Senior Manager of Product Stewardship - Americas

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Job Description

Albemarle is hiring a Senior Manager, Product Stewardship - Americas. This position is hybrid and based in Charlotte, NC or Washington, DC. The Senior Manager, Product Stewardship - Americas will be responsible for the management, professional development, and technical leadership of an America based team of Product Stewards, Regulatory, Hazard Communication and Toxicology staff. This leader will ensure regulatory compliance, and the safety of the products placed into the Americas markets. This person will be the Regulatory expert for all current and emerging regulations impacting Albemarle in the Americas, additionally this person will be responsible for mentoring and growing the Americas based product stewards, regulatory, hazard communications, and toxicology staff.

Key Responsibilities:

This person will be critical in the development and implementation of Americas-based policies and procedures and will be instrumental in the management of the new product development efforts for Albemarle.  Another critical role is the development of professional staff.

The role will assist in the development and implementation of product stewardship and product regulatory affairs related policies, plans, programs and processes. The Senior Manager will proactively seek to understand corporate and regional business objectives and collaborate with the designated Business Partners to enable attainment of business objectives while also mitigating product stewardship and regulatory related business risks.

The incumbent will also be required to personally provide relevant subject matter expertise on such issues as: hazard identification, exposure characterization, safety assessment and product safety testing guidance to project teams and senior management. This detailed technical work will enable new product development, mergers and acquisitions, and promote product stewardship in support of all of Albemarle’s business ventures.

What you will do:

• Enable growth initiatives and implement programs and processes to address specific global regulations that impact company products, with a keen focus on those related to chemistries that are at the core of Albemarle’s value propositions.
• Develop, train and hire talent for the Americas while developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure safe and compliant products in the Americas marketplace in a proactive manner.
• Work proactively and cross functionally (e.g., R & D, Manufacturing, Commercial and Supply Chain and others as required) to promote responsible product stewardship programs including information disclosure, packaging, distribution, use, and ultimate disposal or disposition of products globally but concentration on the Americas.
• Assist in the development and implementation of product stewardship related processes and tools, develop and/or add technical and regulatory capabilities where and when warranted.
• Ensure that NPD and business teams understand the need and expected timeframes to secure and maintain the requisite authorizations under Americas chemical control regulations (e.g., TSCA, FIFRA, FDA, etc.) before and while doing business in markets where such programs apply.
• Work collaboratively with all relevant internal Albemarle functions such as: Product Management, R & D, Legal, Communications, Operations, etc. to enable the rapid and cost-efficient introduction of new products and formulations.
• Manage ongoing compliance with all applicable product regulatory programs, such as: Canada, Mexico SA, TSCA, FDA, EPA, Hazard Communication and their analogues on a country-by-country basis for the Americas marketplaces.
• Assist operating sites and other functions in the development, implementation and integration of processes, procedures, and tools needed to ensure ongoing product regulatory compliance and product risk management.
• Collaborate as requested and/or directed with Americas based Albemarle External Affairs personnel to effectively interface with legislative committees and governmental agencies, and/or regulatory organizations.
• Provide effective team leadership and collaboration within multi-functional teams, and communicate toxicology, and safety information, technical position papers and risk assessments to internal and external technical experts as well as pro