Regional Strategist - Emerging Markets

An internationally renowned pharmaceutical organisation is seeking to hire a Regional Strategist - Emerging Markets for their office in the UK. This historic company, which has been established for well over a century, prides itself on its work across multiple therapy areas, including cardiovascular, neurology, and immunology. This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of the most prestigious pharmaceutical establishments in the world. This will be a contract role.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensuring regulatory contributions achieve the objectives in the strategy, achieve agreed standards, and minimise resource demands whilst maximising overall project delivery time and probability of success.
• Ensuring regulatory plans are monitored, progress/variance communicated to Senior Management, and that any risks (from emerging technical data, changing internal objectives or external threats) are mitigated.
• Partnering with project teams and other customer groups (e.g. Country Regulatory Managers and EM Teams) to ensure required regulatory contributions (line plans, MAA, variations, license renewals etc.) meet business needs and are provided to the project teams, to agreed time, cost and quality standards.

• Participating and acting as EM representative on the virtual global regulatory team (GRT), providing EM regulatory strategy expertise for assigned products.
• Delivering the project goals and aligning the regulatory strategy with global and business regional needs.
• Ensuring timely submissions and approvals with commercially attractive labelling across the regions.
• Ensuring optimal regulatory interactions with Health Authorities in relation to the assigned project(s).

Skills and Requirements:

• Previous regulatory experience; Bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering, or public health i.e. Chemistry, Biology or related discipline; Advanced degree preferred.
• Ability to lead cross matrix teams across regulatory/medical/safety, etc. to an end goal (i.e. regulatory filing).
• Knowledge of EM regulations and experience in EM procedures.
• Experience in communicating with health authorities.
• Proven record of EM authority submissions (i.e. variations, query responses, agency negotiation).
• Knowledge of EU regulations and experience in EU procedures is desirable.
• Proven regulatory experience with broad knowledge, experience as Regulatory Lead not required, but advantageous.
• Direct experience and proven track record with submissions in EM, queries, responses, and approvals is desirable.
• Direct experience and demonstrated track record in communicating/negotiating with Major Regulatory Authority(ies) is desirable.
• Experience working in leading highly matrix, global, and multi-site environment/teams.
• Track record of supporting various products in different therapeutic areas and at different stages of products life cycle is desirable.
• Proven track record of dealing with commercial brand teams; understanding how to deliver regulatory information and strategies audiences outside the regulatory line is desirable.
• Ability to provide novel filing strategies to compete in the generic market.
• Understanding of core processes and principles in research, development, manufacturing, and marketing.
• Demonstrable multitasking, project management, and execution skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, including communication, presentation, persuasion, and influence.

• Good organisational skills, including efficiency, punctuality, and collaboration in a team environment.
• Proficiency with computer skills, such as MS Office.

To Apply:

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In case you have difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Peter Duvall at +44 203 078 9542 or upload your CV on our website - www.proclinical.com.

A full job description is available on request.

Proclinical Staffing is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

Proclinical Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.

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