Director, CMC Regulatory Affairs

Are you looking for a role where you will serve as a key strategic partner representing Global Regulatory activities? If so, this Director of Regulatory Affairs, CMC could be an exciting opportunity to explore. This role will provide strategic direction and guidance on both global project and key strategic business initiatives.

Within Global Regulatory Affairs, our Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) organization provides regulatory leadership to CMC development teams and the Pharma Supply Chain organization to enable approval of new medicines and uninterrupted supply of our medicines to patients. Our work spans all formulation types, novel technologies, and multiple modalities for small and large molecules

The Director will lead key, strategic CMC regulatory activities for investigational and/or early commercial biopharmaceutical products.

Scope of Responsibility

·         Will serve as a key strategic partner representing Global CMC Regulatory on Regulatory Networks and Matrix Teams, providing and overseeing strategic direction and guidance to Biopharmaceutical, Pharma Supply Chain, Clinical Trial Supply, Quality Assurance, and Commercial interfaces on both global project and key strategic business initiatives.

·         May have direct line management responsibility or act as individual contributor.

·         May participate in corporate evaluation and provide CMC regulatory support/advice to in-licensing and divestment projects.

·         Delivers CMC regulatory strategy to support major inspections (eg PAI's) or quality incidents (PIRCs).

·         Likely to be involved in and lead current, business critical activities across internal and external networks on behalf of GSK.

Impact of Decisions

·         Understands, interprets and advises on regulations, guidelines, procedures, policies and strategies relating to development, registration and manufacturing of biopharmaceutical products, to expedite submission, review and approval of global CMC applications.

·         Ensures all appropriate strategic CMC regulatory aspects for clinical trials, product release and stability are in place, to avoid clinical holds, and to ensure continuity of market supply.

·         Has accountability for information submitted in marketing applications to meet regional requirements, allowing maximum manufacturing flexibility and innovation while ensuring approvability.

·         Ensures all appropriate CMC regulatory aspects across teams to support change control requests including transfer of supply within GSK or with a 3rd party are delivered to agreed timelines.

Problem Solving

·         Directs project activities and strategies for multiple projects and teams simultaneously, including reporting staff if applicable. Provides strategic direction, data assessment and conclusions to senior management.

·         Formulates novel approaches and influences people, systems, and processes.

·         Identifies key risks to the business associated with submission data and information packages and provides and communicates to senior management well defined risk mitigation strategies.

·         Creates, maintains and continually evaluates/improves CMC Regulatory processes, policies, and systems.

·         Key individual in designing and/or implementing new and improved procedures to set standards and enhance the efficiency and quality of departmental work.

 Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

·         Biological sciences degree.

·         7 or more years of direct CMC Regulatory experience.

·         Experience leading key, strategic CMC regulatory activities for investigational and/or early commercial biopharmaceuticals.

·         Experience working in a large enterprise company leading complex projects.

·         Experience working with new drug applications in the US or EU.

·         Experience creating Regulatory strategy and executing on those plans.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

·         Advanced biological sciences degree.

·         5 or more years CMC Regulatory project leadership experience with biological medicines. (Therapeutic proteins and/or cell & gene therapies).

·         Ability to demonstrate flexible thinking and high resilience in the workplace.

·         Ability to work with frequent changing priorities within a fast-paced work culture.

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