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Sr. Manager, Regulatory Affairs
Vaxcyte INC · 🇺🇸 San Carlos, California, United States
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 5 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 5 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Join our Mission to Protect Humankind! Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance. WHAT we do is every bit as important as HOW we do it! Our work together is guided by four enduring core values: *RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered. *AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind. *LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives. *MODEL EXCELLENCE: The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making. Summary: A hands-on role providing both strategic and operational activities. This role develops and executes multi-product global regulatory CMC strategies for investigational products and leads the preparation and filing of regulatory CMC submissions. Manages interactions with Health Authorities for CMC topics. Provides regulatory CMC guidance to various cross-functional teams and ensures all applicable global regulatory requirements are considered and incorporated into product development. Conducts routine regulatory surveillance and communicates new/changing regulations. Essential Functions: • Represent Regulatory Affairs in various internal cross-functional project teams, improvement initiatives and providing regulatory positions on various CMC related topics. • Manage the collection, review, coordination, and preparation of documentation for regulatory CMC submissions, including maintaining comprehensive trackers for documentation requests and timelines. • Manage preparation of responses to queries from regulatory authorities. • Ensure conformance to commitments made with various regulatory agencies. • Collaborate with cross-functional project teams and external business partners to develop regulatory strategies and identify regulatory risks. • Manage coordination, preparation, and timely submission of regulatory documents and filings. • Review and approve change controls related to proposed product/process changes and asses their impact against regulatory requirements. • Cultivate productive working relationships with the Regulatory team and other departments. • Coordinate responses to CMC-related queries from Health Authorities. Requirements: • Bachelor of Science in a scientific discipline (Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Regulatory Affairs for Drugs, Biologics or Medical Devices). • 9+ years of experience working in vaccine or biotech industry, or in a related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. • Prior experience preparing/authoring CMC DS sections: • BLA highly preferred. • IND highly preferred. • IMPD. • Prior development or manufacturing experience is a plus. • Experience with module 3.2S and 3.2P. • Computer software skills (LIMS, SAP, TrackWise, Veeva will be used). • Ability to meet multiple deadlines across a variety of projects/programs, with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency. • Applies in-depth understanding of how own discipline integrates within the function and understands contribution to Vaxcyte’s achie