Regulatory and Compliance Manager
Medterra
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Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in regulatory affairs or compliance within the cannabis or CBD industry.
- Track record managing multi-state compliance programs.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of compliance framework for botanical wellness products.
- Review and approve product labels and website content.
- Track federal and state CBD/hemp legislation.
Skills
Job description
This range is provided by Medterra. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
$105,000.00/yr - $125,000.00/yr
Founded in 2017, Medterra has evolved from an innovative CBD start-up into a forward-thinking botanical wellness company. As experts in the industry, our mission is to empower individuals to optimize their mental and physical well-being. We combine cutting-edge natural ingredients with scientific advancements to create superior wellness solutions that are accessible to all, offering tangible results everyone can feel.
Joining Medterra means becoming part of a trusted and rapidly growing CBD and hemp wellness company at the forefront of innovation and compliance. In this role, you will make a meaningful impact by ensuring product safety and regulatory adherence across all 50 states, while gaining exposure to multi-state compliance frameworks and complex industry challenges. You’ll collaborate with a passionate, mission-driven team in a flexible, fully remote work environment and have access to competitive compensation, wellness programs, professional development opportunities, and other comprehensive benefits.
This role drives regulatory & compliance strategy and cross-functional alignment to keep our products and communications aligned with evolving federal and state requirements for CBD and other botanical wellness supplements. The Regulatory & Compliance Manager is responsible for ensuring Medterra’s product and marketing compliance across all 50 U.S. states. This is a mission-critical position that supports product safety, regulatory trust, and operational excellence.
- Lead the development, execution, and continuous improvement of Medterra’s compliance framework for ingestible and topical botanical wellness products.
- Review and approve product labels, packaging, website content, and marketing assets (including UGC and influencer content) to ensure they meet FDA, FTC, and state-specific guidelines.
- Track and interpret federal and state-by-state CBD/hemp legislation and provide timely insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Draft and manage regulatory communications, including internal memos and responses to agency inquiries.
- Oversee regulatory audits and internal reviews to support business continuity and preparedness.
- Partner with operations, legal, marketing, sales, and customer service to drive cross-functional regulatory alignment.
- Develop SOPs, compliance checklists, and scalable workflows to support internal training and consistency.
- Own state registration process by product, ensuring all registrations are up to date.
Required
- 7+ years of experience in regulatory affairs or compliance within the cannabis, CBD, dietary supplement, or CPG industries
- Expert knowledge of FDA, FTC, and state-level regulatory requirements for ingestible and topical CBD/hemp products
- Strong writing skills with experience in regulatory documentation, SOPs, and executive briefings
- Track record of managing multi-state compliance programs, preferably in a DTC-first environment
- Comfortable interpreting legal guidance and collaborating with legal departments
- Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail
Preferred
- FDA warning letter or cure response experience
- Experience working with e-commerce compliance (website audits, SEO claims, shipping restrictions)
- Proficiency in collaborative compliance tracking tools
- Multi-jurisdictional labeling or universal packaging development experience
- Timely and accurate label and asset approvals with zero regulatory citations
- Proactive identification of regulatory risks and successful mitigation plans implemented
- Team training and SOP adherence rates across key functional departments
- Competitive Compensation Package including Salary, Bonus, Benefits and Generous 401k Savings Plan with company matching
- Unlimited vacation policy that you're encouraged to use, sick time, paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Annual Wellness Allowance which includes Fitness, Groceries, Health, Nutrition, Spa Treatment Reimbursements
- 100% remote workforce with annual reimbursement for home office technology and equipment
- Robust Employee Assistance Program (for you and your loved ones)
- Training and Development Programs
- Generous Employee Discounts
Full-Time
Fully remote; ability to travel 1–2 times per year to Irvine, CA office for team meetings.
Must be able to work independently with distributed teams across time zones
- Mid-Senior level
- Full-time
- Administrative
- Retail Health and Personal Care Products
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