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Company: Kelly Services
Location: Torrance, CA
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board

Description

Regulatory Affairs Project Manager (Cosmetics & OTC Drug Industry)

Kelly® Science & Clinical s seeking a Regulatory Affairs Project Manager for a project-based position with the potential to transition into a full-time role. If you have a passion for ensuring compliance and expertise in the cosmetics and OTC drug industry, now is your chance to make an impact with a leading manufacturer. Take the next step in your regulatory career with PML—where expertise meets opportunity!

Location: Torrance, CA
Position Type: Contract (potential for extension or hire)
Shift: M-F 8a-5p
Pay Range: 80-100K

About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Regulatory Affairs Project Manager with specialized experience in the cosmetics and OTC drug industry. This opportunity is initially project-based, with the possibility of transitioning into a full-time Regulatory Manager role upon successful performance and cultural fit. Key Responsibilities

  • Analyze the current list of open regulatory requests, ensuring all are addressed and up to date.
  • Classify requests by required resources, complexity, and estimated completion time.
  • Identify and define standard regulatory documents and processes that PML must maintain as a manufacturer to ensure ongoing compliance.
  • Recommend effective approaches for non-standard, complex, or resource-intensive requests, which may include:
  • Advising clients to seek external regulatory consultants.
  • Identifying and recommending software systems for regulatory automation.
  • Proposing additional internal hires or outsourced support, as needed.
Qualifications
  • Minimum 5 years in regulatory affairs within the cosmetics and OTC drug sector; contract manufacturing background is highly desirable.
  • In-depth understanding of FDA regulations, OTC drug monograph compliance, cosmetic labeling, product claims, and related documentation.
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex regulatory workflows, documentation, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Strong skills in analyzing regulatory requests, resource planning, and process optimization.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Preferred Skills
  • Familiarity with regulatory software systems and automation tools.
  • Experience advising on external regulatory consultant engagements.
  • Ability to train and onboard new internal or outsourced compliance staff.
  • Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.


As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly® Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it's the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.


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