Regulatory Affairs CMC Associate Director

at  Novartis

SUMMARY

Our Development Team is guided by our purpose: to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. To do this, we are optimizing and strengthening our processes and ways of working. We are investing in new technologies and building specific therapeutic area and platform depth and capabilities – all to bring our medicines to patients even faster. We are seeking key talent, like you, to join us and help give people with disease and their families a brighter future to look forward to. Apply today and welcome to where we thrive together!

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:

. Formulate, lead and drive global CMC regulatory strategy for XXX modality pro-jects/products drawing on substantial regulatory expertise with a focus on innovation, maxim-izing the business benefit balanced with regulatory risks and compliance.

• Lead and drive all global CMC submission activities (planning, authoring, reviewing, coordina-tion, submission) for assigned projects/products, while applying the global strategy into submis-sions.
• Identify the required documentation and any content, quality and/or timeliness issues for global submissions and negotiate the delivery of approved technical source documents in accordance with project timelines.
• Author and/or review high-quality CMC documentation for Health Authority submissions, estab-lishing and applying CMC global regulatory strategies, current regulatory trends and guidelines. Ensure technical congruency and regulatory compliance, meeting agreed upon timelines and e-publishing requirements.
• Represent Global Regulatory CMC on cross-functional project teams and maintain collaborative partnerships with stakeholders
• Initiate and lead Health Authority interactions and negotiations: setting objectives, preparing briefing books, coordinating and planning rehearsals and risk mitigation plans. Establish and maintain a single point of contact with FDA.
• Provide strategic advice and direction within the department and cross-functionally through specialized assignments.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education Minimum: Science degree (e.g. Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Molecular Biol-ogy, Biotechnology, Biology) or equivalent; advanced degree desired

• Minimum 8 years regulatory experience preferred and/or pharmaceutical industry experience
• Substantial knowledge/experience in regulatory submission and approval processes and ability to deal with complex CMC regulatory issues and requirements
• Proven ability to critically evaluate data from a broad range of scientific disciplines.

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? : https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.