Senior Product Stewardship Specialist
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Senior product stewardship specialist ensuring Solventum’s European drinking-water filtration products meet safety and regulatory requirements. Managing certifications, risk assessments, and compliance strategies for Solventum.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for product stewardship within the Drinking Water Filtration business
- Own a portfolio of Drinking Water Filtration products sold in Europe
- Ensure products manufactured and/or placed on the European market comply with corporate policies, European regulatory requirements, and customer requirements related to product environmental health and safety
- Assess and manage product safety risks related to human health and the environment
- Educate, anticipate, monitor, and influence regulatory developments
- Lead and execute product stewardship activities supporting business growth, materials compliance, human-health and environmental safety assessments, liability avoidance, and related topics
- Develop and implement product stewardship strategies for timely introduction of new and modified products
- Manage third-party certifications and testing for drinking water safety standards and regulations in Europe and the UK
- Help maintain product sales through changing regulatory requirements
- Develop, implement, and execute processes guiding development teams toward favorable alternatives
- Travel up to 10% domestically/internationally
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher AND 7 years of experience in regulatory affairs, product stewardship, drinking water industry, and/or technical field
- High School Diploma/GED AND 14 years of experience in product stewardship, biocompatibility, environmental sciences, quality, and/or technical field
- Fluent in English, both verbal and written
- Knowledge of drinking water regulations and safety standards in the UK and EU, including required third-party testing certifications
- Knowledge of EU food contact regulations, including EC 1935/2004, EU 10/2011, and EC 2023/2006
- Experience supporting regulated products, such as US FDA, US EPA, EU Drinking Water Directive, and/or CE-marked products
- Experience with electrical or electronic products and applicable safety, EMC, and battery requirements
- Global regulatory compliance experience in chemical regulations, consumer product safety, hazard communication, labelling and language compliance, legislative tracking, and advocacy
- Experience in product lifecycle management, product risk assessments, and risk-based decision-making
- Demonstrated leadership in process development, creative problem solving, project management, or Lean Six Sigma
- Cross-functional collaboration with laboratory, quality, regulatory, marketing, and manufacturing functions
- Strong communication and people skills with ability to influence change
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change
- Experience supporting businesses through transitions, mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures
- Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without employment visa sponsorship
Benefits:
- Solventum offers programs supporting physical and financial well-being
- Competitive pay and benefits benchmarked against comparable companies

















