Director - Regulatory Affairs Lifecycle Management Non-Medicines

Description Overview

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

As the leader of Lifecycle Management for Non-medicinal products you will be a senior leader driving the delivery of Perrigo’s global regulatory strategy across the full product lifecycle for medical devices, cosmetics, biocides, vms etc. 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 Dossier / Regulatory Files 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

• Lead a major Lifecycle Management capability with enterprise or broad regional impact .
• Define 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 sets standards, metrics, and governance for post-approval, CMC/Business strategy, and operations.
• Ensure inspection readiness, Dossier / Regulatory File integrity, right-first-time submission operations, vendor or outsourcing strategy, and scalable processes and data governance.
• Influence 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 / Regulatory File quality, decision logs, implementation governance, inspection readiness, and right-first-time delivery.

Transformation, Risk & Performance

• 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.

Leadership, Talent & Enterprise Influence

• 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 a 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.