Manager, Product Compliance

Purpose of Role
Responsible for minimizing YCA product and compliance risk and ensuring alignment between YCA and YCJ.

Key Accountabilities Include
* Ensure necessary practices are in place to comply with product related regulations
* Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance requirements are met
* Resolve critical compliance matters that impact YCA
* Minimize business risk of nonconformance to State and Federal rules/regulations
* Attract, engage, and develop team members within the department
* Ensure department is streamlined and processes are clearly documented

Primary Responsibilities Include
* Monitor Federal, State, and local regulations for new statutes or statute change and ordinances that would/could affect YCA/OEM product or processes
* Primary point of contact with YCJ on regulatory issues
* Develop and maintain internal regulatory policies and best practices
* Troubleshoot compliance issues as they arise
* Assist the legal department in corporate governance, regulatory and insurance issues.
* Stay up to date with regulatory trends, changes and best practices.

Core Functional Competencies
* Business Acumen - YCA: Understand how the business works, including how YCA makes money and achieves goals
* Business Foresight - Deliver insight and recommendations based on analytic models and reports to drive competitive advantage, optimized costs and lower risks
* Data Storytelling - Practice of building a compelling narrative around a set of data and its accompanying visualizations to convey meaning
* Product Compliance & Regulatory: Understand and put into practice current industry and government regulations regarding local, state and federal regulations
* Risk Management - Operations: Accurately identify risks
* Executive Reports (Regulatory) - Create Executive Level reports regarding changes in regulations/non-conformances and or major quality/compliance issues

Core Behavioral Competencies
* Yamaha Way (Will, Integrity, Initiative, Challenge, Commitment)
* Customer Focus
* Instills Trust
* Drives Results
* Manages Conflict
* Develops Talent
* Ensures Accountability

Qualifications
Ideal
*Experience with regulatory/testing agencies (i.e. FDA, FCC, UL, & EPA) and regulations relating to products
*Progressive experience developing and writing policies, procedures, communication and implementation.
*Work experience in environmental, safety & other regulatory compliance processes
*Experience w/direct interface to government agencies
* Budget management

Preferred
*Ability to read & understand electronic & mechanical schematics
*Engineering Certification
*Direct experience with the following agencies or regulations CPSC - CPSIA - OSHA
*Speaks Japanese
*People management
*Years of experience 5+

Compensation

• The pay range for this role is $111,000 - $127,000 + bonus. This is the hiring range and does not include the value of benefits. The hiring range does not reflect total earning potential over time.
• Final offers within the posted compensation range are based on qualifications, skills and experience required for the role.