Sr. Manager, Food Regulatory - Hydration, Desserts & Meals

Kraft Heinz; Warrendale (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraft Heinz is seeking a Senior Manager, Food Regulatory to lead regulatory guidance for Hydration, Desserts, and Meals. The role oversees ingredient safety, labeling, claims, and substantiation while coordinating cross-functional teams to enable compliant product commercialization.

Hybrid work arrangement requires 3 onsite days weekly at Pittsburgh, PA or Chicago, IL areas, with leadership responsibilities spanning multiple sites and a focus on strategic, scalable regulatory solutions.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Food Science or related field with 7–10 years of US regulatory experience.
• Deep knowledge of FDA/USDA labeling, ingredient safety, and product claims.
• Proven leadership of hybrid teams across multiple locations.
• Ability to translate regulatory complexity into practical business guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the regulatory team for Hydration, Desserts & Meals.
• Provide strategic regulatory advice aligned with FDA/USDA requirements.
• Oversee regulatory support for product commercialization and labeling.
• Lead urgent regulatory responses including label emergencies and temporary approvals.
• Coordinate workflows to ensure strong regulatory support across priorities.
• Partner with R&D, Marketing, Legal, QA, Operations, and Product Development.
• Shape strategy and scalable working practices across the organization.

Skills

Regulatory leadership

Strategic advising

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

BS in Food Science, Nutrition or related field

Tools

FDA/USDA databases

Job description

Job Description

Senior Manager, Food Regulatory - Hydration, Desserts & Meals provides regulatory and people leadership within the Food Regulation & Strategy team, with accountability for enabling compliant commercialization across the Hydration, Desserts, and Meals portfolio. This role leads a team responsible for regulatory guidance on ingredients, formulas, labeling, nutritionals, GRAS assessment, claims, and promotions, while fostering a high-performing, engaged team recognized for strategic partnership, sound judgment, operational excellence, and accountability.

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days onsite weekly at one of our office locations in Pittsburgh, PA, Chicago, IL or Glenview, IL.

What's on the menu?

• Lead, coach, and develop the food regulatory team supporting Hydration, Desserts, and Meals, while fostering a high-performing, engaged team recognized for strategic partnership, influence, and operational excellence.
• Provide strategic regulatory advice and technical guidance to business partners, consistent with applicable FDA and USDA requirements and Kraft Heinz policies and guidelines.
• Lead regulatory support for product commercialization, including reviewing and approving specifications, nutritionals, formulations, ingredient safety, labeling, claims, substantiation, advertising, promotions, and related technical documentation.
• Lead the team's response to urgent regulatory matters, including factory and label emergencies, label exceptions, and temporary approvals.
• Coordinate team workflows and resources to ensure strong, seamless regulatory support across priorities.
• Help the business navigate complex and ambiguous issues by translating regulatory requirements into practical options and balanced recommendations.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships across R&D, Marketing, Legal, Quality, Operations, and Product Development to enable efficient, compliant commercialization.
• Partner with other senior managers and functional leadership to help shape strategy, priorities, and more scalable ways of working across the broader Food Regulation & Strategy organization.

Recipe for Success

• At least a BA or BS in Food Science, Nutrition, or a related field with exposure to food science/engineering, nutrition/labeling, or product development, plus 7-10 years of relevant experience in US food, beverage, and/or dietary supplement labelling regulatory compliance.
• Deep understanding of regulatory requirements and processes, including mandatory labeling elements, ingredient safety, and product claims.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. food regulatory compliance and commercialization requirements, including FDA and USDA regulations, specifications, claims, and labelling databases.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic and solution-oriented regulatory advice and technical guidance in complex, fast-paced business environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, presentation, and influencing skills, with the ability to negotiate effectively and partner across highly complex and ambiguous situations.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing teams, including hybrid teams across multiple locations.
• Ability to develop others and raise the team's overall capability.
• Ability to apply sound judgment in gray areas and translate regulatory complexity into practical business guidance.
• Proven business minded ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work with urgency and follow-through.
• Proven ability to proactively spot issues and address them through strategic problem solving.

Our Total Rewards philosophy

Our Total Rewards philosophy is to provide a meaningful and flexible spectrum of programs that equitably support our diverse workforce and their families and complement Kraft Heinz' strategy and values.

New Hire Base Salary Range: $120,800.00 - $151,000.00

Bonus: This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.

The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Benefits

Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family's needs. Coverage for benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

Wellbeing

We offer events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.

You’ll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors, for example:

• Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dent