Director, External Manufacturing Regulatory Compliance Oversight

6046-JANSSEN SUPPLY GROUP, LLC. Legal Entity; Horsham (PA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation

Sick leave

Parental Leave

Volunteer Time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson, a global leader in healthcare, seeks a Director of External Manufacturing Regulatory Compliance Oversight to provide independent oversight across contract manufacturers and laboratories. You will partner with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Procurement, and Supply Chain to strengthen compliance, risk management, and inspection readiness across the network.

The role emphasizes governance, CAPA effectiveness, and proactive risk mitigation within a matrix, global environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, or related discipline.
• 12+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech/medical device GMP experience.
• 5+ years of leadership in Quality, Compliance, Regulatory Compliance or External Manufacturing.
• Experience supporting Health Authority inspections, remediation programs, and supplier oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent regulatory compliance oversight across External Manufacturing network.
• Lead risk visibility, governance, and inspection-readiness activities.
• Review commitments, remediation plans, and inspection responses for adequacy.
• Champion governance, trends analyses, and lessons learned across the network.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Regulatory knowledge

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Information

Job Function: Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function: Enterprise Compliance

Job Category: People Leader

All Job Posting Locations: Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

Director, External Manufacturing Regulatory Compliance Oversight Location: US Johnson & Johnson Sites Reports To: Senior Director, External Manufacturing Regulatory Compliance Oversight Travel- Up to 25-40% (Global)

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science‑based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Position Summary The Director, External Manufacturing Regulatory Compliance Oversight, provides independent regulatory compliance oversight, risk visibility, inspection‑readiness support, governance, and organizational learning across the Innovative Medicine External Manufacturing network. The role partners with External Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Operations, and other stakeholders to identify emerging compliance risks, strengthen compliance performance, and support proactive risk management across contract manufacturers, contract laboratories, strategic partners, and other external suppliers. This role operates within the External Manufacturing Regulatory Compliance Oversight organization and supports implementation of the compliance oversight strategy established for the network. The Director provides independent assessments, compliance challenge, and risk‑based recommendations to improve regulatory compliance, inspection readiness, and remediation effectiveness. The role supports the broader IMRC mission of increasing risk visibility, strengthening governance, preventing recurrence of significant observations, and ensuring lessons learned are effectively deployed across the external manufacturing network.

Key Responsibilities

• Risk Visibility, Oversight & Escalation Monitor and assess significant compliance risks across assigned external manufacturing partners. Identify emerging risk signals, recurring observations, inspection readiness concerns, and remediation trends. Conduct independent risk assessments and provide objective compliance challenge to accountable functions. Support escalation and governance processes for significant compliance risks. Evaluate recurring observations and compliance trends to identify systemic vulnerabilities requiring broader action. Provide compliance insights and recommendations to leadership and governance forums. Based on the Senior Director's responsibility for enterprise risk visibility and escalation.
• Inspection Readiness & Health Authority Oversight Provide independent oversight and challenge of inspection readiness activities across assigned external manufacturing partners. Support readiness reviews, mock inspections, and risk‑based assessments. Participate in regulatory inspection support activities before, during, and after inspections. Review regulatory commitments, remediation plans, and inspection responses for adequacy and sustainability. Monitor implementation of actions associated with significant inspection observations. Facilitate deployment of inspection learnings and best practices across the network.
• External Manufacturing Compliance Oversight Provide independent compliance oversight of contract manufacturers, contract laboratories, external sterilization providers, critical suppliers, and strategic partners. Assess whether oversight approaches appropriately reflect partner risk, product complexity, regulatory history, and business criticality. Review compliance trends related to inspections, deviations, complaints, investigations, CAPAs, and supplier performance. Challenge the adequacy of risk mitigation plans and remediation strategies. Support compliance evaluations associated with new partnerships, technology transfers, product launches, and network changes.
• CAPA Effectiveness & Recurrence Prevention Provide independent oversight of corrective and preventive actions arising from inspections, audits, supplier assessments, and significant quality events. Evaluate effectiveness verification activities and sustainability of remediation efforts. Assess root cause analyses for completeness and identification of systemic contributors. Identify repeat observations and recurring compliance issues requiring broader intervention. Support development of preventive actions designed to mitigate recurrence across multiple partners and products.
• Governance, Regulatory Intelligence & Organizational Learning Support governance forums through preparation of risk assessments, trend analyses, and compliance recommendations. Monitor external regulatory trends, warning letters, inspection observations, and emerging expectations impacting outsourced manufacturing. Translate regulatory intelligence into actionable insights and compliance recommendations. Support deployment of lessons learned across the External Manufacturing network. Contribute to development of standards, tools, playbooks, and best practices that strengthen compliance oversight and inspection readiness.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration & Influence Partner with: External Manufacturing Operations Supply Chain Procurement Quality Regulatory Affairs Product Development Technical Operations Manufacturing Science & Technology Influence compliance outcomes through strong partnerships and effective risk communication. Provide independent compliance perspectives that support informed decision‑making and effective risk management. Promote transparency, accountability, and early escalation of compliance concerns.
• People Leadership Lead, coach, and develop compliance professionals supporting External Manufacturing oversight activities. Promote a culture focused on: Proactive risk identification Independent challenge Inspection readiness Risk‑based decision‑making Accountability Continuous improvement Build technical capabilities in external manufacturing compliance oversight, regulatory intelligence, CAPA effectiveness, and risk assessment. Adapted from the Senior Director people leadership expectations while reducing organizational ownership.

Required Qualifications

Education Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, or related scientific discipline. Advanced degree preferred.

Experience Minimum 12 years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biologics, advanced therapy, medical device, or combination product GMP experience. Minimum 5 years of leadership experience in Quality, Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Supplier Quality, or External Manufacturing.

Experience supporting Health Authority inspections, remediation programs, and supplier oversight activities.

Demonstrated experience with CMO oversight, inspection readiness, CAPA governance, risk management, and quality systems.

Experience working in global and highly matrixed environments.

Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities Strong understanding of global GMP regulations and external manufacturing compliance requirements.

Knowledge of pharmaceutical quality systems, supplier quality management, inspection readiness, and risk‑based oversight approaches.

Ability to identify and communicate complex compliance risks in a clear and actionable manner.

Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑support capabilities.

Ability to influence without direct authority across a global network.

Strong executive communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Ability to balance independent oversight with productive cross‑functional partnerships.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law.

We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills

Preferred Skills:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is : $150,000.00 - $258,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long‑term incentive program.

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year
• for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year
• for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.