Sr. Regulatory Affairs Consultant

Contract: 12-month, full time contract
Start date: ASAP
Client: US based large MedTech
Working hours: Supporting US Team, some requirements for availability in CST time zone

Job Description:

• Assesses regulatory intelligence to assist in the development of local, regional, and global regulatory strategies
• Participates in advocacy activities of a more advanced technical and/or tactical or strategic nature
• Evaluates the regulatory environment and contributes to providing internal advice throughout the product lifecycle (e.g., concept, development, manufacturing, marketing) to ensure product compliance
• Anticipates regulatory obstacles and emerging issues throughout the product lifecycle and develops solutions
• Identifies requirements and potential obstacles for market access distribution (federal, provincial/territorial state, reimbursement, purchasing groups, etc.)
• Assists in the development of regulatory strategy and updates strategy based upon
• regulatory changes
• Evaluates proposed products for regulatory classification and jurisdiction
• Determines requirements (local, national, international) and options for regulatory submission, approval pathways, and compliance activities
• Provides regulatory information and guidance for product development and planning
• throughout the product lifecycle to the regulatory groups and others within the organization
• Compares regulatory outcomes with initial product concepts and recommends changes or refinements based on initial regulatory outcomes
• Negotiates with regulatory authorities throughout the product lifecycle
• Identifies the need for new regulatory procedures, SOPs, and participates in development and implementation
• Helps train stakeholders on current and new regulatory requirements to ensure organization wide compliance
• Assists other departments in the development of SOPs to ensure regulatory compliance
• Provides regulatory input and technical guidance on global regulatory requirements to product development teams
• Advises stakeholders of regulatory requirements for quality, preclinical, and clinical data to meet applicable regulations
• Assesses the acceptability of quality, preclinical, and clinical document for submission filing to comply with applicable regulations
• Evaluates proposed preclinical, clinical, and manufacturing changes for regulatory filing solutions and proposes plans/strategizes (if appropriate) for changes that do not require submissions
• Provides knowledge and guidance on preapproval inspections, GCP inspections, and clinical investigator relationships
• Identifies, monitors, and submits applicable reports or notifications to regulatory authorities during the clinical research process
• Provides regulatory information and guidance for proposed product claims/labelling
• Ensures that the clinical and nonclinical data, in conjunction with regulatory strategy, are consistent with the regulatory requirements and support the proposed product claims
• Prepares and submits electronic and paper regulatory submissions according to applicable regulatory requirements and guidelines
• Monitors the progress of the regulatory authority review process through appropriate communications with the agency
• Communicates and interacts with regulatory authorities before and during the development and review of a regulatory submission through appropriate communication tools
• Works with cross-functional teams for interactions with regulatory authorities including panel meetings and advisory committees