Regulatory Affairs Manager – Part-time

MANIKO Nails GmbH

Regulatory Affairs Manager ensuring compliance for products in the cosmetic industry. Collaborating with teams to manage regulatory processes and support product lifecycle compliance.

Posted 6/24/2026part-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As our new Regulatory Affairs Manager (all genders), you will be the central point of contact for all regulatory and product-related compliance matters.
You will ensure that our products, packaging, and communications comply with applicable legal requirements and support internal teams in implementing regulatory requirements efficiently and pragmatically.
You will work closely with product development, sourcing, marketing, and external partners to ensure regulatory requirements are considered early on.
Responsible for all regulatory processes and ensuring compliance with all relevant cosmetics law, product safety, trade, and environmental requirements.
Ensure legally compliant product labeling and consistent, compliant communication across packaging, marketing materials, retail channels, and digital touchpoints.
Advise internal stakeholders on regulatory, product safety, and compliance-related issues and provide sound recommendations for action.
Manage and coordinate external partners such as regulatory consultancies, testing laboratories, and legal advisors.
Monitor regulatory developments and translate new requirements into concrete measures for product, retail, and marketing teams, supporting cross-functional teams across the entire product lifecycle—from product development through market launch.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have at least 3 years of relevant professional experience in Regulatory Affairs, ideally in the cosmetics, beauty, FMCG, or consumer goods industry.
You possess solid knowledge of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 and other relevant regulatory requirements in the European market.
You have experience reviewing and approving product labeling, claims, packaging, and marketing communications.
You are familiar with environmental, packaging, and waste regulatory requirements and ideally have experience with the compliance requirements of major retailers such as dm, Rossmann, or comparable retail partners.
You have experience collaborating with suppliers, testing laboratories, and external partners and ensure regulatory compliance throughout the supply chain.
You work in a structured manner, manage multiple topics in parallel, and maintain oversight even in complex regulatory matters.
You successfully collaborate with different departments, communicate regulatory requirements clearly, and develop pragmatic solutions for complex challenges.
You work independently, think ahead, make well-founded decisions, and demonstrate high diligence and attention to detail.
You are a native-level German speaker and have business-fluent English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% remote within Germany: Whether in the office or remote—you decide how you work best.
Flexible working hours: So you can balance private and professional life flexibly and comfortably.
Deutschlandticket: For more flexibility and mobility in daily work.
Urban Sports Club membership: Because we know how important physical health and balance are.
Ownership: With a lot of trust and freedom to shape things, you have direct impact on our company’s success and play a key role in shaping our growth.
Workation: Your opportunity to combine vacation and work.
Growth opportunities: Both personal and professional—you can develop further and explore new paths with an annual training budget of €300 flat, adjustable by individual agreement.
Team events: We regularly invite all employees to Berlin to have a good time together and strengthen connections.
Home office setup: We cover your full equipment so you can get started at home right away.
Individual travel budget: For your visits to Berlin to work from the office.
Team: A fast, young, dynamic, and highly motivated team in the heart of Berlin (Hackescher Markt).
An inspiring culture: Everyone matters here. Flat hierarchies, fast decisions, and genuine teamwork are at the core.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Regulatory AffairsEU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009product labelingclaims reviewpackaging compliancemarketing communications complianceenvironmental regulationspackaging regulationswaste regulatory requirementssupply chain compliance

Soft Skills

structured workmulti-taskingoversightcollaborationclear communicationproblem-solvingindependent workdecision-makingdiligenceattention to detail