Director, Regulatory Affairs

Seed Health is a microbiome science company pioneering clinically validated innovations for gut and whole-body health. Rooted in rigorous research and peer-reviewed studies, Seed is setting new standards for efficacy, safety, and trust in the biotics category. Our flagship innovation, DS-01® Daily Synbiotic, is a pre- and probiotic studied in multiple human clinical trials and trusted by over one million people for its systemic benefits, including gut, skin, immune, and heart health. Our pipeline of gut-directed innovations, developed in collaboration with world-renowned researchers and clinicians, harnesses the microbiome as a driver of longevity, systemic health, and daily well-being. Grounded in the ethos that human and planetary health are interconnected, our environmental research division, SeedLabs, advances microbial interventions to enhance biodiversity and help restore ecosystems impacted by human activity.

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You

As a Director of Regulatory Affairs, you’ll steward our content and processes allowing for their fullest expressions, while maintaining our reputation for scientific integrity and compliance. You’ll seamlessly steer and guide teams across our organization with your knowledge, insights, and professional advice to mitigate risks in a complex and ever-evolving regulatory and legal landscape. Your judgment is sharp, decisive, and backed with deep industry knowledge and varied real-world experience.

As Director of Regulatory Affairs, you’ll lead and shape Seed’s global regulatory and compliance strategy, ensuring scientific integrity, risk mitigation, and adherence to evolving regulatory frameworks. You’ll manage both day-to-day compliance activities and longer-term strategic initiatives, collaborating cross-functionally to support product innovation, brand growth, scientific rigor, international expansion, and organizational evolution.

This role requires someone well adept at navigating complex regulatory gray areas—an experienced, decisive, and judicious professional who can balance innovation with compliance in the dietary supplement industry. You’ll be a critical steward of Seed’s reputation, ensuring our science and messaging are both compelling and compliant.

Responsibilities

• Lead Regulatory & Compliance Function: Manage and oversee Seed’s Regulatory and Compliance activities, building and promoting a strong compliance culture while balancing business objectives and implementation of frameworks across teams
• Strategic Risk Foresight: Apply foresight and predictive modeling to anticipate potential downstream regulatory, scientific, and market issues, enabling proactive risk mitigation and informed business decisions 
• Claims & Substantiation: Direct substantiation strategy for all ingredient- and composition-based claims, maintaining a robust dossier with clear guardrails that empower cross-functional teams to develop compliant marketing and product communications
• Oversee Seed's Compliance process: Generating and approving various written content in adherence with the current regulatory and legal landscape and advising on risk mitigation where appropriate.
• Clinical & Scientific Translation: Leverage a broad understanding of human physiology to guide the design and interpretation of preclinical and clinical studies, and translate complex outcomes into permissible-consumer facing claims that align with brand positioning
• Regulatory Guidance for Innovation: Provide strategic counsel on product development, formulations, labeling, and claims to enable brand growth, new product launches, and global expansion
• Compliance Oversight: Own and optimize compliance workflows and approval processes, ensuring timely, standardized review of materials while safeguarding against regulatory and reputational risks
• Regulatory Intelligence: Monitor, interpret, and communicate emerging FDA, FTC, NAD/BBB, Prop 65, and global regulatory requirements and enforcement trends; maintain fluency in ODI, NDI, and GRAS designations and related frameworks
• Cross-Functional Enablement: Deliver clear regulatory counsel across teams, fostering organizational awareness of compliance requirements and enabling confident, compliant decision-making
• External Engagement: Collaborate with external consultants, CROs, and regulatory partners as needed to support compliance, certification, and global regulatory pathways
• Product Matters:
• Advise the business on our expanding line of product offerings as it relates to product claims, ingredients, labels, off-label content, and other applicable matters.
• Provide guidance and advice on marketing and advertising of our products, including health claims, in adherence with FTC policy and congruent with NAD/BBB case decisions.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years experience in Regulatory Affairs in a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) environment (medical devices, natural health products/ dietary supplements/pharmaceuticals).
• Minimum B.Sc. in pharmaceutical, nutritional, or life sciences or a related scientific field. 
• ​​Experience in attaining and adhering to compliance with FDA regulations, including 21 CFR 111 (including Subpart L) and FSMA.
• Strong knowledge of the FDA regulatory landscape and enforcement discretion trends for dietary supplements and previous experience in managing regulatory activities within the dietary supplement industry. 
• Strong expertise in interpreting and applying FTC regulatory frameworks, including health claims guidance, 16 CFR Part 260, 16 CFR Part 255—as well as relevant enforcement trends and case law
• Strong knowledge of pharmacovigilance activities and risk management activities in relation to dietary supplements.
• Previous experience with Proposition 65 compliance and safeguarding.
• Previous experience in Complaint Handling and evaluation of Adverse Events/Incidents for reportability to regulatory agencies, including MedWatch (when mandated).
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to identify compliance risks and escalate when necessary.
• Ability to work and achieve success in an ever-changing, technology-forward fast-paced environment.

Additionally, We'D Like To See:

• Experience working with live microbials / probiotic products, including manufacturing (CMC), analysis / methodologies, stability, taxonomy, delivery methods, mechanisms of action, and various health outcomes
• Experience in working through litigation matters.
• Experience in working through a response to a complaint filed through the NAD/BBB.
• Experience managing 483s and FDA warning letters 
• Experience resolving consumer watchdog challenges
• Experience in international regulations, including EU, CAN (PLA and NPN registrations for Natural Health Products) and AUS, amongst other jurisdictions.

The annual pay range for this full-time position is $200k-$240k + performance-based bonus + equity + benefits across all US locations (this position is 100% remote-US). Our pay ranges are guided by discipline, level and experience required. Within the range, individual pay may vary based on additional factors, including: your specific location, desired skills/ technical competency, relevant experience and advanced education/ training.Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, LTD, Mental Wellness, EAP, Wellness Stipend + 401(k) match.

Benefits + Perks:

Health & Wellness: Choose from multiple medical, dental, and vision plans, with generous employer contributions and coverage options to meet your needs. Enjoy access to top-tier virtual care and a complimentary Aaptiv membership for fitness and mental wellness. We also provide an HSA with employer contributions, along with Fullscript discounts for supplements.

Mental Health Support: All employees and eligible dependents receive 12 free therapy sessions per year, plus coaching, meditation, and 24/7 access to Spring Health’s digital tools and care navigation.

Long Term Wealth Planning: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan through Betterment, featuring a 100% match on the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% of contributions—fully vested from day one.

Supporting Families: Our Parental Leave Policy includes 18 weeks of fully paid leave, with the flexibility to phase your return. We also offer four weeks of paid transition time at 80% capacity or four days per week.

Time to Recharge: Seed offers 15 vacation days, 7 sick/safe days, 2 personal days, 10 Recharge Days (Summer + Winter), and 15 paid company holidays each year.

Work Flexibly: Thrive in a remote-first culture that prioritizes autonomy and clarity. You’ll also receive a $750 one-time remote work setup stipend and ongoing access to a $450 quarterly wellness and workplace stipends via JOON.

And More: Access pet insurance, life and disability coverage, learning & development, and a vibrant culture rooted in science and impact.

Seed is an equal opportunity employer. For us, diversity isn’t an HR metric—it is the result of billions of years of evolution; it’s our nature. To serve our community inclusively means to cultivate a relative abundance of perspectives, backgrounds, geographies, and experiences. Like in biology, each role and its function is key to the productivity, sustainability, and resilience of our ecosystem.

Seed Health does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or any employee of the Seed team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Seed Health vendors who have been requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening.