Global Product Compliance Lead

Dôen; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

Healthcare benefits

401k match

Competitive salary

Discount

Job summary

DÔEN seeks a Compliance Manager to own and maintain the company’s global product compliance framework across apparel, footwear, handbags, jewelry, and other categories. You will monitor regulatory requirements across the US, EU/UK, Greater China, and APAC, translating rules into product standards, testing protocols, and supplier requirements.

You will lead risk-based testing programs, manage labs, own the Restricted Substances List, and ensure labeling, traceability, and documentation meet

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in product compliance, regulatory affairs, quality, textile/apparel manufacturing, sourcing, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in product compliance, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, or related functions within apparel, accessories, footwear, consumer products, or retail.
• Demonstrated experience managing compliance requirements across multiple international markets.
• Strong knowledge of global apparel and accessories manufacturing, product testing, restricted substances, labeling, product safety, and regulatory documentation.
• Experience working directly with international factories, mills, suppliers, testing laboratories, and third-party compliance partners.
• Ability to interpret complex regulations and translate them into practical business and supplier requirements.
• Strong organizational, analytical, project-management, and communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain DÔEN’s global product compliance framework across apparel, footwear, handbags, jewelry, accessories, and other applicable product categories.
• Monitor evolving regulatory requirements across the United States, EU/UK, Greater China, and key Asia-Pacific markets.
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear product standards, testing protocols, supplier requirements, and operating procedures.
• Maintain a global regulatory matrix by product/category, country of origin, and destination market to identify requirements early in development.
• Assess regulatory changes and new market requirements, communicate business impact, and develop implementation plans.
• Identify compliance risks across the product portfolio and establish appropriate escalation and mitigation strategies.
• Develop and oversee risk-based product testing protocols based on product category, material, intended use, country of manufacture, and destination market.
• Manage third-party testing laboratories and review testing for applicable chemical, physical, mechanical, flammability, performance, and product safety requirements.
• Own DÔEN’s Restricted Substances List (RSL) and applicable chemical compliance requirements.
• Partner with suppliers to ensure fabrics, dyes, prints, washes, trims, hardware, coatings, packaging, and other components meet applicable requirements.
• Review testing failures and compliance exceptions and lead corrective action plans with Product Development, Production, Quality, and suppliers.
• Oversee regulatory requirements for fiber/content labeling, country-of-origin marking, care labeling, product identification, warnings, language requirements, and required consumer information.
• Review and approve regulatory components of labels, packaging, hangtags, and product markings by destination market.
• Oversee required product certifications and compliance documentation, including applicable U.S. CPSC documentation and General Certificates of Conformity.
• Maintain centralized test reports, certificates, declarations, supplier records, and other required regulatory documentation.
• Establish traceability of compliance records by style/SKU, material, supplier, purchase order, country of origin, and destination market.
• Partner with internal teams to strengthen compliance data management within PLM, ERP, and other business systems.
• Establish product compliance requirements for factories, mills, material suppliers, trim suppliers, and other manufacturing partners.
• Incorporate compliance requirements into supplier onboarding and ongoing supplier management.
• Partner with Design, Product Development, Sourcing, Production, Technical Design, and Quality to identify compliance risks associated with new products, materials, treatments, suppliers, and countries of origin.
• Establish compliance checkpoints within development and production calendars so requirements are addressed before bulk production and shipment, rather than as a final-stage approval.
• Train internal teams and suppliers on DÔEN standards, testing protocols, documentation, and regulatory expectations.
• The ideal candidate will have strong working knowledge of global product compliance frameworks, including: United States: CPSC/CPSIA where applicable, FTC textile and care labeling, country-of-origin requirements, California Proposition 65, and applicable federal and state product safety requirements.
• European Union / United Kingdom: REACH, textile labeling, General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), product traceability, and applicable EU/UK product safety requirements.
• Greater China: Applicable GB standards, textile/apparel and accessories labeling, testing, and documentation requirements.
• Asia-Pacific: Product safety, chemical, labeling, and consumer product requirements across key markets including Japan, South Korea, and Australia.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

DÔEN seeks a Compliance Manager to own and maintain the company’s global product compliance framework across apparel, footwear, handbags, jewelry, and other categories. You will monitor regulatory requirements across the US, EU/UK, Greater China, and APAC, translating rules into product standards, testing protocols, and supplier requirements.

You will lead risk-based testing programs, manage labs, own the Restricted Substances List, and ensure labeling, traceability, and documentation meet