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Overview

Role: Senior Consultant (REACH Lead)

Location: India, New Delhi - Hybrid - 3 days minimum a week in the office.

Role ID: 2025-2687

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

We are looking for an experienced chemical regulatory affairs professional with the skills to work in our REACH consultancy business in our New Delhi office in India. You will be required to work in the office for a minimum of 3 days a week.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a broad skill set including technical, project management and commercial development skills looking to take a career step either into or within consultancy. You will help to lead a successful team and continue Ricardo’s strong growth trajectory as the world implements more regulations to safely manage chemicals. This is an ideal role for someone who wants to take ownership for a high growth potential product area, make their mark and drive significant business performance.

Responsibilities

• Using your extensive technical knowledge to oversee and contribute to the delivery of client work at the project manager or project lead level, including contributing with your own specialisms as needed.
• Proactively managing projects and customers to deliver excellence and win repeat business.
• Supporting client relationships and the account management team by joining key customer discussions and identifying new areas of opportunity.
• Liaising with marketing and sales staff to ensure effective promotion of Ricardo’s REACH capabilities in support of sales activities, identifying opportunities for growth and contributing to the development of effective marketing strategy with the Sales Director.
• Supporting wider market outreach, including presenting at conferences, building and engaging with a personal network, and positioning Ricardo as a strategic partner externally.
• Collaborating and identifying strategic opportunities for new products and services with other Ricardo business areas (environmental chemistry and toxicology, chemicals policy, agriculture and water teams) on a global basis.
• Keeping up to date with market trends and developments; coaching and knowledge sharing with team members to grow knowledge of REACH regulation and its application to clients.

Key Skills And Experience

• Excellent knowledge of the UK and European chemical regulatory landscape with specific specialization in EU and UK REACH, and in emerging European policy.
• Hands-on experience with all aspects of REACH registration including data gap analysis, study design and monitoring, dossier preparation in IUCLID and making submissions through REACH-IT, managing project costs, working with stakeholder groups and regulators.
• Experience with high-quality technical projects in chemical regulatory affairs and effective delegation of work.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to internal stakeholders, customers and at regulatory conferences, events or webinars.
• Contributing to the development and implementation of a business strategy with respect to chemical regulation.
• A supportive colleague and coach who enables the team to deliver regulatory consultancy projects and supports personal development.
• Bringing your own network of contacts from customers and stakeholder organisations would be beneficial but not essential; candidates from consultancy, industry and regulator positions are welcome.
• Experience in global chemical substance registration or other regulatory sectors (e.g., biocides, food, cosmetics) would be a benefit but is not essential.

Working here

Ricardo is an exciting and rewarding place to work with teams of talented, dedicated, and supportive individuals. You will have opportunities to develop your career through a broad range of projects, mentoring, and a personalised approach to learning and development. We are keen to hear from people with drive, ambition and a flair for innovative thinking.

Wellbeing and work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether working from home, in the office, or as a hybrid. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, with policies and programmes to support flexible working, carers policy, mental health first aiders and access to our Employee Assistance programme.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to inclusion. We are a recognised disability confident employer.

Benefits

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive pension, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a range of flexible benefits.

Next Steps

Once you have submitted your application, a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Timing may vary depending on application volume, and in some cases we may start reviewing before the closing date. If you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, please contact recruit.ee@ricardo.com.