Director, Product Safety – Risk Management
Nutrafol
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $175,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own and evolve the company’s product safety and risk management framework, policies, working within Unilever’s governance models, guidance and partnership
- Submit ingredients and formulas to Unilever safety team for evaluation and collaborate to understand assessments and feedback
- Ensure alignment with applicable global regulations, standards, and industry best practices
- Understand and assess exposure, dosing, vulnerable populations, and cumulative use considerations
- Proactively identify safety and compliance risks associated with dietary ingredients, botanicals, cosmetic ingredients as well as formulations, packaging, and manufacturing
- Collaborating closely within the QA/RA team, develop and implement risk mitigation plans, including corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) and proactive contaminant monitoring.
- Lead product risk assessments across development, launch, and post-market phases
- Partner with cross-functional teams to embed risk-based decision-making into product development and commercialization
- Oversee post-market safety monitoring team, including adverse events and trend analysis
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders on product safety and risk considerations
- Collaborate with Safety Experts, Formulation, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and Legal throughout the product lifecycle to support development, inspections, emerging trends and drive industry best practices
- Translate complex risk and safety topics into clear, actionable guidance for cross-functional teams
- Prepare and present risk assessments, safety updates, and metrics to cross-functional teams
- Build and mentor a high-performing product safety and risk management team. Responsible for 1-2 direct reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in toxicology, regulatory affairs, biology, chemistry, medical sciences, pharmacology, public health etc.
- 8-12+ years of experience in product safety, risk management, quality, or regulatory roles within US dietary supplement/consumer health care/personal care industries
- 5+ years of experience hiring, leading, and mentoring a team
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. and international product safety regulations
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional risk assessments and safety initiatives
- Knowledge and experience on FDA and applicable laws and regulations, as well as of cGMP standards
- Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
- Strategic thinker with a strong risk-based mindset; exceptional judgment and decision-making under ambiguity
- Clear, confident communicator able to communicate complex information in an effective manner
Benefits
- Fully remote work experience
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision package, including FSA program
- 401K with employer match
- Quarterly Bonus Program
- Flexible PTO
- Two company-wide wellness breaks every day
- Free lunch on us every Tuesday and Thursday via Seamless/Grubhub
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Monthly internet stipend
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Annual learning & development stipend
- Wellness Program, including virtual Wellness Sessions
- Free meditation app membership (Headspace)
- Free Nutrafol subscription
- Pet insurance discounts and benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
risk managementproduct safetyrisk assessmentscorrective and preventive actionscontaminant monitoringregulatory compliancesafety evaluationstrend analysisformulationquality assurance
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringstrategic thinkingdecision-makingcommunicationcollaborationautonomyjudgmentproblem-solvingadaptability