Manager, QARA UAE, Africa, Rest of MEA

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DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Manager QARA UAE Africa Rest of MEA located in Dubai UAE

Job Overview

The Manager QA RA UAE Africa Rest of MEA provides operational leadership for quality assurance and regulatory affairs across the United Arab Emirates Africa and additional Middle East & Africa (MEA ). T his role is responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance effective quality management system execution and sustained market access across diverse and highly regulated markets.

This position plays a critical role in safeguarding patient safety enabling compliant product availability and supporting sustainable business growth. The Manager partners closely regional leadership and Global QARA stakeholders to manage regulatory and quality risk while supporting product lifecycle activities and operational continuity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs activities to support product registration maintenance and lifecycle management across UAE Africa and Rest of MEA markets.

• Ensure compliance with regional and countryspecific regulatory requirements internal policies and DePuy Synthes quality management system standards.

• Act as the primary QARA point of contact for assigned MEA markets providing regulatory and quality guidance to local and regional stakeholders.

• Coordinate regulatory submissions renewals variations and responses to health authority inquiries in collaboration with Global QARA teams.

• Partner with crossfunctional stakeholders including Commercial Operations Supply Chain Legal and Global QARA to support business objectives and supply continuity.

• Monitor regulatory quality and enforcement changes across MEA markets and assess potential impact to products portfolios and operations.

• Support and participate in audits inspections and regulatory or quality assessments as .

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance QARA processes efficiency compliance consistency and inspection readiness across the region.

• Ensuring proactive engagement and shaping of regional policy initiatives that are critical to business strategy continuity and growth.

Qualifications

Education

• Required: Bachelors degree in Regulatory Affairs Life Sciences Engineering or a related discipline.

• Preferred: Advanced degree or professional certification in Regulatory Affairs Quality or a related field.

Experience and Skills

Required:

• 68 years of progressive experience in Quality Assurance and/or Regulatory Affairs within the medical device healthcare or other regulated industries.

• Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements applicable to UAE Africa and broader MEA markets.

• Experience managing product registrations and lifecycle activities across multiple international markets.

• Ability to interpret and apply regulatory and quality requirements to support business and product decisions.

• Strong stakeholder management communication and crossfunctional collaboration skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex fastpaced and matrixed environment.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting emerging market QARA portfolios.

• Familiarity with global regulatory frameworks and harmonization initiatives.

• Experience working in a multinational or matrixed organization.

• Exposure to regulatory inspections quality audits or health authority interactions.

• Demonstrated experience contributing to process improvement or QARA transformation initiatives.

• Regulatory Affairs or Quality certification (e.g. RAC or equivalent).

Other

• Language: English ; Arabic and/or French preferred.

• Travel: Moderate international travel across MEA markets.

• Certifications: RAC or equivalent preferred but not .

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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