Vice President, Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs at Ingredion in Bridgewater, NJ

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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. Ready to make a global impact through science, innovation, and regulatory leadership? We'd love to hear from you. 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 a