Product Stewardship and Chemical Compliance Manager
About The Position
This is a unique opportunity to lead and develop a team of technical Subject Matter Experts supporting product compliance, sustainable design, market access, and customer trust. This role will partner across R&D, Business Units, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Legal, Government Relations, Sales, and Marketing to ensure HP products meet evolving regulatory, customer, and sustainability expectations. The ideal candidate is a strong team developer and execution-focused leader who remains technically engaged. This person will coach technical experts, drive disciplined delivery, support product compliance decisions, and help translate complex regulatory and customer requirements into practical solutions that enable business outcomes. Key responsibilities include leading and developing a team of Product Stewardship SMEs; supporting product design, labeling, chemical assessments, testing, and compliance validation; ensuring products meet regulatory and market access requirements; partnering with R&D to design in compliance and sustainability during new product developments; supporting external customer and stakeholder responses; and improving stewardship processes, tools, data quality, and automation. The ideal candidate will bring experience in product stewardship, regulatory compliance, sustainability, engineering, chemistry, toxicology, environmental science, or a related discipline, along with strong communication, cross-functional influence, execution, and people leadership skills. This leader will help translate complex stewardship, sustainability, and compliance requirements into practical solutions that support product design, customer trust, and business continuity - while also driving operational excellence through process simplification and automation.
Requirements
- Experience leading, coaching, or developing technical contributors or cross-functional teams.
- Background in product stewardship, regulatory compliance, sustainability, chemical management, environmental science, engineering, toxicology, product safety, or a related discipline.
- Strong execution skills with demonstrated ability to manage priorities, drive alignment, and deliver results in a complex environment.
- Ability to translate technical, regulatory, and customer requirements into practical business and product actions.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex topics clearly to business partners, technical teams, and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively across functions and influence without relying solely on authority.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Toxicology, Sustainability, Regulatory Affairs, or a related field; advanced degree preferred but not required
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting product development, New Product Innovation, product labeling, chemical assessments, regulatory submissions, customer inquiries, or market access requirements.
- Experience working with global teams, global regulations, or multi-region compliance requirements.
- Familiarity with Design for Environment, sustainable product design, product lifecycle management, or compliance data systems.
- Experience improving processes, tools, data quality, or automation within a technical or regulatory function.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Stewardship SMEs, regulatory experts, toxicologists, labeling specialists, and related technical contributors.
- Create an accountable and customer-focused team culture that delivers consistent business and compliance outcomes.
- Support product design and development by partnering with R&D and Business Units to “design in” compliance, sustainability, safety, and customer value during New Product Innovation.
- Guide technical work related to product stewardship, product labeling, chemical assessments, customer use cases, usage parameters, testing, and compliance validation.
- Ensure current products continue to meet regulatory and market access requirements as products, ingredients, formulations, supply chains, and global regulations change.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve product stewardship issues, support business decisions, and enable practical, timely solutions.
- Translate regulatory, customer, and market requirements into clear actions for technical teams and business partners.
- Contribute to external responses for customers, regulators, government stakeholders, and other key audiences with clarity, accuracy, and credibility.
- Drive continuous improvement in stewardship processes, data quality, tools, automation, and operating practices to improve efficiency, consistency, and execution quality.
- Help identify emerging regulatory or market pressures and support proactive planning to reduce risk and maintain customer trust.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
