About Frontera Ag

Frontera Ag is an agricultural biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercialising novel biological solutions for growers worldwide. Our portfolio — spanning biostimulants, inoculants, hybrid formulations, and biopesticides — is built on a single differentiating principle: Biologicals Built to Integrate. Products designed to work with existing seed treatment systems, not replace them, and to deliver performance that is visible in the field.

Founded in 2024 and growing fast across EMEA and the Americas, we are early-stage by design. We move quickly, build for the long term, and invest in the people who join us. Our lead product, RESILIENCE n9, has achieved a 95% win rate across 1,500+ harvested plots in five European countries — and this is only the beginning.

The Opportunity

This is a role for a regulatory professional who wants to build something that matters. As Regulatory Affairs Manager at Frontera, you will establish a global registration portfolio spanning established crop protection actives and next-generation biostimulant and inoculant formulations — and translate that expertise into real commercial advantage.

Reporting to C-level leadership, you connect Frontera's product ambitions to regulatory reality across EMEA, North America, and South America. The portfolio is being built, the processes are being designed, and the function is yours to shape.

• The right person has deep, hands-on knowledge of registration pathways across multiple markets — and the commercial instinct to know which ones to prioritise.

What You Will Do

Crop Protection Registrations

• Own the registration strategy for Frontera's crop protection portfolio — established active substances spanning fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides across EMEA and the Americas.

• Manage the full registration lifecycle — dossier strategy and preparation through submission, authority interactions, post-approval maintenance, and renewal.

• Navigate country-level and regional frameworks with confidence — EU 1107/2009, zonal procedures, Mutual Recognition, national routes, and equivalents in the Americas (EPA, USDA, COFEPRIS, ANVISA, SENASA).

• Identify the most efficient pathway for each product and market, balancing timeline, cost, and commercial priority — and act when the landscape shifts.

Biostimulants & Biological Inputs

• Lead dossier preparation and submission for biostimulant formulations and microbial inoculants, establishing compliant pathways in markets where frameworks are still evolving.

• Monitor regulatory developments for biologicals across key markets and position Frontera ahead of change.

Regulatory Operations

• Build and manage a registration pipeline prioritised against commercial opportunity — the right products, the right markets, the right time.

• Design and implement the tools, workflows, and documentation standards for a scalable regulatory function.

• Identify, brief, and manage external regulatory consultants where additional capacity or local expertise is needed — maintaining quality, pace, and cost discipline.

• Represent Frontera in interactions with regulatory authorities, building credibility and constructive relationships over time.

Client & Partner Engagement

• Act as Frontera's regulatory face with commercial partners, distributors, and key customers — making registration status, timelines, and requirements clear and actionable.

• Participate in commercial conversations with partners and customers, providing the regulatory context that builds confidence in Frontera's pipeline.

• Align registration timelines with go-to-market plans — surfacing constraints early and finding routes around them.

• Evaluate new market entries and acquisition opportunities through a regulatory lens, with substantive input to Frontera's growth strategy.

• Assess the regulatory feasibility, timeline, and cost of new actives or formulations across target markets.

What You Bring

A regulatory professional with a track record of getting products over the line — across borders, regulatory bodies, and a portfolio spanning the technically complex to the commercially sensitive. You have done this in real organisations, with real deadlines, and you know that the best regulatory professionals are also trusted commercial partners.

Experience & Expertise

• Hands-on success registering crop protection products based on established active substances across multiple EMEA jurisdictions and/or the Americas — dossiers, authorities, and timelines from direct experience.

• Solid working knowledge of EU 1107/2009, zonal and Mutual Recognition procedures, and national authorisation routes — plus grounding in equivalent bodies in the Americas.

• Experience navigating regulatory pathways for biostimulants and/or microbial inoculants, with a practical grasp of how frameworks are evolving.

• Experience in an early-stage or scale-up environment, where establishing sound process is as important as executing against it.

• Relevant scientific education in chemistry, biology, agronomy, toxicology, or a related discipline.

Ways of Working

• Commercial acumen beyond compliance: timing, margin, and market opportunity matter as much as dossier completeness.

• Using models for active ingredient and inert vetting and defining regulatory pathways.

• Strong client instincts: you build trust by making complexity legible and commitments reliable.

• A builder's disposition: energised by creating structure in ambiguity, systematically rather than reactively.

• Confident stakeholder presence, equally comfortable in a commercial conversation with a distribution partner and a technical negotiation with a regulatory authority.

• Strong communication skills in English; proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or other languages relevant to Frontera's markets is a significant asset.

• High personal accountability: you own outcomes, not activities.

What We Offer

• Direct partnership with C-level leadership — your work shapes Frontera's strategy and product portfolio, not just the compliance calendar.

• The chance to build a regulatory function from the ground up — real ownership, full mandate, C-level backing.

• Globally flexible, remote-first working — we hire for capability, not proximity.

• A portfolio that spans both the established (crop protection actives) and the frontier (biostimulants, inoculants) — broad scope, genuine variety.

• Competitive compensation reflecting the seniority, scope, and responsibility of the role.

How to Apply

We would like to hear from you. Please send a CV and a short note to [email protected] on why this role is the right next step for you. We review applications on a rolling basis and will be in touch promptly.