The LATAM Regulatory Affairs Senior Team Manager leads the Regulatory Team and works collaboratively with cross-functional partners (included but not limited to the VCO, Sales and Marketing teams and Corporate Affairs Directors) to support the company’s LATAM, regional and global objectives by enabling continuous market access of the existing portfolio and innovations.

This People Leader role sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion; coordinates work activities with others​enabling achievement of the Royal Canin growth strategy. It ensures an effective, high performing, developing and engaged Regulatory organization.

What are we looking for?

• Strategic Implementation and Resource Management:

  • Implement the Company's Regulatory Strategy tailored to the specific needs of LATAM markets, including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Latam Seeds (Chile, Peru, Colombia, Puerto Rico).
  • Efficiently manage timelines and resources to achieve objectives, ensuring tracking tools and regulatory databases are consistently updated.

• Team Development and Performance Enhancement:

  • Ensure the LATAM Regulatory team is well-staffed and organized to fulfill its mission, with a focus on continuous performance improvement to meet current and future business needs.
  • Foster effective team development through exemplary line management behaviors, creating opportunities for team growth and capability enhancement.

• External Network and Influence:

  • Identify, develop, and leverage a robust LATAM external network of industry experts, opinion leaders, and regulatory organizations.
  • Represent the company and provide leadership in external regulatory bodies, aligning with local-regional-global business strategies.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Communication:

  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure businesses are guided by sound regulatory principles, supporting compliance and opportunity-driven activities.
  • Partner with Legal Counsel and external partners to align risk frameworks, ensuring effective communication across segments for a unified approach.

• Monitoring and Strategic Alignment:

  • Monitor and evaluate emerging regulatory issues and opportunities that could impact market access and business strategy.
  • Maintain broad knowledge of the scientific, regulatory, and policy environment in LATAM, leading discussions to balance business strategy with reputation and operational freedom.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Drive engagement and lead the Regulatory Affairs function for LATAM markets in the following duties:

• Implementing the Company’s Regulatory Strategy, ensuring it meets the needs of the local business (Argentina / Brazil / Mexico / Latam Seeds (Chile / Peru / Colombia / Puerto Rico). Managing timelines and resources to achieve stated objectives, ensuring tracking tools and regulatory databases are maintained up to date.

• Ensuring that the LATAM Regulatory team is staffed & organized to deliver on its mission and continuously improve its performance to meet the Business current and future needs.

• Accountable for ensuring effective team development through line management excellence behaviours and create opportunities for development of team.

• Accountable for recruitment, succession planning and managing performance. Define and develop the capability needs for the LATAM Regulatory organization to meet the needs of the region today and in the future.

• Contribute to best practices sharing & cross-training within the Royal Canin Regulatory Affairs network and create synergies across Mars segments.

• Identify, develop, manage and leverage an appropriate LATAM external network of experts and opinion leaders in industry, academia, government, and NGOs, represent the company and provide leadership and influence in external regulatory organizations consistent with the regulatory agendas and in line with the local-regional-global business strategy.

• Accountable for the monitoring & evaluation of developing regulatory issues and opportunities that could influence the access to the market of the company’s portfolio and/or business strategy. 

• Maintaining a broad knowledge of scientific, regulatory and policy environment in the LATAM.

• Leveraging cross-functional collaboration to ensure that businesses are guided on a sound regulatory basis, to define the appropriate regulatory strategy and resource to support compliance as well as opportunity driven activities.

• Partnering with Legal Counsel and external partners (trade associations, professional associations) to align an appropriate risk framework, aligned with the local Leadership Team.

• Ensuring effective cross-segment Scientific & Regulatory Affairs community communication to align and create a ‘one-voice’ approach; aligning globally on key topics to ensure alignment and consistency.

• Leading discussion where required to balance business strategy with reputation and freedom to operate.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.