Director - Regulatory Affairs Lifecycle Management Medicines

Perrigouk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

Perrigo is seeking a Director – Regulatory Affairs Lifecycle Management Medicines in London. You will lead end‑to‑end regulatory lifecycle activities, shaping global strategy and ensuring timely, compliant submissions across a diverse product portfolio.

The role demands senior leadership, cross‑functional collaboration, and a focus on continuous improvement to support market access and supply continuity. You will oversee a high‑performing team, drive operating model improvements, and partner

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in life sciences, pharmacy, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant regulatory affairs leadership experience across portfolios, regions or capabilities.
• Proven leadership in enterprise portfolio delivery, governance ownership, operating model design, and transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead lifecycle management for medicines with enterprise or broad regional impact.
• Define operating model, governance, and performance standards for post‑approval and delivery.
• Ensure dossier quality, submission readiness, and regulatory compliance across markets.
• Partner with Quality, Safety, Supply Chain and R&D to align regulatory strategy with business goals.
• Influence external authorities and industry bodies; drive efficiency and scalability across processes.

Skills

Regulatory leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Risk management

People leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences/pharmacy

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Director - Regulatory Affairs Lifecycle Management Medicines

Location: London, GB, SW11 7BW

At Perrigo, we are driven by our mission to Makes Lives Better Through Trusted Health and Wellness Solutions, Accessible to All. We are proud to be a Top-10 player in the European Consumer Self-Care market and the largest U.S. store brand provider of over-the-counter and infant formula. Dedicated to providing The Best Self-Care for Everyone, we are the people behind the brands you trust. We are Opill®, Compeed®, Solpadeine®, NiQuitin®, and many more. We Are Perrigo. We are committed to enhancing the wellbeing of our colleagues and consumers alike. We pride ourselves on fostering an inclusive, collaborative culture where each person can experience a sense of belonging.

Join us on our One Perrigo journey as we evolve to win in self-care.

Description Overview

We are excited to recruit a Director – Regulatory Affairs Lifecycle Management Medicines. This is a newly created role within Perrigo Scientific Office.

As the leader of lifecycle management for medicines you will be a senior leader driving the delivery of Perrigo’s global regulatory strategy across the full product lifecycle. You will shape and execute robust regulatory strategies, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality regulatory outcomes across a diverse and complex portfolio.

You will hold end-to-end accountability for lifecycle management activities, overseeing the development, submission, and maintenance of regulatory dossiers to meet global requirements and business priorities. Through strong leadership and decision‑making, you will anticipate risks, define mitigation strategies, and ensure timely, compliant submissions that protect supply continuity, consumer safety and enable market access.

Leading a high‑performing team, you will set clear direction, build capability, and foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement. You will ensure effective prioritisation and execution across competing demands, aligning regulatory activities with broader organisational objectives.

As a key partner to cross‑functional stakeholders – including Quality, Safety, Supply Chain and R&D – you will provide regulatory leadership on change management and business strategy insights, ensuring alignment between technical, operational, and regulatory requirements. Your ability to translate complexity into clear, actionable direction will be critical in supporting business performance and portfolio optimisation.

You will also play a central role in strengthening the Regulatory Affairs function and ways of working, driving efficiency, consistency, and scalability across lifecycle processes. Through your expertise and influence, you will ensure Perrigo continues to meet evolving regulatory expectations while maintaining the highest standards of compliance and quality.

This is a highly visible role within the Regulatory Affairs organisation, offering the opportunity to make a tangible impact on product availability, regulatory performance, and consumer outcomes – while developing and leading a team that delivers excellence at scale.

Scope of the Role

• Leading a major lifecycle management capability with enterprise or broad regional impact.
• Defining the operating model, governance, performance standards, and transformation roadmap for post-approval and operational delivery.
• Accountable for strategic outcomes, compliance posture, talent, and transformation initiatives across lifecycle‑management interfaces within the regulatory function and PSO organisation.
• Own the enterprise lifecycle management operating model activities within scope and set standards, metrics, and governance for post‑approval, CMC/Business strategy, and operations.
• Ensuring inspection readiness, dossier integrity, right‑first‑time submission operations, vendor or outsourcing strategy, and scalable processes and data governance.
• Influencing enterprise strategy and external environment; operates with enterprise‑scale complexity and accountability through leaders and specialist teams.

Capability Leadership & Operating Model

• Define and lead the operating model, governance, and performance standards for lifecycle management, within scope.
• Set direction for post‑approval strategy, major change programmes, remediation, portfolio resilience, and enterprise compliance priorities.
• Ensure alignment across lifecycle management, category, cluster, and regulatory operations so regulatory decisions translate into executable, compliant outcomes across markets.
• Own standards for dossier quality, decision logs, implementation governance, inspection readiness, and right‑first‑time delivery.
• Lead major improvement, digital, and data‑driven initiatives that strengthen execution, predictability, and scalability.
• Own major compliance and supply risk posture within scope and ensure appropriate governance, escalation, crisis readiness, and resilience.
• Set metrics, dashboards, and management rhythm for performance and intervene where results, capability, or control require strengthening.
• Manage vendor or outsourcing strategy where relevant to lifecycle management, or operational delivery.
• Lead leaders and specialist teams, setting culture, capability expectations, and succession plans.
• Represent the capability in senior enterprise forums and influence business strategy through clear regulatory insight, risk framing, and operating model leadership.
• Build strong relationships with senior internal stakeholders and with external authorities or industry bodies where relevant to significant lifecycle matters.

Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in life sciences, pharmacy, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience in progressive regulatory affairs leadership across portfolios, regions, or capabilities.
• Proven leadership in enterprise portfolio delivery, governance ownership, operating model design, and transformation.

Demonstrated Areas of Expertise

• Enterprise Leadership – sets direction, aligns stakeholders, and delivers outcomes through leaders and teams.
• Strategic Foresight – anticipates regulatory trends and builds proactive plans and policy positions where appropriate.
• Governance & Risk Ownership – establishes enterprise governance, quality standards, and compliance posture and manages major risks and crises.
• Transformation – leads digital and operational transformation and capability building and measures impact and sustainability.
• External Engagement – builds credible relationships with authorities and industry and represents the organisation with integrity.
• Talent & Culture – builds diverse capability, develops succession, and fosters continuous improvement.

Benefits

We believe our people are our greatest asset. Alongside competitive compensation, we offer benefits tailored to supporting you and your family, as well as career development opportunities to ensure you feel valued and supported, both professionally and personally.

Hybrid Working Approach

We love our offices and the setting they provide for in‑person collaboration and celebration. But we also appreciate the opportunity to work remotely can energise you too, so we promote flexibility with the ability to work two days a week from home in many roles.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by law.