Regulatory Affairs Lead

**Position Snapshot**

**Business areas**:Nestlé Health Science Canada

**Job title**:Regulatory Affairs Lead

**Location**:North York (Hybrid)

**Position Grade**:19

**Benefits**
- Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
- Company matched pension plan
- Four weeks of Vacation and Five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
- Bonus eligibility
- Free Headspace Account - guidance to create habits to support your mental health
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

**Position Summary**

We are looking for a Regulatory Affairs Lead, reporting to the Director of Regulatory Affairs, who will be responsible to provide strategic and functional regulatory leadership across the Canadian Nestlé Health Science business, while collaborating across functions to maximize patient and consumer outcomes.

**A day in the life of a Regulatory Affairs Lead**

**You will also**:

- Deliver regulatory strategic assessments, recommendations, and actions together with other functions, in decisions regarding patient/consumer safety and risks for all brands and categories within NHSc Canada, including Foods for Special Dietary Use, Food, and NHPs
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert on assigned Regulatory projects and topics relevant to the success of the company
- Ensure regulatory compliance of assigned brands and projects for: formulations, raw materials and finished products, labelling, product communication, and the implementation of changes in the market with Nestlé standards and local regulations
- Be responsible for regulatory strategic engagements with Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) directly or through industry associations.
- Support regulatory activities and strategy that drive the smooth integration of global investments and acquisitions into the Canadian business.
- Address complex regulatory topics with diligence to shape the regulatory landscape in potentially divergent external environments, negotiating with stakeholders that may hold opposing objectives.
- Leverage competitive compliance opportunities to protect brands and competitive advantage

**What will make you successful?**

**You will also ideally have**:

- Advanced degree in Life Sciences or related area. A post-graduate diploma or certification in Regulatory Affairs is an asset.
- Minimum 10 years' progressive experience in Regulatory Affairs within highly regulated food and health products.
- Successful line management with direct and indirect reports and exposure across several functions
- Expert knowledge of Regulatory Affairs in both policy and technical practice covering multiple product categories. These may include highly regulated categories of food and health products: food for special dietary use (FSDU), infant formula, natural health products (NHP) and/or drug (OTC/Rx).
- Knowledge of and/or experience in the scientific, clinical and regulatory context of product development, commercialization, and marketing of highly regulated food and health products in Canada.
- Experience in effective networking.
- Recognised leadership skills.
- Experience in building and implementing strategy in particular area.
- Experience in crisis management.

**What you need to know**

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.

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