Manager, DACH

Johnson & Johnson

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The Manager, DACH Switzerland is responsible for leading regulatory affairs support for Switzerland within the DACH region, ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements and enabling timely market access. This role plays a key part in managing regulatory risk, supporting product lifecycle activities, and partnering with local, regional, and global stakeholders to support business continuity and growth. The position offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of global strategy and local execution in a highly regulated environment.

• Lead and manage regulatory affairs activities to support product registration, renewals, and lifecycle management for Switzerland.
• Ensure compliance with Swiss and applicable regional regulatory requirements, internal policies, and quality system standards.
• Serve as the primary regulatory point of contact for Switzerland within the DACH framework.
• Coordinate regulatory submissions, variations, renewals, and responses to health authority inquiries.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams including Quality, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Global Regulatory Affairs.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess potential impacts on products and business operations.
• Support regulatory audits, inspections, and assessments as required.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance regulatory efficiency, compliance, and consistency.
• Ensure proactive engagement and shaping of regional policy initiatives that are critical to business strategy, continuity, and growth.

• Bachelor’s degree in Regulatory Affairs, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related discipline (required).
• Advanced degree or professional certification in Regulatory Affairs (preferred).

• Typically 6–8 years of progressive experience in Regulatory Affairs within the medical device, healthcare, or other regulated industries (required).
• Strong knowledge of Swiss and EU regulatory requirements (required).
• Experience managing product registrations and lifecycle activities (required).
• Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and apply them to business and product decisions (required).
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills (required).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex, fast‑paced environment (required).
• Experience supporting global or multi‑country market portfolios (preferred).
• Experience working in a multinational or matrixed organization (preferred).
• Exposure to regulatory audits, inspections, or health authority interactions (preferred).
• Familiarity with EU MDR and related regulatory frameworks (preferred).
• Demonstrated experience driving regulatory or process improvement initiatives (preferred).

• Travel:
  Limited; occasional regional travel within DACH.
• Certifications:
  
  RAC or equivalent preferred but not required.

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.

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