Senior Regulatory Manager, Canada

Company Overview

Farmers Business Network, Inc. (FBN®) is a pioneering digital marketplace and farmer-to-farmer network dedicated to empowering family farmers globally while promoting sustainable agriculture. With over 117,000 members, FBN's Farmers First® promise unites growers and ranchers in their quest to maximize profitability and increase food production. FBN leverages data, AI and direct-to-farm delivery to simplify the agricultural supply chain, boosting convenience and transparency, reducing farm input costs, enhancing access to financing and services, and providing personalized farm insights. Its Gradable® joint-venture helps thousands of farmers adopt and earn rewards for regenerative practices while simplifying the access of regenerative products for the world’s leading food companies and grain buyers.

Position Summary

Sr Regulatory Manager is responsible to obtain and maintain freedom to sell Crop Protection products regulated federally by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for crop protection and PRMA for the country of Canada. Additional responsibilities may include regulatory oversight for adjuvants and biostimulants regulated at the State level.

Responsibilities

• Develop the regulatory strategy for all Crop protection products (active Ingredients as well as End-Use-products) planned to be manufactured and/or commercialized in Canada and/or the USA where applicable.
• Responsible for all EPA and supporting PRMA submissions. Oversee the registrations plans and distribute the submission workload between themself and a team of third-party regulatory consultants to ensure timely dossier submissions to meet commercial timelines.
• Responsible for tracking submission due dates, agency response due dates, regulatory chronology, regulatory communications, regulatory costs and other metrics as needed.
• Coordinates and participates in label preparation and review.
• Identify potential regulatory issues on products or industry topics and take lead on internal communication and strategy development.
• Engage on project teams, contribute to overall projects strategy, and provide regulatory support for development and marketing of CP, adjuvants and biostimulants.
• Serve as US & Canada regulatory business partner. Communicate and provide guidance to other departments and/or stakeholders regarding documentation format and global timeline requirements.
• Provide relevant regulatory guidance to internal leaders and timely interactions with external regulatory agencies.
• Proactively identifies areas of improvements specific to the US regulatory registration process, or applicable globally, and proposes actionable recommendations.
• Responsible for writing and implementing best practices and standard operating procedures regarding regulatory submissions/requirements as needed and in support of the team.
• Maintains advanced and current knowledge of relevant regulations, policies and guidelines. Provides guidance within the regulatory department and/or cross-functionally relative to regulatory compliance of products and processes.
• Represents GCS and participates in industry association as needed (e.g. Crop Life, CPDMA, etc.).
• Provide guidance to Canada and US Regulatory specialists.
• Other duties as assigned/required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Toxicology, Agriculture or minimum 5 years of experience with EPA registrations for Crop Protection Products.
• Strong understanding of Canadian registration processes and requirements
• Minimum 5 years regulatory experience in relevant field (CP, fertilizers, biostimulants, feed additives, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate about agriculture, farming and desire to put Farmers First®
• Ability to work well within time constraints, able to effectively prioritize in a high demand environment within multiple locations
• Have excellent organizational skills, the ability to prioritize a heavy workload, and pay attention to technical and administrative detail
• Effective teamwork to support a positive communication flow within the Global Regulatory Team (as needed) and interactions with EPA front end screeners and reviewers

Characteristics

The successful applicant will be:

• Assist in quick and efficient transfer of information
• Support regulatory goals by providing regulatory support to Regulatory Team and to cross-functional team with FBN
• Able to handle sensitive and confidential subject matters with discretion
• Detailed and process oriented
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced start-up environment
• Strong customer orientation and problem-solving skills
• Highly independent, goal-oriented and solution driven
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter, proactively communicates with key stakeholders
• Proficient in Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Slides)
• Ability to successfully pass criminal background check

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