Product Manager - Pantry Food

About the role

Vilgain is looking for a Product Manager to ensure all customer‑facing communication about its pantry food products is accurate, legally compliant and compelling. You will own the compliance process and support marketing and product teams with the right tools and guidance.

Key responsibilities

• Review and approve all customer‑facing content for compliance with EU and Czech food law, including web, e‑shop, packaging, advertising, social media, emails and PR.
• Ensure every nutrition and health claim is authorised, correctly worded and meets its conditions of use, avoiding medicinal or misleading statements.
• Build and maintain an internal library of approved claims and compliance guidelines for the marketing team.
• Support new product development with formulation advice, functional ingredient combinations, ingredient suitability and claim strategy.
• Co‑create and fact‑check articles and educational materials, ensuring they are backed by verified scientific sources.
• Help develop internal tools such as nutritional rating and product development criteria.
• Train internal teams, including customer care and retail, on nutrition and compliant communication.

Required profile

• Experience in food or supplement regulatory affairs or marketing compliance, preferably in sports nutrition or FMCG.
• University degree in nutrition, food science, pharmacy or a related field.
• In‑depth knowledge of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
• Working knowledge of Czech food, advertising and consumer protection law.
• Ability to critically evaluate scientific literature and propose compliant yet persuasive wording.

Required skills

• Regulatory compliance assessment for food products.
• Scientific literature evaluation.
• Development of claim libraries and compliance guidelines.

What we offer

• Dynamic, fast‑paced team with 100%+ yearly growth.
• 5 weeks of vacation, flexible hours and remote work options.
• Monthly shopping credits.
• Team events, breakfasts and group workouts.