Regulatory Affairs Manager I

Job Description

Job Title: Regulatory Affairs Manager I

Career Level - D

Introduction to role

The successful candidate will lead cross-functional activities and participate in continuous improvement of processes and tools/systems.

Accountabilities

• Understands the regulatory framework, including regional trends, for various types of applications and procedures for small and large molecules across all regions.
• Provides regulatory input on procedural and documentation requirements as defined by Health Authorities for assigned deliverable(s) including:
• Submission delivery strategy of all dossiers and all application types per market and/or region.
• Review of documents (e.g., response documents, study protocols, regulatory maintenance documents, PSRs, etc.).
• Analysis of regulatory procedures and special designations used during development, authorizations, and extension of the product.
• Uses and shares best practices when handling various applications and procedures during interactions with health authorities and in day-to-day work.
• Leads and/or contributes to the planning, preparation (including authoring where relevant), and delivery of simple to increasingly more complex regulatory maintenance submissions from either a global and/or regional perspective.
• Liaises closely with cross-functional members with aligned product responsibilities.
• Develops, executes, and maintains submission delivery plans, submission content plans, and proactively provides status updates to designated stakeholders.
• Coordinates the input, maintenance, and revision in the project planning tools for assigned projects, highlighting unforeseen changes in resource demand in a timely manner to Lead RPM and line manager.
• Identifies regulatory risks and proposes mitigations to Lead RPM and cross-functional teams.
• Supports operational and compliance activities for assigned deliverables, including generating work requests and submission content plans, submission tracking, TMF, and document management utilizing the support and input of Global Regulatory Operations, Marketing Companies, CROs, and/or alliance partners where relevant.
• Provides coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing within the regulatory organization.
• Contributes to process improvement.

• Maintains core labeling documents including the Core Data Sheet and Core Patient Information Leaflet, including labeling history documents.
• Maintains and ensures corporate approval of EU SmPC and US PI and packaging component labeling while ensuring consistency with applicable core labeling documents and internal standards and SOPs.
• Ensures that updates to the core texts are completed, communicated to, and implemented by MCs in a timely manner with agreed deviations documented appropriately.
• Maintains appropriate records for compliance, including repositories of current regional labeling and ensuring proper version control and document integrity of packaging component labeling, printed labeling artworks, and other assigned labeling documents.

• Contributes proactively to resourcing submission deliverables through liaison with internal Global Regulatory Operations or outsourcing partners.
• Leads the dossier management deliverables for divestment of products.
• Identifies potential regulatory risks to operational plans, including publishing and regulatory information management, proposing options to mitigate risks.
• Plans and manages publishing deliverables as well as associated lifecycle and license information.
• Oversees the execution of publishing delivery and responds to arising issues.
• Interprets technical innovation and Health Authority initiatives; communicates regulatory information about products (approvals, license events, market priorities, legacy issues) for GRET.
• Ensures appropriate records are maintained for compliance.

• Relevant University Degree in Science or related discipline
• Minimum 6 years of relevant Regulatory experience within the biopharmaceutical industry, including license maintenance, labelling, publishing, and working in regulated markets
• General knowledge of drug development
• Thorough knowledge of the regulatory product maintenance process
• Strong project management skills
• Leadership skills, including experience leading multi-disciplinary project teams

• Regulatory affairs experience across a broad range of markets
• Managed regulatory deliverables at the project level
• Experience working with people from locations outside of India, especially Europe and/or USA

But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

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