Job Description

Position details

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Employment Type: 12-month contract | 5 days a week

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Working arrangement: Work across standard business hours

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Our client is a leading global organisation with a strong presence across Australia and New Zealand.

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Due to continued growth and an expanding product portfolio, they are seeking an experienced Product Approval Specialist to join their team and take ownership of the end-to-end product approval lifecycle across the AU/NZ market.

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This is an excellent opportunity for a regulatory, compliance or product certification professional with experience in a consumer technical product environment to play a key role in ensuring products successfully meet local regulatory requirements and enter the market on time.

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About the Role

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Reporting to the Head of Compliance, you will be responsible for managing product approvals and ensuring ongoing compliance with applicable Australian and New Zealand legislation, regulatory frameworks and AS/NZS standards.

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Acting as the key point of contact for product approvals, you will work across local and international teams, third-party certifiers, testing laboratories and regulatory authorities to navigate complex approval requirements and deliver timely market access.

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Benefits

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- Work with leading global brands and a diverse portfolio of innovative products

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- Benefit from a strong focus on employee wellbeing and work-life balance

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- Enjoy a collaborative and inclusive working environment

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- Influence product development and approval strategies

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- Play a critical role in ensuring products meet the regulatory requirements necessary to reach the market

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Your responsibilities will include

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- Managing the end-to-end product approval and certification lifecycle across Australia and New Zealand

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- Initiating, coordinating, supervising and monitoring product approvals with relevant regulatory authorities and certification bodies

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- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of Australian and New Zealand technical approval standards, procedures and regulatory requirements

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- Working closely with global Product Division and Factory Product Development teams to support the successful launch of new products into the AU/NZ market

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- Partnering with local Category Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure products are appropriately developed and positioned for the Australian and New Zealand markets

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- Monitoring emerging standards, regulatory changes and legislative developments, assessing their potential impact on the product portfolio

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- Managing multiple concurrent certification and compliance activities across a diverse product portfolio

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- Building effective relationships with regulators, third-party certification bodies, testing laboratories and external service providers

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About You

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You will be a proactive and commercially minded product compliance professional who enjoys working in a technical, fast-paced and highly collaborative workplace.

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A degree in Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline will be highly regarded.

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To be successful, you will have

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- 5+ years' experience in product compliance, regulatory affairs, product certification or an accredited testing laboratory environment

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- Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent product certification, approval and compliance activities

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- Strong project management capability, with a proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver approvals within required timelines

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- The ability to interpret and apply complex technical standards, regulatory frameworks and legislation

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- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and regulatory information for both technical and non-technical audiences.

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- Experience working within a multinational or matrixed organisation collaborating effectively with global and local stakeholders.

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- Solid relationship-building and cross-functional collaboration skills.

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📌 Product Approval Specialist (Melbourne)
🏢 Veritas Recruitment
📍 Melbourne