Pfizer looking for Hub Submission Manager

Pfizer is the world's premier biopharmaceutical company taking new approaches to better health. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver quality, safe and effective prescription medicines to treat and help prevent disease for both people and animals. We also partner with healthcare providers, governments and local communities around the world to expand access to our medicines and to provide better quality health care and health system support. At Pfizer, colleagues in more than 90 countries work every day to help people stay happier and healthier longer and to reduce the human and economic burden of disease worldwide.

Post : Hub Submission Manager

Job Description
• Responsible and accountable for Submissions Management and delivery of regional and/or national regulatory dossiers to Worldwide Health Authorities.
• Lead and manage logistical and technical aspects associated with submission management, ensuring development and delivery of regulatory dossiers (initial application, lifecycle updates, compliance and maintenance) to Worldwide Health Authorities in line with the regulatory strategy.
• Drive submission coordination activities for assigned products and/or regulatory procedures as appropriate. Partnering with product teams and/or third-party partners, the incumbent will be responsible for project management of activities, in support of regional and national regulatory submissions component build and delivery.
• Delivering project specific Pfizer electronic and paper regulatory submissions. Including co-ordination and execution of solutions that meet unique requirements of each submission and national market, management of product delivery to regulatory agencies and ensuring subsequent archival.
• Ongoing liaison with Project Team and country representatives to ensure paper and electronic submission requirements, translation requirements and timelines are mutually understood and in line with corporate standards and deadlines for dossier delivery to regional and national markets.
• Actively participate in the definition, investigation and implementation of national, regional and global process efficiencies for paper and electronic submission execution, including the evaluation of current processes.
• Completion of assignments and tasks within a specific task force/project associated with electronic and paper submissions.
• Help interpret regulatory guidelines to produce business requirements and ensure that those requirements are implemented where appropriate at local level.
• Contribute to effective forecasting and management of project specific resources utilizing flexible resourcing, and global load sharing as normal business practice.
• Adhere to the appropriate use of technical tools, through use of working practices and QC/QA regimes, such that regulatory and internal compliance is preserved.
• Operate as Subject Matter Expert in dossier types and/or processes with responsibility for training and mentoring fellow colleagues
• Escalates, informs, and resolves any issues that may impact submission builds or the logistics of global submission delivery to regional partners or Health Authorities.
• Promotes the use of Document Management and Archival systems and standard document authoring and publishing processes, partnering with supplier groups as necessary in order to produce timely delivery of submission/archive ready components.

Candidate Profile
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated business acumen; strong organizational management skills, the ability to manage multiple demands simultaneously; the ability to respond to tight timelines in a highly regulated environment
• Proven aptitude in project management and logistics
• Ability to work on multiple highly complex projects simultaneously; demonstrated attention to detail.
• Ability to operate seamlessly and influence across organizations.
• Ability to manage or deliver through others in a global operating model
• Ability to manage a significant and diverse portfolio of work with cross-site and line teams.

Technical Skills
• In-depth understanding of systems and electronic technologies used to support submission and planning activities, as well as demonstrated experiences in process development and new technology implementation.
• Proven ability to embrace new technologies and drive their implementation
• Proven aptitude in project management and process re-design

Standards, Processes and Policies
• Strong knowledge of the drug development process, regulatory affairs, and submissions management; demonstrating an understanding of regional and national regulatory filing guidelines and dossier requirements
• Strong understanding of build and delivery of human health electronic and paper regulatory submissions and electronic review aids as defined by FDA, EMA, MHLW and ICH.

Additional Information
Qualification : M.Pharm, M.Sc, MBA
Experience : 3 – 5 years
Location : Chennai
Industry Type : Pharma/ Healthcare/ Clinical research
Functional Area : Commercial Projects
End Date : 25th August, 2018