Company
“A perfume is a world you can return to over and over again–a keyhole into far off places–material and imaginary.”
D.S. & Durga is a Brooklyn fragrance house on a quest to create thrilling perfumes inspired by music, myth, and the mundane. Founded in 2009 by David (D.S.) and Kavi (Durga) Moltz, the brand is known for its uniquely distinguished perfumes, candles, and aromatic products. All fragrances and design worlds are original compositions, rooted in specificity, surrealism, and clarity.
With distribution across 600 doors globally and five freestanding stores in NYC and LA, the brand is entering a new phase of growth following Manzanita Capital’s majority investment in 2024.
Role Overview
The Sr. Regulatory Manager owns the day-to-day regulatory compliance and execution of D.S. & Durga’s global fragrance, home fragrance and personal care portfolio.
Working cross-functionally across Product Development, Operations, Marketing, Creative, Wholesale and International, the role is responsible for ensuring that new launches, existing products and packaging changes meet applicable regulatory requirements and are completed on time and in full across the markets in which D.S. & Durga operates.
This is a highly autonomous individual-contributor role. The Sr. Regulatory Manager will manage the core regulatory workflow internally, including product registrations, formula and ingredient documentation, artwork and claims review, testing coordination, technical documentation and regulatory tracking, while working with external regulatory experts, Responsible Persons, laboratories, manufacturers and distributors where specialized expertise or local representation is required.
Success in this role requires both strong regulatory fundamentals and exceptional operating discipline. The ideal candidate does not simply identify regulatory requirements or issues; they create structure around them, anticipate dependencies, establish clear actions and timelines, and drive work through resolution.
Key Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned:
1. Product Registration & Market Compliance Own and coordinate regulatory submissions, registrations, notifications and renewals required to commercialize D.S. & Durga products across the U.S. and international markets.
Maintain required U.S. registrations and listings, including applicable MoCRA requirements.
Coordinate EU/UK and other international registrations with Responsible Persons, distributors and external regulatory partners.
Maintain clear market-by-market requirements and regulatory calendars to support launch readiness and ongoing compliance.
Proactively identify regulatory changes or requirements that could affect product availability, launch timing or continued commercialization.
2. Formula, Ingredient & Technical Documentation Review and maintain formula, ingredient and technical documentation required for regulatory compliance and product registration.
Coordinate with manufacturers, fragrance houses and suppliers to obtain and maintain IFRA certificates, SDS, allergen documentation, Certificates of Analysis and other required technical documentation.
Maintain complete, accurate and audit-ready product regulatory files and dossiers.
Identify documentation gaps early and drive internal and external partners to resolution.
Escalate complex formula, ingredient, safety or toxicological matters to external regulatory specialists when appropriate.
3. Artwork, Labeling & Claims Review packaging artwork, ingredient declarations, warning statements, symbols and other required labeling for regulatory compliance prior to production.
Review marketing and product claims for regulatory compliance and confirm appropriate substantiation is available.
Partner closely with Creative, Marketing and Product Development to identify and resolve compliance issues while protecting commercialization…