Head of Regulatory Affairs — EMEA Emerging Markets

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Geel; On-site; EUR 153,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Director, Head of EMEA Emerging Markets Regulatory Affairs. This leadership role oversees regulatory strategy and execution across Africa, the Middle East, Türkiye, and Russia, plus Global Health Equity licenses.

You will lead ~80 colleagues, manage a USD 10 million regulatory budget, and guide interactions with health authorities, ensuring timely submissions and lifecycle management across multiple countries.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in science, health, pharmacy, medicine, or related field required.
• 15+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience, including Regulatory Affairs.
• Experience leading regulatory strategy across multiple countries and product lifecycles.
• Emerging Markets experience with knowledge of regional laws and health authority expectations.
• Experience negotiating with health authorities at senior levels.
• Deep knowledge of drug development, submissions, labeling, and lifecycle management.
• Experience leading process optimization including AI adoption while ensuring governance.
• Experience leading multicultural teams with talent development and succession planning.
• Strong financial, project, risk, and change-management capabilities.
• Excellent English communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to simplify complex issues and deliver outcomes in ambiguous, high-risk situations.
• Commitment to patients, quality, ethics, compliance, inclusion, and psychologically safe collaboration.

Skills

Business Writing

Compliance Risk

Cross-Functional Work

Developing Others

Fact-Based Decision Making

Inclusive Leadership

Industry Analysis

Innovation

Leadership

Legal Support

Operations Management

Public Policies

Education

Advanced degree (science/health/pharmacy/medicine)

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Director, Head of EMEA Emerging Markets Regulatory Affairs. This leadership role oversees regulatory strategy and execution across Africa, the Middle East, Türkiye, and Russia, plus Global Health Equity licenses.

You will lead ~80 colleagues, manage a USD 10 million regulatory budget, and guide interactions with health authorities, ensuring timely submissions and lifecycle management across multiple countries.