Director Global Regulatory Affairs (m/f/d)

Meyandy LLC; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Meyandy LLC in Frankfurt is seeking a Director of Regulatory Affairs to lead global regulatory strategy across a diverse portfolio, guiding development and registration in major markets with emphasis on Europe.

The role partners with Development, Clinical, CMC, Safety, Market Access, and Commercial teams to drive regulatory excellence, manage risks, and expedite approvals while ensuring lifecycle optimization and compliance.

Qualifications

• University degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Chemistry, or related field.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in regulatory affairs within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or health authority environment.
• Solid knowledge of drug development and global regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to development, maintenance, and implementation of global regulatory strategies for products and lifecycle activities.
• Supports regulatory planning across development, registration, and post-authorisation phases.
• Prepares, reviews, coordinates, and submits regulatory documents (CTAs, MAA, variations, and lifecycle submissions).
• Provides regulatory input to cross-functional teams on development plans, labeling, and lifecycle activities.
• Coordinates health authority interactions, briefing materials, meeting strategy, and responses.
• Reviews regulatory documents for quality, consistency, and alignment with objectives.
• Monitors evolving regulations and guidance to assess impact on products and submissions.
• Engages with internal and external partners to ensure timely delivery of regulatory activities.

Education

University degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Chemistry, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

## Description du posteWe are seeking a highly experienced, strategic, and influential **Director of Regulatory Affairs** to provide leadership for the development and execution of global regulatory strategies across a diverse portfolio of innovative development and marketed products. This senior leadership role offers an exceptional opportunity to shape regulatory direction, influence development decisions, and drive successful product registrations in major global markets, with a strong emphasis on Europe.The Director will serve as a key regulatory leader and strategic partner to senior management, guiding cross-functional teams through complex regulatory challenges while ensuring regulatory excellence throughout the product lifecycle. The successful candidate will lead the development and implementation of integrated global regulatory strategies, enabling efficient product development, accelerated approvals, lifecycle optimization, and sustainable compliance.Working closely with Development, Clinical, CMC, Safety, Market Access, Commercial, and Global Regulatory colleagues, the Director will provide strategic leadership for major development milestones, portfolio prioritization, market expansion initiatives, and regulatory risk management. The role will also contribute to organizational capability building, regulatory policy interpretation, health authority intelligence, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance regulatory effectiveness and business performance.Your area of responsibility:* Contributes to the development, maintenance, and implementation of global regulatory strategies for assigned products, projects, submissions, or lifecycle activities under the direction of senior regulatory leadership* Supports strategic and operational regulatory planning across development, registration, and post-authorisation phases, including identification of regulatory risks, options, assumptions, and mitigation approaches* Supports preparation, critical review, coordination, and submission of regulatory documents, including clinical trial applications, marketing authorisation applications, amendments, variations, supplements, responses to health authority questions, and lifecycle submissions* Provides regulatory input to cross-functional teams to support compliant development plans, clinical trial designs, submission documents, labelling considerations, and lifecycle activities* Supports health authority interactions by coordinating input, preparing briefing materials, drafting responses, contributing to meeting strategy, and participating in meetings as required* Reviews regulatory documents and project deliverables for quality, consistency, scientific accuracy, completeness, and alignment with agreed regulatory objectives* Monitors evolving regulatory requirements, guidance, legislation, external expectations, and regulatory precedent to assess potential impact on assigned products, projects, and submissions* Coordinates with internal functions, affiliates, external partners, vendors, consultants, and alliance stakeholders to support timely and compliant delivery of regulatory activities* Provides regulatory input to due diligence, alliance management, business development, or external-partner activities when requested* Contributes to regulatory governance discussions, submission-readiness activities, issue escalation, and decision-making forums as appropriate for assigned responsibilities* Contributes to continuous improvement of regulatory processes, templates, standards, inspection-readiness practices, and ways of working * University degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Chemistry, or another relevant scientific discipline; advanced degree preferred* Relevant several years of experience in regulatory affairs within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, health authority, or related environment* Experience supporting clinical development, marketing authorisation applications, lifecycle management, and post-authorisation regulatory activities* Sound knowledge of drug development, global regulatory requirements, applicable legislation, regulatory guidelines, ...