Merck KGaA Posted September 14, 2026

Head of Regulatory Affairs Group 1(開発薬事)_ Biopharma

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

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Head of Regulatory Affairs (開発薬事チーム)

Lodation: Japan

Report to: Head of Global Regulatory Affairs Japan

Direct Reports: 5

Your Role:

Develop and execute regulatory affairs (RA) activities from the development to the life cycle management, with collaborative with global and Japan stakeholders. Regulatory Affairs Group 1 Head focuses on the following development activities:

Oversee, manage, mentor, and ensure that Group plans and delivers the regulatory deliverables as the representative of Group, while complying with applicable regulations.

Provides coaching and development opportunities to staff.

Lead RA-related Health Authority (HA) interactions. e.g., PMDA or MHLW interaction

Lead New Drug Application (NDA) and supplementary NDA (sNDA) such as indication expansion, new formulation, etc. Lead preparation of the Japan NDA activities and HA’s review for approval.

Prepare the Japan-CTD regulatory parts such as Approval Application Form, Module 1, etc.

Lead electronic Japanese Package Inserts (J-PI), respond to query, and join artwork activities. Review promotion materials.

Manage Outsourcing vendors as needed.

Represent RA for the SOPs/WI updates and improvement tasks.

Who You Are:

Education and Preferable work experiences:

Extensive experience and knowledge in Regulatory Affairs, especially development activity.

Experiences and knowledge of Collaborating with cross-functional team and global member.

Competencies and skills:

Language: Japanese- native level. English: Able to communicate with global members as J-RA representative.

People management skills

Stakeholder management, Communication/coordination, leadership/ownership skills, strategic consideration and project/risk management skills (e.g., To Clarify regulatory risks and plan/execute minimization/mitigation).

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Regulatory Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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

We currently track 544 comparable Regulatory Affairs roles across 109 biopharma companies.

544Comparable roles tracked
500Currently active
109Companies hiring similar roles
50Countries represented

Salary context

127 of 544 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

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Peer group range $123,250 – $380,750 (median $201,250)

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United States216
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Japan37
Ireland21
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Seniority mix

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Manager172
Director78
Senior57
Associate Director52
Senior Director25
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc17
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Principal10
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Therapeutic area mix

53 of 544 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

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Respiratory1

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