Vice president, global scientific & regulatory affairs

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

Location: Bridgewater, NJ

Shape the Future of Science- Driven Innovation

Ingredion is seeking a visionary and strategic leader to serve as Vice President, Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs (GSRA). In this critical executive role, you will provide enterprise leadership for regulatory strategy, scientific claims governance, and innovation enablement across our global portfolio. This role will help drive compliant, differentiated, and commercially successful innovation while ensuring products, technologies, ingredients, and claims meet evolving regulatory requirements around the world.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer, with a functional reporting relationship to the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Compliance Officer, you will define and execute Ingredion's global regulatory strategy, serving as a key partner to Innovation, Commercial, Product Development, Marketing, Legal, and executive leadership teams. You will help accelerate innovation while minimizing regulatory and commercialization risk.

This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise strategy, guide next-generation innovation, and represent Ingredion as a trusted scientific and regulatory leader on the global stage. You will partner with senior business leaders, scientists, and innovators to bring breakthrough solutions to market while helping shape the regulatory and scientific strategy that drives long-term growth.

What You'll Do:

• Develop and execute regulatory strategies aligned with enterprise growth and innovation objectives.
• Provide regulatory leadership across the full innovation lifecycle, from concept development through commercialization and lifecycle management.
• Partner closely with Innovation, Commercial, Marketing, Product Development, Solutions Design, and Breakthrough Innovation teams to enable market access and compliant innovation.
• Review and approve product, ingredient, and solution claims, ensuring scientific substantiation and regulatory compliance.
• Assess regulatory, food safety, and intellectual property risks associated with new technologies, ingredients, partnerships, and innovation platforms.
• Monitor global regulatory developments, nutrition labeling changes, food safety trends, and intellectual property landscapes to identify opportunities and risks.
• Establish governance frameworks, policies, and best practices related to regulatory compliance, claims substantiation, and commercialization readiness.
• Build organizational capabilities and strengthen regulatory knowledge across the enterprise.
• Serve as a key decision-maker in stage-gate processes with authority to prevent non-compliant claims or product launches.
• Partner with Legal and IP stakeholders to support market expansion, IP strategy, patent portfolios, technology licensing, freedom-to-operate and partnership and commercialization initiatives.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will:

• Enable a compliant global innovation portfolio while reducing commercialization risk.
• Drive faster and more effective regulatory review and market access processes.
• Ensure claims and labeling strategies are supported by strong scientific evidence and regulatory standards.
• Proactively identify and mitigate regulatory and intellectual property risks.
• Help maximize the value and protection of Ingredion's innovation investments.
• Foster a culture of regulatory excellence and continuous capability building across global teams.
• Strong global regulatory intelligence and preparedness for emerging requirements and adoption of regulatory and IP best practices.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Regulatory Science, Life Sciences, Law, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Regulatory Affairs or related technical governance functions.
• Deep expertise in global food regulations, ingredient compliance, labeling, claims governance, and food safety requirements.
• Experience supporting product innovation, commercialization, and business growth initiatives.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in global organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD, JD, or equivalent) in a relevant scientific or regulatory discipline.
• Experience managing intellectual property strategy, patent portfolios, invention disclosures, and freedom-to-operate assessments.
• Global experience navigating multi-country regulatory environments and market access requirements.

Key Leadership Competencies

• Regulatory Strategy & Compliance
• Global Regulatory Intelligence
• Product Labeling & Claims Governance
• Innovation Enablement & Commercialization
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Patent Portfolio & Freedom-to-Operate Enablement
• Scientific Evidence & Claims Substantiation
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence
• Strategic Governance & Decision Support
• Capability Building & Knowledge Management

Why Join Ingredion?

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:

• Total Rewards Package – Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success.
• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support – Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being
• Career Growth – Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
• Employee Recognition Program – A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally
• Employee Discount Program – Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability—mental or physical—marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process, including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying, you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.

Relocation Available:

No

Pay Range:

$267,400.00-$356,533.33 Annual

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.