Director – Regulatory Affairs Lifecycle Management Medicines

Overview

In this role you lead Perrigo’s global Regulatory Affairs Lifecycle Management for Medicines, shaping strategies across the full product lifecycle. You will drive end-to-end dossier development, submissions, and maintenance to meet global requirements while ensuring supply continuity and consumer safety. As a senior leader, you’ll guide a high-performing team, align regulatory work with cross-functional priorities, and elevate the function’s efficiency, consistency, and impact. This position offers visibility, strategic influence, and the chance to transform lifecycle delivery at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• competitive compensation
• career development opportunities
• Total Rewards
• inclusive, collaborative culture
• Forbes-listed employer

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise lifecycle management capability and set operating model, governance, and performance standards
• Oversee post-approval strategies, major change programs, remediation, and portfolio resilience
• Ensure alignment between Lifecycle Management, Category, Cluster, and Regulatory Operations for compliant market outcomes
• Define dossier quality standards, decision logs, and right-first-time submission processes
• Drive inspection readiness, data governance, and scalable operational delivery
• Manage vendor/outsourcing strategy and oversee transformation initiatives
• Provide regulatory leadership in change management and business strategy insights
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, and R&D
• Represent regulatory capability in senior forums and influence enterprise strategy
• Strengthen Regulatory Affairs functions for efficiency, consistency, and scalability

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred
• Significant progressive Regulatory Affairs leadership experience across portfolios, regions, or capabilities
• Proven ability to deliver enterprise portfolio programs, governance ownership, and operating model design
• Expertise in enterprise governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance
• Experience with transformation, digital initiatives, and data-driven performance
• Strong external engagement with authorities and industry bodies
• Talent development and culture-building capabilities

• Strategic foresight
• Stakeholder management
• Collaborative leadership
• Lifecycle management of medicines
• Regulatory strategy and submissions (global)
• Dossier quality and inspection readiness

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