**Work Schedule** Standard (Mon-Fri) **Environmental Conditions** Office **Job Description** At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. **Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:** The Director GRL is a key member of the global regulatory team. This role serves as a close business partner and facilitator of regulatory activities and is expected to contribute to developing sound regulatory strategies globally. The role will play a critical role across the product life cycle and will be a key advisor and enabler of successful product launches and commercialization. In close collaboration with other functions and the broader regulatory team, this role is responsible for high quality and timely guidance in all areas of the business, from pre-approval activities, to filing, distribution, and post-approval regulatory activities, among others. **Your primary areas of focus are:** + Provide strategic, operational, and tactical regulatory insight on pre-approval and post-approval activities globally + Help guide the organization on the appropriate filing strategy, and coordinate across disciplines to ensure timely filings + Oversee regulatory affairs vendors involved in marketing authorization filings and help ensure high quality interactions with regulators + Working with the rest of the regulatory team, provide hands-on contributions to regulatory filings including INDs, BLAs, and MAAs, and other areas as requested + Provide regulatory leadership with post-approval activities including application maintenance activities such as drug registration and listing, payment of program user fees + Monitor, interpret, and communicate changes to the global regulatory landscape as required + Serve as the regulatory affairs business partner to local commercialization teams + Partner with medical, legal, quality, PV, and distribution teams to ensure regulatory input is provided in a timely matter to support business decisions + Serve as the conduit between strategy within the assigned project team and the broader global regulatory and development teams **Desired Skills and Experience:** + Minimum 10 years of regulatory affairs experience within biopharmaceutical organizations, of which at least 5-7 years must have been in global leadership roles with a focus on major regulatory regions such as FDA, EMA, or PMDA + PhD or PharmD preferred + Prior experience working in rapidly growing pharmaceutical organizations is desirable + A thorough understanding of the drug development process with expertise in orphan drugs, along with knowledge of the developing landscape of regulations and guidelines, specifically in United States + Demonstrated ability to coordinate the development of critical regulatory documents involved in the approval of medicines with a focus on the FDA + Affinity with science and ability to interact with scientists and clinicians + Experience interacting with regulatory authorities, especially the FDA and EMA + Ability to speak and interact with a diverse group of individuals on technical and business topics + Familiarity with current and emerging regulatory legislation, industry trends, and health care business practices globally + Highly developed organizational skills and project management skills with demonstrated strengths in strategic planning, delegation, resource allocation, and workload prioritization + A clear communicator who can influence stakeholders effectively, both internally and externally, with outstanding presentation, written and verbal communication skills + Track record of successful interactions with regulatory and health authorities + You are a connector, building relationships and partnering across the organization to achieve the company goals + You excel in a fast-paced, results-driven, highly accountable environment + You are pragmatic, yet creative and innovative and lead while "rolling up your sleeves" to get it done + You show strong leadership with proven ability to build, motivate and develop a team + You combine strategic thinking with the ability to execute, both individually and by leading teams (in a matrix environment) to achieve operational excellence in the face of challenging goal **What we offer:** At PPD Clinical Research Services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential. As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD Clinical Research Services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organisation but with a local feel. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued. Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.