Director, Global R&D, Clin/Med and BD

Job Title: HCC Director, Global R&D, Clinical Research, Medical Affairs and Business Development

Location: United Kingdom (Leeds), United Kingdom (Beeston), Switzerland (Zug)

Job Overview

Health Care Compliance Leader for R&D, Clinical Research, Medical Affairs, and Business Development; responsible for strategic oversight, design, and execution of an effective HCC program across global activities, including mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide global strategic leadership and direction for the HCC program supporting Clinical Research, Medical Affairs, R&D, and Business Development activities.
• Partner with Business partners to design, implement, and continuously enhance a risk based compliance program covering clinical trials, investigator and site interactions, research collaborations, scientific exchange, licensing, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions.
• Act as a trusted compliance partner and advisor to senior leaders, providing practical, forward looking advice on novel business models, external collaborations, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Drive consistency, simplification, and scalability of compliance approaches across all regions while ensuring adherence to applicable local regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, Quality, Finance, and other assurance functions to deliver integrated, enterprise level compliance solutions.
• Serve as the HCC lead for Business Development, handling pre acquisition and pre investment compliance due diligence.
• Contribute to enterprise compliance strategy, operating model decisions, and major initiatives as a core member of the HCC Leadership Team.
• Partner with executive leadership and governance bodies to provide oversight, transparency, and accountability for compliance risks across R&D, Medical Affairs, and Business Development.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on compliance risk assessments, identifying trends and emerging risks, mitigation strategies, and issue management.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Compliance, Finance, Healthcare Administration, or related field. Preferred advanced degree or professional certification (Compliance, Legal, Risk, or Ethics related).
• Experience: Minimum 10-12+ years of progressive experience in healthcare compliance, legal, risk management, audit, or related fields; proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive compliant decision making.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of healthcare compliance laws, regulations, and enforcement practices; strong analytical skills, sound judgment, effective decision making and problem solving; excellent written and verbal communication; change management and influencing capabilities.
• Industry Experience: Preferred experience in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or broader life sciences industries, and experience operating in highly matrixed, multicultural organizations.
• Fluency in English required.

Travel & Certifications

• Travel: Up to 20-30%.
• Certifications: Compliance, legal, or ethics certifications preferred but not required.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.