Assistant Manager, Regulatory Sciences (Evergreen Position)

Job Description The person will be responsible for overseeing strategy relating to obtaining, managing and maintaining product Marketing Authorization’s and support Clinical Trial Authorization’s (where applicable) in line with business goals and legal requirements in partnership with above-country operational hubs. Under the guidance and supervision of line management, lead strategic regulatory activities for assigned products and markets, and contribute to the implementation and leadership of projects and building expertise within the cluster regulatory team and support line management to make decisions that require developing innovative solutions to resolve complex problems.   Job Responsibilities   Deliver Regulatory Strategy and Advise Cross-Functional Teams:   ·       In line with assigned product and country responsibilities, utilise regulatory expertise to develop and deliver optimal regulatory strategies and plans to support the achievement of country business goals for both licensed and development products for Oncology portfolio for India, all TAs for Indochina and non-vaccine portfolio for Brunei. ·       Represent Regulatory on cross-functional product teams and provide strategic regulatory input to the commercial operating planning process. ·       Facilitate cross-functional awareness and understanding of regulatory issues and environment, including ·       ensuring teams understand the potential opportunities and constraints that the latest legislation/upcoming changes to legislation might create for their commercial activities. ·       Keep cross-functional colleagues and key stakeholders informed of progress with regulatory submissions. ·       Work with above country strategists to provide country input into Global and Regional regulatory strategies as required. Provide Regulatory Advice and Information to meet Customer and Cross-Divisional colleague requests :   ·       Use expert knowledge of national legislation, guidelines and regulatory environment to provide insightful responses to enquiries from cross-divisional Pfizer colleagues and indirect interactions with external customers. ·       Advise on matters of compliance, national regulatory requirements and Pfizer regulatory policy. ·       Use a variety of communication tools and techniques to present complex ideas. • Anticipate potential objections and influence others.   Manage New Registration/Marketing Authorization Applications :   National Applications • Coordinate pre-submission meetings and other National Regulatory Authority (NRA) engagements, such as national Scientific Advice Meetings. • Devise and obtain endorsement for submission strategy and plan and partner with above-country operational hubs and above-country strategists to obtain new product licenses. Manage associated interactions and negotiations with NRAs.         Manage Marketing Authorisation (MA) Variation Applications : ·       Trigger locally driven submission demands (e.g. NRA queries and requests for local label updates). ·       Input to assessing regulatory impact, agree filing strategy with other business functions as appropriate and participate in risk-based reviews with above-country hubs and communicate any locally triggered delays & risks impacting the submission/approval, to the above and in-country stakeholders. ·       Work with above-country strategists and above-country operational hubs to supply country documentation/information for dossier build as applicable. ·       Communicate NRA decisions to relevant internal stakeholders as applicable.   Manage MA Renewal Applications : ·       Agree filing strategy with relevant stakeholders as appropriate and participate in risk-based reviews of plans with above country hubs.   Management of NRA queries : ·       In