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Post : Global Regulatory Lead - Associate Director
Job Description
The Associate Director – Product Regulatory Affairs is accountable for the development and implementation of the regulatory strategy for a product/group of products and for ensuring that the strategy is designed to deliver a rapid approval for regulatory maintenance activities in keeping with the properties of the product(s) and the needs identified by the business, markets and patients. The Associate Director – Product Regulatory Affairs possesses strategic leadership skills, has an understanding of regional (US or EU) and/or global regulatory science and overall drug/biologic maintenance processes and strategies. Experience and knowledge of the disease area is an important enabler to being able to influence cross-functional discussions with regional and/or global product teams and relevant stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Accountable for the development and implementation, at a regional or global level, of innovative regulatory strategies and for ensuring that the strategy is designed to deliver a rapid approval of regulatory maintenance activities.
- Leads the Global Regulatory Strategy Team (GRST) with key contributing members from a regional perspective, Manufacturing (Operations) and Regulatory Project Managers, to ensure prioritized objectives are delivered to time and quality. Through the GRST, ensures that regional regulatory needs for post-approval changes and post-approval commitments are identified and incorporated into an optimum Global Regulatory Strategy that in turn contributes to the Global Product Plan.
- Serves as the single point of contact and Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) representative on Regional and/or Global Product Teams.
- Accountable for the delivery of regulatory milestones including assessment of the probability of regulatory success together with risk mitigation measures for post-approval changes and post-approval commitments.
- Accountable for CDS/SmPC/USPI updates, and approval of regulatory impositions to market product information.
- Accountable for product maintenance, supply and compliance activities associated with marketed brands.
- Lead regulatory defense interactions and provide regulatory leadership to issue management teams.
- Lead ad-hoc regulatory interactions, ensuring effective regulatory representation in partnership with appropriate technical experts at all health authority meetings.
- Monitor changes in the regulatory environment, both general and specific to the therapeutic area and support and advise regional and/or Global Product Teams (GPT) accordingly.
- Provide regulatory leadership as needed in product divestment and product withdrawal.
- Participate in skill-development, coaching, and performance feedback of other regulatory staff working on the product/project.
Candidate Profile
• University Degree in Science or related discipline
• Broad background of experience working in pharmaceutical business and prior experience in several areas within regulatory affairs, e.g. Global, European, International, Marketing Company or experience at a health authority.
• >13 years relevant regulatory experience, including license maintenance and labelling, and of working across a range of markets, including regulated markets
• Thorough knowledge of the regulatory product maintenance process
• Leadership skills, including proven leadership of cross-functional project teams experience
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Thorough scientific knowledge sufficient to understand all aspects of regulatory issues
• Proven ability to think strategically and critically evaluate risks to regulatory activities.
• Proven ability to work strategically within a complex, business driven, regulated environment.
• Experience of working with people from locations outside of India, especially Europe and/or USA
• Previous experience in attending and/or helping a team prepare for a Major Health Authority interactions
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Skills and Capabilities
• Strategic thinking
• Innovation
• Initiative
• Leadership
• Supplier and Partner management
• Project management
• Strategic Influencing
• Problem solving
• Independence
• Team working
• Customer focused
• Understanding of the importance of Continuous Improvement
• Knowledge sharing
Internal and External Contacts/Customers
- Internal science functions
- Manufacturing organisation
- Marketing Companies/Local Affiliates
- Patient Safety organisation
- Health Authorities
Additional Information:
Experience: >13 years
Location:Yelahanka, Karnataka, India
Education: Degree in Science
Functional Area: Regulatory Lead
Final Date For Apply: 25th January, 2018
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