Johnson & Johnson Posted August 24, 2026

Senior Compliance Lead

Geel, Belgium Full time
Quality Senior

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About this opportunity

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com .

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Quality

Job Sub Function:

Quality & Compliance Audit

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Geel, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

Job Description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Objectives and Responsibilities

Accountable for the Geel site internal audit program and external GMP inspection management (e.g. Health Authority, Customer).

Acting as compliance Subject Matter Expert and deploy compliance initiatives at the Geel site in alignment with the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance strategy.

Coordinate team of Geel-based compliance personnel

Support the compliance teams of Beerse, Geel, Athens and Cork SM to deliver the site internal audit program and external GMP inspection management program.

Responsibilities IMRC Compliance Lead for Geel

Responsible for site internal audit program including:

Establish and create schedule

Auditor training (qualify and evaluate)

Execute internal audits (schedule, issue agenda, prepare, conduct audit, issue report)

Execute compliance walk-throughs (e.g. IWR)

Evaluate responses to internal audits

Enter internal audit data in Comet

Maintain site inspection readiness program for external GMP audits and inspections (Health Authority, Customer). Including:

Facilitate inspection management (front room, back room, coaching)

Lead the site response efforts including assignment of appropriate CAPAs

Inspection Readiness (audit preparation, schedule and manage mock inspections, SME coaching)

Partner with Quality to manage inspections (host and/or coordinate front room and back room, daily inspection summaries)

Review site response and associated CAPA for Health Authority inspections

Provide input to daily inspection summaries, as needed

Identify changes in regulations that impact compliance procedure, perform gap analysis against current practices. Implement J&J Compliance Stds (e.g. Audit/Inspection Mgt) and partner with sites on J&J standard implementation

Provide Compliance Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for site personnel, Quality Systems and/or projects. As needed, review complaints and field actions.

Ensure appropriate and timely escalation of risks to the appropriate leadership and regulatory compliance teams. Facilitate remediation of compliance risks

Represent Regulatory Compliance at Site Management Reviews, CAPA Review Boards, Escalations, Platform Compliance mtgs, etc.

Partner with site for execution of proactive compliance scans.

Partner with site and segment personnel (e.g. Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Product Quality Mgt, etc.) to proactively identify risks and drive compliance improvement across the site.

Establish a high performance and continuous improvement culture driven by key performance metrics, benchmarking and sharing of best practices

As applicable, report progress of site compliance remediation plans (e.g. MCAP, SDCAP, etc.)

Collaborate with other groups in IMRC and JJRC to support execution of independent audits and special assessments. Support site during ERC audits (e.g. document review, front/back room support). Review and provide input to site response, and associated CAPA, to ERC audits.

Coordinate, maintain, report and drive site compliance metrics.

Establish department policy, standard operations procedures and working practices.

Coordinate compliance training for the site

Support Quality and Compliance strategy implementation

Connect with external groups (e.g. PDA, ISPE, etc.) to benchmark industry standards

As needed, provide training for Quality concepts and/or systems.

As needed, co-authors, review and revise compliance procedures.

As needed, review (not approve) significant manufacturing and laboratory investigations, confirmed complaints and S1/S2 Field Actions.

Partner with the site for execution of the site assessment as part of the SHARE program

Connect with site personnel in context of the compliance awareness (CARE) program

Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)

Always uses the appropriate prevention rules and procedures

Uses the available personal and collective protection materials correctly

Works neat and tidy

Reports (near) accidents, incidents, deviations and risky situations

Cooperates on and suggests solutions to improve safety, health an environment

Participate actively on promotion campaigns, working on the safe behaviour program, prevention controls

Addresses to other colleagues and third persons when prevention procedures are not followed or in case of unsafe behaviour

Credo

Takes into account the credo values in all daily activities

Integrates the Credo dialogue in the IMRC department

Profile needed for this function

Knowledge

At least 8 years related experience in a GMP-regulated industry and at least 3 years of regulatory compliance experience.

Extensive knowledge of global GMP regulations is required

Experience performing internal or external audits is required.

Ability to build partnerships and mediate issues while optimizing the value proposition.

Strong analytical skills and ability to clearly articulate issues.

Excellent communication skills, able to quickly build credibility within the Quality and Compliance community, and executive management.

Delivers on commitment timelines and has high sense of urgency.

Demonstrate business acumen, deal with complexity and ambiguity

Degree

Bachelor's Degree in Science or related field

Languages

Fluent in Dutch and English (written and spoken)

Quality: #SCQuality

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agile Internal Audit, Analytical Reasoning, Audit and Compliance Trends, Compliance Frameworks, Compliance Management, Compliance Policies, Compliance Risk, Critical Thinking, Organizing, Quality Auditing, Quality Control (QC), Quality Standards, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Technical Credibility, Third-Party Auditing

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Geel, Belgium
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 209 comparable Senior Quality roles across 47 biopharma companies.

209Comparable roles tracked
191Currently active
47Companies hiring similar roles
25Countries represented

Salary context

67 of 209 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Quality Assurance Senior Specialist - Statistical Sorting · Lilly $18/hr – $35/hr (≈ $37,482–$72,592/yr)
Peer group range $55,037 – $219,500 (median $140,000)

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Seniority mix

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Associate Director43
Principal22

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 209 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

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