Regulatory Operations Manager

Reckitt; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hygiene and health company seeks a Regulatory Operations Manager in Hull. The role involves leading regulatory safety content creation and managing a team, ensuring compliance across multiple markets. Ideal candidates will have substantial regulatory affairs experience, a strong scientific background, and proven leadership skills in fast-paced settings. Benefits include competitive salary, annual leave, and private healthcare.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

bonus

Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Significant experience in medicinal products regulatory affairs.
• Strong scientific background essential.
• Proven leadership in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety strategy for medicines registration files.
• Manage complex regulatory requirements.
• Drive operational excellence and partnerships.

Skills

Business Strategy

Task Execution Under Pressure

Strategic Business Decisions

Commercial Awareness

Collaboration and partnership building

Education

BSc/MSc in Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacy

PhD

Job description

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flair and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Job title: Regulatory Operations Manager (R &D)

Location: Hull

Competitive Salary & Benefits, 25 days annual leave, bonus, Private Healthcare

Closing Date: 10th December 2025

As Regulatory Operations (Medicines) Manager, you’ll lead the creation and delivery of regulatory safety content in medicinal dossiers prioritising for CCDS and PRACs updates, ERA and other safety related documentation which require regulatory submission and lifecycle updates. You’ll manage a team of 4–8, oversee external consultants, and collaborate globally with regulatory partners and the RAS Consumer Safety and Risk Management and Vigilance teams as well as with R&D and Quality to achieve market registrations and maintain portfolio compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution of safety sections in medicines registration files with priority focus on CCDS and PRAC updates.
• Manage complex regulatory requirements across multiple markets.
• Drive operational excellence and in close partnership with RAS Regulatory Operations, Strategy, Consumer Safety and Risk Management and Vigilance teams.
• Ensure dossier accuracy, consistency, and compliance throughout the lifecycle.
• Inspire and develop your team in an inclusive, high-performance environment.
• Ensuring your teams work in collaboration with other cross-functional technical functions like Supply, Quality and R&D.

Experience we're looking for

• Significant experience in medicinal products regulatory affairs and dossier creation.
• Strong scientific background (BSc/MSc in Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacy; PhD a plus).
• Proven leadership in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Strategic mindset, ability to anticipate trends, and translate complex regulations into clear stakeholder language.
• Passion for sustainability and innovation.

Skills for success

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.