Director, Regulatory Affairs CMC

Reporting to the Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs - CMC, the Director of Regulatory Affairs-CMC is responsible for leading regulatory support for assigned programs to ensure sound regulatory planning and tactical implementation of US and international regulatory submission strategies.

Responsibilities

• Formulate CMC regulatory strategies, without supervisor oversight, based on current regulatory intelligence.
• Collaborates with cross-functional project teams and external business partners to develop CMC regulatory strategies and identify regulatory risks; represents the department in cross-functional project teams.
• Identifies the required documentation and any content, quality and timeline issues for global submissions and manages the delivery of approved technical documents in accordance with project timelines.
• Manages the preparation, authoring and maintenance of regulatory submission documents pertaining to CMC data for global clinical trial and marketing applications, as well as post-marketing variations. May require technical regulatory authoring of submission package components.
• Supports the evaluation of manufacturing changes for the potential impact on products.
• Provides expert review of CMC documentation supporting regulatory submissions and communications.
• Coordinates preparation of responses to queries from regulatory authorities, particularly focused on CMC. May require technical regulatory authoring to support responses to queries.
• Maintains knowledge and expertise with FDA/EMA regulations, ICH guidelines and other international regulatory regulations and guidelines, as needed to support global programs.
• Ensures conformance to commitments made with various regulatory agencies (e.g., IND/CTA commitments) for assigned programs.
• Provides regulatory advice to other functional areas.
• May participate in regulatory due diligence activities.

Relationships

• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal/external business partners to achieve project regulatory goals.
• Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with other departments to ensure effective communication regarding project regulatory goals, issues and timelines.
• Develop and manage relationships with external vendors and regulatory health authorities.
• Coordinates activities for meetings and conferences with FDA, EMA, and other regulatory authorities
• Collaborate with regulatory colleagues to provide CMC expertise as needed.

Management

• This is an Individual Contributor position; however, there is the possibility for supervising consultants/contractors and/or interns.
• Develops and implements regulatory operating guidelines and common work practices/strategies within the team.

Qualifications

• 10 - 12+ years of related work experience (Director candidates will typically bring 12+ years; Associate level candidates may be considered with 10+ years and strong potential), including 8+ years in Regulatory Affairs CMC in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry; experience in small molecule drug development required; experience in the cardiovascular therapeutic area is a plus
• Proven experience serving as a primary RA-CMC contact to Health Authorities, with full strategic responsibility.
• Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in chemistry or a closely related field; advanced degree is a plus.
• Advanced degree is preferred.
• Excellent working knowledge of international regulatory requirements and environment, including an understanding of GXP
• Solid working knowledge of core processes associated with discovery, development, and manufacturing of small molecules.
• Experience with eCTD requirements and electronic submissions
• Experience with international regulatory submissions and processes is a strong plus.
• Ability to work effectively across teams, functions and with outside partners.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail