Senior Director, Global Programs (Regulatory and Laboratory

Description

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds—regardless of background—to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

This role is a critical member of the Global Health and Manufacturing Services (GHMS) leadership team, responsible for developing and implementing a global growth strategy for USP’s externally funded regulatory and laboratory programs. The incumbent will be primarily responsible for developing long-term strategic relationships with potential funders and partners which drive towards shaping and ultimate realization of new opportunities for programming in the United States and internationally.

Additionally, she/he, will represent USP externally as a thought leader in a variety of forums and will supervise a global team across Africa and Asia.

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

• Develop and continuously adjust USP’s growth strategy for regulatory and laboratory programming.
• Interface and partner with external and internal stakeholders, including potential funders, to understand evolving regulatory and laboratory technology landscape and customer needs.
• Align existing USP offerings and solutions to meet customer needs and develop new offerings in the regulatory and laboratory space to address gaps.
• Represent USP externally as a thought leader in technical discussions and in external forums to advance programming growth.
• Provide technical support and input to relevant funding proposals; and lead the develop of proposals with a primary focus on growing the regulatory and laboratory program.
• Manage and deploy global team to support growth strategy and implementation of secured programming.
• Support and/or oversee implementation of funded programming including providing strategic and technical oversight for specialized health systems programming, with a strong focus on regulatory strategies, strengthening National Regulatory Authorities…