Regulatory Affairs Specialist Latam

Novonesis; Araucária; On-site; BRL 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Novonesis is seeking a Regulatory Affairs Specialist for LATAM food ingredients. The role independently executes routine regulatory tasks, maintains documentation, and provides practical guidance within established procedures.

You will collaborate across functions to translate regulations into actionable insights and ensure timely deliverables. The successful candidate will have advanced English, LATAM experience, and strong labeling knowledge to support product changes and compliance across

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering, Food Science, Pharmacy, Nutrition, Chemistry, Biology, or related Natural Sciences.
• Advanced or fluent proficiency in English.
• Hands-on Regulatory Affairs experience in the food industry (LATAM) supporting regulatory deliverables.
• Strong understanding of ingredient compliance and LATAM regulatory pathways.
• Experience with labeling and claims for food and ingredients.
• Ability to translate regulations into practical business guidance.

Responsibilities

• Turn LATAM regulations into practical guidance for products, with routine interpretations.
• Answer routine regulatory questions from intake to resolution, flagging high-risk topics early.
• Prepare dossiers and submissions, review documents, and support responses to authority questions.
• Assess regulatory impact of changes across products and labeling, recommending actions.
• Maintain regulatory records, trackers, and product data, ensuring deadlines and data quality.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Sales, R&D, QA, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Legal.
• Utilize MS Office and other tools to manage documentation and tracking systems.

Skills

Regulatory affairs

English proficiency

Regulatory documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Food Science/Engineering/Pharmacy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Interested in a career that matters?

This position independently executes assigned, well-defined regulatory activities and provides hands-on technical support for LATAM food ingredients. The Specialist owns the accuracy, documentation, and timely follow-through of routine deliverables, working within established procedures and precedents, and seeks guidance from senior colleagues for novel, ambiguous, cross-market, or higher-risk matters.

The Role & Your Impact

Operating in a cross-functional and collaborative environment, this role combines strong regulatory expertise with practical guidance for food and ingredient products across LATAM markets. The Specialist plays a key role in ensuring compliance, translating complex regulations into actionable business insights, and maintaining robust regulatory data and documentation to support regional operations.

Your Key Responsibilities in this role

• Turn LATAM food and ingredient regulations into clear, practical guidance for assigned products, taking ownership of routine interpretations with support for new or unclear requirements;
• Be a trusted partner for routine regulatory questions from intake to resolution, reviewing product, process, labeling, and claims information while raising higher-risk topics early;
• Bring LATAM dossiers and submissions together for assigned products by reviewing documents, closing information gaps, and supporting responses to authority questions with senior review for non-routine cases;
• Move changes forward by assessing regulatory impact across products, formulations, suppliers, manufacturing, processes, specifications, and labeling, recommending practical actions for routine cases;
• Keep regulatory records, trackers, and product data reliable and ready to use, staying ahead of deadlines, checking data quality, and flagging issues early;
• Utilize strong computer and IT skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, to manage documentation and tracking systems;
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders including Sales & Business teams, Technical Service / Application / Customer Solutions, R&D / Innovation / PMT, Quality Assurance / Food Safety, Operations / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Procurement, Marketing / Communications, and Legal / Compliance.

What you'll need to be successful in this role

• Master's degree (preferred) or Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering, Food Science, Pharmacy, Nutrition, Chemistry, Biology, or related Natural Sciences;
• Advanced or fluent proficiency in English;
• Hands-on Regulatory Affairs experience within the food industry (or related regulated industry), supporting LATAM regulatory deliverables;
• Strong understanding of ingredient compliance and practical experience with LATAM regulatory pathways, including data requirements and gap assessments;
• Working knowledge of labeling and claims for food and ingredients, with the ability to translate requirements into clear business guidance;
• Experience supporting innovation and product change projects, including regulatory risk assessment and launch readiness;
• Comfort interacting with government authorities and exposure to regulatory intelligence and internal compliance tools;
• Cross-cultural awareness and experience working in a global environment.

Additional Skills & Interests We Value

• Advanced or fluent proficiency in Spanish;
• Clear, concise communicator capable of translating complex regulations into practical business guidance;
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder partnering skills, remaining customer-focused and comfortable in cross-functional teams;
• Solution-oriented and pragmatic mindset, balancing compliance, risk, and business needs under time pressure;
• High attention to detail, documentation discipline, and commitment to consistent, accurate, and audit-ready outputs;
• Resilience and persistence when working with authorities and evolving regulatory environments, with comfort handling ambiguity;
• Learning agility and curiosity to continuously build expertise across LATAM markets;
• High integrity, accountability, and collaboration in a multicultural environment.

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity's biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It's how we've gotten so far. And it's how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.