Job Description

Role: Regulatory and Technical Manager

Function: Commercial | Product

Responsibility: Ensures cosmetic products comply with global regulations by overseeing formulation safety, labelling, testing and regulatory submissions.

Reports to: Senior NPD Manager

Location: London / Hybrid

Compensation: 50 to 55k annual + Long Term Incentive Plan + Market Leading Benefits

Our background and your main purpose:

We are a young and dynamic beauty company operating primarily in the E-commerce space. Our company is inspired by healthy living. We create products that are enhanced with nutrition derived from natural ingredients and we are passionate about creating colourful, fun and cruelty-free cosmetics.

This role is career defining; allowing the right candidate to make their mark, learn while doing and work to propel a trail-blazing, aspirational global beauty brand.

The role:

We are looking for a talented Regulatory and Technical Manager to join our Product team. This role plays a key part in ensuring that all new product launches meet global regulatory, safety, and technical requirements from development through to market launch. While not responsible for product formulation, you will lead the coordination, testing and project management of regulatory and technical tasks across the organisation, supporting the Exploration, Development, and Execution phases. Reporting to the Senior NPD Manager, you will be a highly motivated and experienced professional with a strong eye for detail and a passion for beauty compliance. You'll thrive working both independently and collaboratively, with the ability to problem-solve, manage multiple priorities, and ensure timely regulatory readiness for launch.

The role will consist of the following core responsibilities:

Exploration -

Collaborate closely with the Product and Category teams to assess early-stage concepts from a regulatory and technical standpoint. Use your expertise and market knowledge to identify compliant, innovative ingredients and product formats that align with market trends and brand objectives, ensuring feasibility from a regulatory and safety perspective.

Development -

Provide regulatory and technical guidance to third-party manufacturers during formulation and product development. Partner with the Founder, Head of Planning, Head of Brand, and Senior NPD Manager to review product concepts--ingredients, claims, components, and packaging--for compliance with global regulatory frameworks (e.g., EU, UK, US). Organise claim testing and ensure marketing communications and product naming meet legal requirements.

Execution -

Lead the regulatory and technical aspects of bringing products to market, including reviewing formulations, artwork, and packaging for compliance, managing safety assessments, and compiling documentation (e.g., PIFs, CPSRs, INCI lists). Oversee final regulatory sign-off and ensure all technical requirements are met before handing over to the Fulfilment Team.

Main Accountabilities:

? Formulation advice with regards to sales territory regulations e.g. USA, EU, UK, Australia, Canada, UAE, etc.

? Checking and approving formulations once NPD have approved colour and textures.

? Writing INCIs for pack.

? Organising claims testing with NPD; testing houses, quotes, samples, CPA for reports, advising on possible claims for pack, comms and internal education.

? Completing artwork request forms with all technically relevant information ready for art-working design to commence.

? Checking final artworks for approval before printing.

? Applying for CPSR and collating PIF.

? Notifying product to CPNP (EU), SCPN (UK) and FDA (US MoCRA) databases.

? Maintaining ongoing product compliance and ensuring all products are compliant with latest regulatory requirements, informing and working with teams to action changes in good time.

? Providing regulatory advice and training to wider business teams, including support and review of marketing materials, website copy and third-party websites.

? Supporting the business on any certifications (e.g. Cruelty Free, Vegan, Organic, GMP etc.). Including maintenance of these certifications.

? Supporting the operations team in resolving product quality issues.

? Supporting the customer service team on product technical queries.

? Providing technical information to retailers/distributors and readying product for new markets.

Candidate Profile:

To succeed in this role, you must bring a proactive, solutions-driven mindset and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. The ideal candidate is comfortable managing complexity and ambiguity, with the agility to navigate the dynamic nature of a direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, and wholesale/retail cosmetics business. You should be highly organised, detail-oriented, and capable of balancing hands-on execution with strategic thinking to support both immediate project needs and long-term regulatory planning.

You must have a strong commercial awareness and be customer- and compliance-focused, with a deep understanding of global cosmetic regulations (e.g., EU, UK, US), product safety, claims substantiation, and formulation assessment. A passion for beauty, ingredient trends, and evolving regulatory landscapes is essential, alongside the ability to anticipate regulatory risks and innovate within compliance boundaries. You will be collaborative, adaptable, and confident engaging cross-functionally to ensure products meet the highest technical and legal standards before reaching market.

This role is for you if you have:

? Experience with CPSRs, PIFs and writing INCI lists and artwork requirements

? To be fully up to date with ever changing regulations around the world

? To be able to support NPD team, marketing, and sales with claims for new products

? To be able to approve formulations based on ingredients, claims and regulations knowledge.

? To be motivated, organised, responsible, hardworking, interested in learning and educating oneself and the team around regulations.

? Excellent analytical skills, commercially driven with an eye for detail.

What are the perks of working at this company?

? Competitive salary

? Pension scheme

? Hybrid working (2 days remote, 3 days from office in West London)

? Bonus participation

? 1,200 flexible benefit scheme

? WFH August

? Full training, career objectives and quick progression

? The opportunity to join a profitable scale-up with exciting goals and aspirations

? Join a fast-growing beauty company, at the heart of natural beauty

? You will be given a high level of responsibility on Day 1, gaining invaluable work experience to kick start a career in entrepreneurship

? The opportunity to be part of a great, hard-working team!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 50,000.00-55,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

Bonus scheme Yearly bonus
Benefits:

Employee discount Store discount Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

Do you have experience with CPSRs, PIFs and writing INCI lists and artwork requirements?
Experience:

NPD: 3 years (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Reg/Tech Manager-may25
Expected start date: 16/06/2025