Global Regulatory Strategist

Our client, a leading Pharmaceutical company is hiring a Global Regulatory Strategist on a long-term Contract basis in New Jersey area.

50% onsite at Lawrenceville, however manageer is flexible to have the contractor to be onsite in other offices in New Jersey, or in Tampa.

Job ID # 79770

Must Have List:

• Solid scientific background, Ph.D., M.D., PharmD or equivalent professional experience with at least 5 years of experience in strategic regulatory activities supporting Intercontinental Markets (excluding US, EU, JP, CN, CA, UK, CH).

• General Intercontinental markets regulatory requirements for drugs in development and/or registered.

• Understanding GRS tactical role, responsibilities, and deliverables to support drug development, commercial registration, and LCM of BMS pipeline.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate issue resolution and lead in a matrixed environment.

• Cultural sensitivity

Position Summary / Objective

• Liaison between Country Regulatory Managers and Global Regulatory Teams/Development Teams/Brand Teams/Operating Committees

• Responsible in partnership with local GRS for generating, implementing and executing regulatory strategy and submission plans for development and life cycle products for the region

• Provides regional input into Global Regulatory Plan

and Global Submission Plan

• Provides information and product knowledge to

local regulatory

• Accountable for development of One Regulatory Voice for the region on project issues

• Represent the international markets on the GRST and serve as a core member to drive the strategy for these markets.

Position Responsibilities

• Scope : Products (GT4 to GT8 and beyond, including initial submissions, major variations) Footprint except US, EU, Japan, China, Canada, Switzerland

• Advise and support Local GRS for assessing regulatory landscape and regulations to optimize our regulatory strategies and submission plans within and across a therapeutic area (TA) product portfolio

• Provide actionable Regulatory Input into Development Strategy to enable timely commercial desirable registrations across the region.

• Advise global team on specific local requirements or gaps in clinical program to support local submission and collaborate to develop mitigation plans (e.g. bridging/sub-population requirements)

• Champion for countries to obtain needed global and regional resources (e.g., to participate in global trials, to prepare bridging reports, to respond to HA queries)

• Strategize with GRT Lead and other core GRT members on the regulatory strategy for NCEs and major variations (e.g. line extensions, new indications, label enhancements) and to foster one regulatory voice

• Interface between Global and Local, the IRLs lead International Regulatory Teams, educate and communicate Project specific information (follow-up, update) to local teams, ensure alignment between registration/submission requirements and development plans, translate global regulatory expectations into local plans and lead the execution of these plans, digest and communicate Global Regulatory plans, including HA engagement plans to countries, digest and communicate results for key clinical trials, obtain aligned regulatory position, Represent and deliver the Global TA position, track the execution of the global submission plan.

• IRLs Co lead with GRTLs the development and execution of the Global Regulatory Engagement Plan including CTAs and response to HA queries.

• Transversal activities: Represent GRS international on R&D teams on an ad hoc basis to communicate and advocate regional regulatory strategies and plans when agenda is relevant to the international markets

• Primary interface, IRLs collaborate and partner with other International counterparts (Commercial, Medical, Access, HEOR, supply chain, TO) to obtain alignment with the regulatory strategies and submission plans (as applicable)

• International support for alliances IRLs participate in external partnership negotiations, execution and implementations, when applicable, to ensure advanced awareness of regulatory risks and seamless integration

• Represent GRS and/or GRS International on specific non-product related projects including regulatory policy.

Position Requirements

• Solid scientific background, Ph.D., M.D., PharmD or equivalent professional experience with at least 5 years of relevant regulatory experience.

• Demonstrated ability to break down complex, scientific content into logical components.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate issue resolution.

• Demonstrated ability to organize / prioritize tasks.

• Understanding of tactical role of GRS in the drug development process.

• Understanding of general global regulatory requirements for drugs in development.

• Understanding of PD&C process and specific GRS responsibilities / deliverables at PD&C Decision Points for International