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Title: Compliance Director

Location: Remote in USA (You must be based in and eligible to work in the US)

Position: Perm

About Petlab Co

PetLab Co. strives to make the lives of pets better and currently we are succeeding as the world’s fastest-growing pet supplement business. Founded in late 2018, Petlab Co. quickly became the largest DTC pet supplement brand, with its innovative products and educational campaigns having positively impacted the lives of over 1,000,000 pets and 250,000 owners. Petlab Co. is a vibrant, fast-moving, and customer-centric team who value and reward high performing players. It is an ideal place for a candidate who is ambitious, hardworking, loves animals, is looking to rapidly progress their career, and would enjoy working in a vibrant environment with smart co-workers and friendly office dogs!

A Day In The Life…

PetLab Co. is seeking a professional, organized, and mission-driven Compliance Director to help lead our compliance team. Working closely with our COO and General Counsel, you’ll work across different business units within our company to ensure that our products, marketing, and web assets remain in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and our internal policies and procedures. You’ll have an opportunity to work closely with our New Product Development team, Customer Experience, Marketing, Product, and Design Teams. This role will be critical in helping to build and maintain a compliance process and robust regulatory framework within Petlab Co.

We move and think fast so it’s important that you are able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and are happy to roll up your sleeves to do whatever it takes to support the team in every way possible. If that sounds exciting - we would love you to join our pack!

A day in the life..

• Lead our compliance department and help build and promote a strong compliance culture; oversee framework for compliance/risk management and work with leaders to ensure effective implementation and adhere to agreed processes.
• Advise the business on our expanding line of product offerings as it relates to product classification, ingredients, labels, and other applicable matters. Provide concrete guidance and advise on marketing and advertising of our products across our social media platforms.
• You will work with our Legal Department to support the PetLab Co. , Marketing, Product & Design teams to help develop a process and procedure to identify compliance issues, evaluate our products through a regulatory lens, help create a process to influence long term product success and manage our exposure as it relates to compliance risk.
• Think commercially and evaluate business objectives with a focus on how to achieve regulatory adherence and propose compliance solutions within risk tolerance and regulatory requirements.
• Develop strong relationships to advise leadership on the company's compliance matters through data and detailed reports.
• Advise and guide the PetLab Co. new product development on regulatory requirements across all new product launches and initiatives.
• Help draft all relevant department compliance documentation, processes, manuals, guidebooks, advisories, trainings, and polices.
• Work with senior leadership to help formulate and implement cohesive compliance strategy and keep the team evolving to meet the needs of the company.
• Remain up-to-date on regulatory changes and landscape, best practices and cutting-edge developments in the industry (FDA, FTC, AAFCO, NASC, and other relevant authorities).
• Create framework for product-compliance and product-marketing protocols for each country in which PetLab Co. operates, including vetting appropriate outside counsel and gaining sufficient familiarity with each region’s different requirements and nuances.
• Collaborate with colleagues to drive compliance programs for privacy and data security, including GDPR and CCPA, and to develop and implement global standards, policies and processes surrounding privacy and data protection.

Requirements

What You Need…

• Significant regulatory compliance experience in a highly regulated industry in a leading role running managing a team.
• Strong history with enhancing compliance programs to meet the needs of a heightened regulatory landscape.
• Enhanced knowledge of relevant laws, legal bodies, regulatory agencies, statutory regulations, and agency guidance that pertain to the food production/supplements/pet food industry.
• Expert knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods, and coordination of resources.
• Ability to communicate concisely and optimally in a business environment; avoid complex legal jargon; ability to home in on key issues and risks and tailor to business objectives and priorities; do not create unnecessary confusion and complexity.
• Ability to independently deal with the grey area, appropriate risk taking with guidance from leadership.
• Ability to bring practical solutions to business problems.
• Ability to assess risk in a commercial framework and contextualize within a rapidly scaling company.
• Ability to build open, trusting, and honest relationships, effectively influencing others.
• Ability to help instill agility and resilience in the team and to collaborators.
• Passion for this role and ability to encourage appreciation for compliance in others amidst a rapidly moving and growing business.
• Quick ability to adapt to changing business needs and appreciate the opportunity for making long-lasting impacts .

Benefits

The Good Stuff…

• 20 days PTO excluding bank holidays
• Company Bonus
• Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-TermDisability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Work Remote
• Monthly Uber coffee/bagel and lunch
• Monthly Internet Stipend

PetLab Co. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to ersity and inclusion. We encourage all applications irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, nationality, marital status, and disability. We believe that ersity is at the heart of innovation and we welcome passionate candidates from all backgrounds. Come join the pack and see for yourself!