Product & Supply Compliance Lead

Ancient + Brave; Lewes; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A mission-driven wellness brand in Lewes is seeking a Product and Supply Compliance Lead. The role involves ensuring products exceed regulatory standards, managing compliance across global markets, and safeguarding product integrity. Ideal candidates will have regulatory compliance experience in the FMCG sector and strong project management skills. Join a team committed to sustainability and innovation, with competitive benefits and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Continuous training and professional development

Qualifications

• Proven experience in regulatory compliance within FMCG, wellness, supplements, or food sectors.
• Strong understanding of global regulatory landscapes (UK, EU, USA, and emerging markets).
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and interpret regulatory requirements across markets.
• Advise internal teams on health claims and marketing compliance.
• Manage product registrations and regulatory filings.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Job description

About Us

We are a mission driven wellness brand with an award winning range of collagen, blends and supplements.We started as all good businesses do, by seeing the opportunity to do things differently in a growing market. To carefully balance people, planet, and profit for the sake of the world around us and our health.

We are now shaping the future of wellness with simple daily rituals, thoughtfully and sustainably designed to support women’s health. Our vision is to be the #1 wellness brand in the world, setting new standards for holistic health, sustainability and female empowerment.

As a B-Corp, Ancient + Brave meets the highest standards of social and environmental Impact. In June 2024 we have been named 5th in The Sunday Times 100 fastest-growing private companies and we have recently been recognised as one of the FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies, 2025.

Want to be a part of a team that’s shaping the future of health and wellbeing? We’d love to have you!

The Role

We are looking for a passionate and strategic Product and Supply Compliance Lead to champion the integrity of our products and supply-base, as we continue to grow across global markets. In this role, you’ll take the lead on ensuring our products don’t just meet regulatory standards — they exceed them. From packaging compliance to managing global product registrations, and working with suppliers to meet our strict B-Corp and Product Quality and Certification standards your work will safeguard the heart of our brand, ensuring every label, claim, ingredient and detail reflects our high standards of excellence and the trust our customers place in us.

This is your chance to play a key role in protecting and enhancing the quality and credibility of our products as we expand internationally.

Key Responsibilities

Product Compliance

• Monitor and interpret regulatory requirements across markets, including packaging, recycling symbols, post-Brexit changes, and new regulations in the EU and USA, to ensure ongoing compliance and proactive risk mitigation.
• Advise internal teams on health claims, marketing compliance, and labelling risks in line with relevant market standards and consumer protection laws.
• Oversee registrations, packaging and labelling compliance for new markets, ensuring testing requirements, recyclability, and market-specific restrictions are addressed.
• Support the Senior Quality Manager in conducting risk analysis related to product quality, food safety, advertising regulations, and changes in relevant legislation.
• Ensure implementation of compliance-related improvement actions identified by cross‑functional teams.
• Lead ESG compliance initiatives, including acquiring new product certifications (e.g., Non‑GMO USA).
• Ensure certification symbols on artwork are accurate, up-to-date and removed when necessary and collaborate with the relevant team members to implement required artwork changes.

Product Registration and Documentation

• Manage product registrations and regulatory filings, including:
• European Union Article Number (EAN) updates for new and existing product development.
• Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) registration for food supplements.
• Coordination of supplement notifications via approved third‑party partners.
• United States registrations, including Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims filings, Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP), supplier onboarding, documentation coordination, and internal records updates.
• Supporting the Senior Master Data and Artwork Assistant, maintain accurate and accessible archives of all product registration and compliance documentation.
• Support Retail and Logistics teams with registration and compliance requirements for both new market entries and product launches in existing markets.

External Partner Management

• Design, implement and run a system for ensuring compliance of all current and new suppliers and materials to our key policies and certifications.
• Manage relationships with external regulatory consultants and agencies for ensuring compliance (e.g., Check My Label EU, Scantech, AW Law USA, Blue Cactus, Registrar Corp).
• Identify and onboard new partners, define scope and deliverables, negotiate service level agreements (SLAs), and manage associated fees.

Who You Are

• Proven experience in regulatory compliance within FMCG, wellness, supplements, or food sectors.
• Strong understanding of global regulatory landscapes (UK, EU, USA, and emerging markets).
• Experience managing product registrations, regulatory submissions, and external consultants.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong project management and documentation control capabilities.
• Familiarity with ESG and sustainability frameworks in product labelling and certifications is a plus.
• Hungry: Ambitious, driven with a growth mindset, always seeking ways to learn, develop and be better.
• Humble: No ego, collaborative team player, always acts with integrity and clear sense of accountability, aligned with our B‑Corp values.
• High Performing: Effective. Efficient, with a solid work ethic. Always operates with self‑awareness that enables them to consistently push for exceptional results—while maintaining resilience, balance, and self‑care.
• Hustle: Entrepreneurial. Innovative, fast‑paced, great communicator. Always adept at solving problems and navigating dynamic, ever‑changing situations.

Why Join Us

Ancient + Brave are a community‑built brand and embracing innovation and sustainability with social and environmental responsibility is at the heart of everything we do. We hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards when it comes to our commitment to balance profit and purpose — working with us means being part of building a truly sustainable product. We are B Corp certified and members of 1% for the Planet, committed to giving back % of all sales towards helping environmental partners, so we can work together towards a better future for our planet.

At Ancient + Brave you’ll find an engaging, collaborative and inclusive work environment where your talents will be nurtured, and your contributions valued.

We provide all our team members with suitable laptop computers & headphones and our office is equipped with monitors, ergonomic chairs and sitting + standing desks. Our kitchen is fully stocked with the usual supplies as well as limitless supply of A+B products (you also get 50% off on any product you wish to purchase).

We pay a discretionary bonus based on a mix of company performance and individual contributions and review our salaries annually. Our pension contributions are ESG invested (so no pharma, weapons or other ethically questionable investments).

Our Private Medical Insurance is designed to support your health and wellbeing, providing swift access to high‑quality care whenever you need it most.

Our Medicash plan offers access to specialist consultations, 24/7 Virtual GP and health screenings as well as dental, optical and complementary therapies and access to confidential support via its EAP programme.

Our Mintago platform gives employees access to financial wellbeing advice and support as well as retail discounts and salary sacrifice schemes, which cover childcare, cycle to work, gym membership, groceries and mobile/tech purchase.

In addition to our regular annual holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, we also offer one Wellbeing day to use as needed.

We offer continuous training & professional development opportunities and our team members get to enjoy complimentary nutrition and workout sessions in the office. We support a number of charities, coordinating our fund‑raising initiatives for maximum impact. We hold two social events a year to come together and connect in a meaningful way.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace culture. We embrace varied perspectives and encourage creativity that knows no bounds. While most of our roles are advertised as full‑time, we are open to discussing part‑time setup where appropriate.

As a fast‑paced scale‑up, we’ve found that spending time together in person is hugely beneficial to the way we’re needing to communicate, collaborate and drive the business forward. Our new HQ (a beautiful riverside office situated in Lewes, East Sussex) is an inviting and friendly environment for all of our team members and we expect any new joiner to be in the office full time.