Overview
At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.
Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.
You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.
Come make an impact every day at Zebra.
What We're Looking For
The Director, Regulatory is a pivotal role responsible for defining and executing Zebra’s global regulatory strategy. This leader will own the compliance lifecycle for our entire portfolio of hardware and software products, ensuring seamless market access across the globe. As the company’s spokesperson on regulatory matters, this is a highly visible role that requires building strategic partnership across the business and evolving the regulatory function into a competitive advantage. This role will be tasked with modernizing our processes, leading a large global team, and ensuring the long-term continuity of our regulatory expertise.
Location- ***Role is required to be onsite in the Holtsville, NY office. (Hybrid- Minimum of 3 days in the office per week).
- Develop and execute a forward-looking global regulatory strategy that anticipates industry trends, mitigates enterprise risk, and provides a competitive advantage for Zebra’s product portfolio
- Cultivate and inspire a high performing, global team of regulatory professionals. Foster a culture of ownership, strategic partnership, and continuous improvement. Develop the organizational structure and individual career paths to build a deep bench of subject matter experts and future leaders. Champion strategic knowledge management and succession planning to secure the long-term continuity of Zebra’s regulatory expertise
- Represent and advocate for Zebra’s interests before key global regulatory agencies, standard bodies, and industry commissions. Effectively communicate regulatory matters, providing clear, strategic guidance to key stakeholders, including senior and executive leadership to guide critical business decisions and long-range planning
- Champion the modernization of the regulatory function. Implement data-driven processes and tools (including AI and automation) to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and provide actionable insights to the business
- Assume full responsibility for the department's large-scale budget, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and identifying opportunities for cost reduction while maintaining the highest standards of compliance
- Establish and lead a cross-functional "Regulatory Council" to ensure rapid and effective communication of regulatory changes throughout Zebra's business units
- Establish and manage a framework of key metrics to measure the performance and business impact of the global regulatory functions. Provide data-driven insights to leadership that demonstrate operational efficiency, risk mitigation, and the team’s direct contribution to Zebra’s strategic goal
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field required.
- 15+ years of experience
- Experience in global regulatory affairs
- Exceptional business acumen and the ability to translate complex regulatory challenges into business strategy
- Regulatory certification experiences
- Governance, cadence, and executive level reporting with regulatory technology industry experience required
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s or MBA degree preferred
- Regulatory experience within the technology industry, with significant exposure to both hardware and software products
- Experience driving efficiencies through AI and work history in automation and digital transformation
- Demonstrated success leading large, globally distributed teams and managing multi-million-dollar budgets
- World-class verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to influence and build consensus
- A track record of successfully leading organizational change, driving process improvements, and modernizing a technical function
- A robust and active network of contacts within regulatory bodies, testing laboratories, and industry expert circles across key global markets
- Deep and extensive knowledge of global regulations, compliance standards, and certification processes (e.g., FCC, CE, Radio/Telecom, Safety, Environmental).
- Strong strategic and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Solid critical thinking and questioning skills.
- Self-motivated, results driven, manages risks, and thrives in an environment of uncertainty and continuous innovation. Able to drive definition and creation of solutions from skeleton use cases.
- Role is required to be onsite in Holtsville, NY office (Hybrid- Minimum of 3 days in the office per week).
Come join our team!
Travel Requirements: Up to 30% Travel
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Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability and protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at workplace.accommodations@zebra.com.
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Pay Range
$177,920.00 - $266,880.00 Annual
Incentive Compensation
In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 25% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.
Zebra Total Rewards
Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings. We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.
Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.
Additionally, all Zebra roles are eligible for cash incentive programs. For example, sales roles have additional opportunity to earn substantial variable compensation tied to quota achievement. In most other roles, the Zebra annual cash incentive program links Company and individual performance together. Some roles may also be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.
Benefits
We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing, which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.
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