Part-Time QA & Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Supplements, Natural Health Products & Foods
About Blue Ocean Regulatory
Blue Ocean Regulatory Inc. helps supplement, natural health product, and wellness brands build products the right way — from formulation and label review to claims, quality systems, regulatory strategy, and launch support.
We work with supplement and natural health product brands that want practical, commercially useful compliance support. Our goal is to help companies move faster by making better decisions earlier, build stronger documentation, and avoid preventable quality and regulatory problems.
We help brands build products that are not only marketable, but also compliant in the new age of DTC.
About the Role
We are looking for a part-time QA & Regulatory Affairs Specialist to support our growing work across Canadian Natural Health Products, U.S. dietary supplements, and conventional foods.
This role will begin part-time, but it is intended to grow into a long-term permanent part-time position for the right person, with potential for expanded hours and responsibility as the company grows.
This is a remote, hands-on role for someone who enjoys practical QA and regulatory work. You will help support QMS documentation, SOPs, label and claims review, claim substantiation, NHP submissions, product specifications, supplier documentation, and quality/regulatory files.
This is not a role where compliance is treated as a box to check at the end of the process. Our business works with brands that want to build properly and take quality and regulatory requirements seriously.
If you have spent time in environments where QA or regulatory input is brought in too late, minimized, or treated like a roadblock, this role should feel different. At Blue Ocean Regulatory, compliance is part of the growth strategy.
Position Details
Role: QA & Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Type: Part-time, with the goal of growing into a long-term permanent part-time role
Location: Remote, Canada
Hours: Approximately 20 hours per week to start
Compensation: $35–45/hr CAD, depending on experience
Schedule: Flexible, with reasonable availability for project check-ins and deadline-driven work
What We Offer
- Remote-first work with flexible scheduling.
- Paid onboarding and training time.
- A low-meeting working style with clear priorities and practical expectations.
- Stable part-time work with the goal of growing into a long-term permanent part-time role.
- Opportunity to work on a wide range of real supplement, NHP, and food compliance projects.
- A compliance-positive environment where QA and regulatory input is valued, not treated as a last-minute obstacle.
- Access to internal templates, systems, and resources to support your work.
- Potential professional development support for relevant QA/regulatory training.
What You’ll Work On
Depending on your experience, responsibilities may include:
- Supporting and maintaining QMS documentation, SOPs, forms, templates, and quality records.
- Reviewing product specifications, raw material specifications, COAs, SDSs, allergen statements, stability data, and supplier/manufacturer documentation.
- Supporting Canadian NHP submissions, amendments, product licence files, and regulatory documentation.
- Reviewing NHP labels, U.S. dietary supplement labels, conventional food labels, claims, warnings, ingredient declarations, Supplement Facts panels, Nutrition Facts information, and related compliance materials.
- Supporting claim substantiation reviews, including organizing evidence, reviewing references, assessing support for claims, and identifying gaps between marketing language and available substantiation.
- Helping identify compliance gaps in product documentation, labels, specifications, SOPs, claims, substantiation files, and quality records.
- Supporting supplier/manufacturer documentation review, document control, file organization, and product launch documentation.
- Communicating risks, documentation gaps, and recommended next steps clearly and practically.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of hands-on QA, regulatory affairs, or quality/regulatory compliance experience in natural health products, dietary supplements, foods, CPG, pharmaceuticals, or another regulated product category.
We are open to candidates with slightly less experience if they have strong attention to detail and direct exposure to supplements or NHPs. We are also open to more experienced candidates who are looking for stable, long-term part-time work with flexible remote hours.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in QA, regulatory affairs, compliance, or a related quality/regulatory role.
- Experience with natural health products, dietary supplements, foods, CPG, pharmaceuticals, or another regulated consumer product category.
- Strong working knowledge of quality documentation, SOPs, specifications, COAs, supplier documentation, regulatory files, label review, claims review, and claim substantiation.
- Ability to review technical documentation carefully and identify inconsistencies, missing information, unsupported claims, or compliance concerns.
- Strong writing, organization, and communication skills.
- Comfortable working remotely and independently.
- Able to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and documentation requests.
- Practical judgment: able to identify risk without overcomplicating the process.
Strong Assets
- Direct regulatory and quality experience with Canadian Natural Health Products and US Dietary Supplements and/or Conventional Foods
- Experience with NHP product licence applications, amendments, monographs, NNHPD requirements, or Health Canada submissions.
- Experience with NHP site licence, GMP, QAP, or quality system documentation.
- Experience reviewing U.S. dietary supplement labels, claims, Supplement Facts panels, and product specifications.
- Experience with conventional food labelling, including Nutrition Facts, ingredient lists, allergens, claims, and CFIA requirements.
- Experience with claim substantiation for supplements, NHPs, conventional foods, functional foods, or wellness products.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers, suppliers, laboratories, or product development teams.
- Experience with change control, deviations, complaints, CAPA, recalls, quality agreements, or audit readiness.
Who This Role Is a Good Fit For
This role may be a strong fit if you:
- Like working in regulated product categories but want more flexibility than a traditional full-time corporate role.
- Enjoy building practical systems, not just checking boxes.
- Want to work with a business where QA and regulatory input is respected.
- Prefer a remote, flexible, low-bureaucracy working style.
- Can explain compliance issues clearly to people who may not have a regulatory background.
- Want stable part-time work with meaningful responsibility.
Compensation
Compensation is $35–45/hr CAD, depending on experience.
The higher end of the range is intended for candidates with direct experience in Canadian NHPs, Health Canada submissions, QMS/SOP development, label and claims review, claim substantiation, product specifications, U.S. dietary supplements, conventional foods, GMP, QAP, or quality system documentation.
How to Apply
Please send your resume and a brief note outlining your relevant QA/regulatory experience.
In your note, please include:
- Your experience with Natural Health Products, dietary supplements, or foods.
- Any experience with NHP submissions, label review, claim substantiation, QMS, SOPs, product specifications, or supplier documentation.
- Your availability for part-time work.
- Your expected hourly rate within the posted range.
- Why this type of role interests you.
Pay: $35.00-$45.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Work from home
Work Location: Remote
