Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs

 

 

With a passion for life

 

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

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Job Overview

The Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, provides regulatory strategy and execution leadership for U.S., EU, and Rest of World (ROW) market access and compliance to enable safe, compliant market access for a broad Surgical Workflows Infection Control Consumable (SWICC) products portfolio, including a wide range of infection control consumables, while also supporting capital equipment such as sterilizers, washer-disinfectors, ultrasonic equipment, surgical lights, and operating tables. This role ensures consistent compliance with U.S. (FDA), EU MDR (2017/745), and applicable global regulations, enabling innovation and growth while maintaining regulatory integrity throughout the product lifecycle.

This leader collaborates with product development, quality, operations, marketing, clinical affairs, and global regulatory teams to integrate regulatory risk management early and continuously in the product lifecycle. The role serves as a primary point of regulatory accountability for cross-functional leadership engagement and health authority interactions across FDA, EU Notified Bodies, and ROW competent authorities, while partnering with regional regulatory teams to support international market requirements.

 

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties:

Global Regulatory Strategy & Market Access Leadership

• Lead development and execution of comprehensive global device classifications and regulatory strategies for SWICC products, aligning regulatory requirements with business objectives and product roadmaps

• Drive U.S. submissions (e.g., 510(k), De Novo when applicable) and global filings, ensuring structured, defensible regulatory pathways for FDA Class I & II and EU MDR Class I, IIa, and IIb devices.
• Integrate regulatory requirements early in concept and design phases to prevent rework and accelerate time to market.
• Continuously identify and communicate regulatory risks and emerging requirements to senior leadership and develop mitigation plans.
• Monitor global regulatory developments, trends, and best practices to inform strategy and business readiness.

Product Development & Lifecycle Governance

• Serve as Regulatory Affairs authority in cross-functional product development teams, ensuring regulatory requirements are embedded in design controls, technical documentation, risk management (ISO 14971), labeling, and verification/validation planning, with accountability for U.S. (FDA), EU MDR, and applicable ROW regulatory decision-making.
• Assess regulatory impact of product and manufacturing changes (design, suppliers, processes, labeling), providing strategic guidance on change control and compliance options, ensuring U.S. regulatory compliance while aligning with international regulatory colleagues on global impact.

• Review and approve product claims, labeling, instructions for use, and commercial materials for regulatory consistency and claims support.

Technical Documentation & Submissions Excellence

• Oversee development, quality control, and submission readiness for dossiers targeting the U.S., EU markets and other international technical documentation as required.
• Serve as primary interface with regulatory authorities (e.g., FDA, and Notified Bodies and other competent authorities in collaboration with regional regulatory teams) including pre-submission interactions, submission responses, deficiency management, and post-submission negotiations.

• Ensure regulatory documentation and systems (e.g., technical files, regulatory records) meet compliance requirements and audit expectations.

Post-Market Regulatory Compliance & Health Authority Affairs

• Provide regulatory leadership for compliance and reporting obligations including U.S. corrections & removals, MDR reporting, and support EU FSCA/competent