Regulatory Affairs Associate Director, Globalization (Registrations)

BD; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BD in the United States, headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ, is seeking a Regulatory Affairs Associate Director, Globalization. The role leads alignment and execution of worldwide regulatory strategies across business units and regions, acting as a strategic partner to enable compliant growth and market access.

You will build global registration processes, coach a diverse team, network across functions, and stay ahead of regulatory policy topics to drive BD’s global strategy.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Provide centralized regulatory intelligence and governance related to global product registration to interpret and execute on global regulatory requirements, ensuring timely insight and clear guidance to Business Units and Regions to enable compliant growth and market access.
• Own and standardize global regulatory registration processes, driving consistency, efficiency, and scalability across regions while allowing appropriate flexibility to meet local regulatory needs.
• Act as a strategic partner to Business Units and Regional Regulatory leaders, enabling aligned execution of regulatory strategies through tools, processes, and best‑practice sharing.
• Coordinates and networks across Business Units, Regions, Central RA, and other functions to influence, manage, and/or oversee global registration processes and programs and identify areas for improvement.
• Trains, develops, and manages a highly effective regulatory team through direct and indirect reporting structures.

Skills

Regulatory strategy

Leadership

Global regulatory awareness

Job description

We Are The People Who Give Possibilities Purpose BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

Job Description

The Regulatory Affairs Associate Director, Globalization is responsible for alignment and execution of worldwide regulatory affairs strategies and practices related to their assigned area of focus and expertise across BU, Regional and Central teams. Act as a strategic partner to Business Units and Regional Regulatory leaders, enabling aligned execution of regulatory strategies through tools, processes, and best‑practice sharing. This position requires technical expertise and a proven track record of successful registration strategies with a global mindset, leveraging global experience, standards, and intel. The role requires a significant understanding of the Regulatory function related to their area of focus and its associated activities. This role requires previous leadership of a diverse team, with the ability to coach, mentor, and lead. The location for this role is at our: Franklin Lakes, NJ Headquarters **

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide centralized regulatory intelligence and governance related to global product registration to interpret and execute on global regulatory requirements, ensuring timely insight and clear guidance to Business Units and Regions to enable compliant growth and market access.
• Own and standardize global regulatory registration processes, driving consistency, efficiency, and scalability across regions while allowing appropriate flexibility to meet local regulatory needs.
• Act as a strategic partner to Business Units and Regional Regulatory leaders, enabling aligned execution of regulatory strategies through tools, processes, and best‑practice sharing.
• Coordinates and networks across Business Units, Regions, Central RA, and other functions to influence, manage, and/or oversee global registration processes and programs and identify areas for improvement.
• Trains, develops, and manages a highly effective regulatory team through direct and indirect reporting structures.
• Works across business units and regional RA operations teams to harmonize key processes, escal…
• Aids business units and functional groups in the creation of risk mitigation plans and solutions.
• Works across regulatory affairs teams to identify common pain points and potential solutions.
• Drive BD’s global regulatory strategy and vision, in collaboration with regional leads, business leads, functional stakeholders.
• Stays apprised of global regulatory policy topics related to global product registration. Min