Responsibilities

We’re looking for a hands-on Director of Labeling and Nutrition Compliance to lead labeling and nutrition compliance across our meals, ingredient data, product claims, and customer-facing information.
This role requires strong technical judgment and the ability to lead within a cross-functional organization. You will establish clear accountability, verify nutrition and labeling information, and ensure teams have practical controls for maintaining compliance as ingredients, recipes, suppliers, systems, and markets evolve.
Within your first 90 days, you will establish technical acceptance criteria and a risk-ranked review baseline, verify a representative set of supplier and market substitutions delivered by Supply Chain, and demonstrate an independently reviewed, controlled release pilot that includes label-to-website reconciliation. You will also align ongoing verification and escalation measures with functional owners, while Supply Chain retains ownership of the data remediation plan and delivery.
Lead CookUnity’s labeling and nutrition compliance program. Establish practical standards consistent with applicable Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) requirements for ingredient declarations, allergens, Nutrition Facts, serving sizes, net quantity, claims, required statements, and market-specific labeling, in partnership with Nutrition & Standards.
Own the create, review, approve, and distribute (CRAD) labeling process, governance, and consolidated KPI dashboard. Define functional accountability, independent review requirements, approval records, version controls, release criteria, escalation paths, and corrective-action follow-through.
Define regulatory and technical requirements for ingredient master data owned by Supply Chain Operations. Lead the specification approval and stakeholder sign-off process, including supplier-item and market specificity, source evidence, approved substitutions, and acceptance criteria.
Review and approve ingredient data eligibility for labeling and claims, tracking and escalating unresolved dependencies.
Own third-party laboratory validation, including lab qualification, risk-based representative sampling across suppliers and markets, appropriate testing methods, and comparison against approved recipes, portions, declared nutrition, and claim criteria.
Investigate laboratory discrepancies and drive verified corrections through the accountable data, recipe, or execution owner.
Approve product, nutrition, standards, ingredient, and dietary claims before publication across channels. Require substantiation, approved wording, applicability and conditions, review dates, and change control.
Obtain documented Food Science Lab approval of the nutritional basis for claims, required Legal concurrence, and appropriately qualified clinical approval of medically tailored meal criteria.
Set risk-based technical review priorities for estimated and generic legacy records. Partner with Supply Chain, which owns data remediation and maintenance, to verify corrections, assess supplier and market equivalence, and confirm impacts on recipes, nutrition values, allergens, and claims.

Qualification

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Required

Deep, practical experience in food-labeling regulations, nutrition, and standards compliance, including hands-on technical review of packaged food labels, ingredient and allergen declarations, nutrition calculations, and claim substantiation.
Strong working knowledge of applicable U.S. FDA food-labeling requirements and the ability to determine when USDA FSIS or other market requirements apply, with qualified specialist support as needed.
Experience connecting supplier specifications, ingredient databases, formulations, recipe systems, nutrition analysis, artwork, and production execution through controlled workflows.
Sound technical judgment regarding ingredient variability, cooking yields, portioning, laboratory results, and the limitations of calculated nutrition.
Ability to translate regulatory and technical requirements into clear acceptance criteria and practical operating controls.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional programs, resolving ownership gaps, and implementing change without relying solely on direct reporting authority.
Clear written communication, careful documentation, and confidence holding a release when supporting evidence is incomplete.
A degree in food science, nutrition, regulatory science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Preferred

Experience in multi-site prepared meal operations.
Experience with recipe-management systems and supplier-data platforms.
Familiarity with Canadian food-labeling requirements.
Registered Dietitian credentials. Clinical standards and medically tailored meal criteria require appropriately qualified expertise.
If you’re interested in this role, please submit your application, and if we think you might be a fit, we'll get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!
CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
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