Director - Product Safety & Risk Management
About You
As Director, Product Safety & Risk Management, you will be responsible for ensuring the safety and risk integrity of Nutrafol’s dietary supplement and cosmetic products, ensuring formula safety by design as well as post market safety and monitoring. You will partner closely with Safety Experts, Formulation, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and Legal to proactively understand product-related risks and determine mitigation strategies while enabling compliant innovation and business growth. In this role, you will report to the Vice President of Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs.
Responsibilities and Skills:
Product Safety Strategy & Governance
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
Risk Identification & Mitigation
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
Post-Market Surveillance
Oversee post-market safety monitoring team, including adverse events and trend analysis
Cross-Functional Collaboration
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
Leadership & Communication
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
Preferred:
Dietary Supplement category experience
Advanced degree (MS, MPH, PhD) in life sciences
Nutrafol takes into consideration a wide range of factors in final compensation decisions, including but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. The listed range is applicable only to the annual base salary and does not include additional perks, benefits, or applicable bonus eligibility comprising the total compensation package.
Salary Range:
$160,000—$175,000 USD
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Director - Product Safety & Risk Management
About You
As Director, Product Safety & Risk Management, you will be responsible for ensuring the safety and risk integrity of Nutrafol’s dietary supplement and cosmetic products, ensuring formula safety by design as well as post market safety and monitoring. You will partner closely with Safety Experts, Formulation, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and Legal to proactively understand product-related risks and determine mitigation strategies while enabling compliant innovation and business growth. In this role, you will report to the Vice President of Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs.
Responsibilities and Skills:
Product Safety Strategy & Governance
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
Risk Identification & Mitigation
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
Post-Market Surveillance
Oversee post-market safety monitoring team, including adverse events and trend analysis
Cross-Functional Collaboration
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
Leadership & Communication
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
Preferred:
Dietary Supplement category experience
Advanced degree (MS, MPH, PhD) in life sciences
Nutrafol takes into consideration a wide range of factors in final compensation decisions, including but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. The listed range is applicable only to the annual base salary and does not include additional perks, benefits, or applicable bonus eligibility comprising the total compensation package.
Salary Range:
$160,000—$175,000 USD