regulatory strategy leader for alignment with global commercialization plans and value partner expectations
Qualifications:
- Masters or Ph.D. degree in relevant technical/scientific/sustainability/business discipline and/or significant experience in regulatory affairs.
- Demonstrated success in regulatory project management and product launches, preferably in the polymer, cosmetics, personal care, material science, or biotechnology field. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus.
- Can lead, influence, and collaborate with teams in a matrix organization.
- Ability to distinguish headlines from details, communicates with impact across organizational and leadership levels.
- Knowledge of relevant regulatory agencies, processes, subject matter expertise is an asset.
- Challenger of the Status Quo.
- Demonstrates excellent teamwork skills with the ability to encourage, coach and motivate.
- Strong interpersonal, teamwork, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Highly self-motivated with effective time management skills and ability to work independently across time zones and organizational lines.
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and global environment.
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
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International Flavors and Fragrances
Jul 17, 2025