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JOB TITLE: (Title reflected Pfizer Org Chart)

Regional Strategist Manager

REPORTS TO: (Manager Title)

Regional Hub Team Lead

DIVISION/BUSINESS LINE:

Global Product Development (GPD)

VERSION DATE:

01-Feb-2023

SUB DIVISION:

Global Regulatory Sciences

DEPARTMENT NAME:

International Regulatory Sciences & Policies - Regional Hub

LOCATION(S): (indicate Pfizer locations)

Africa Middle East

JOB INFORMATION

JOB SUMMARY

Summarize the primary purpose & key accountabilities of the job.

• Manage projects and handle related regulatory strategies for allocated products and ensure communication/clarity of regulatory timelines and strategy.
• Single point of contact for global/product strategists, and in-country Regulatory Team on regional issues to facilitate the best-in-class support for product registration and product life cycle management activities.
• Responsible for ensuring that regulatory documentation meets relevant regulatory requirements.
• To apply knowledge and best interpretation of regulatory requirements in the assigned countries to the drug development process, including promulgation of health authority marketing authorization dossiers to enable efficient and effective registration of medicinal products consistent with the supported regions commercial objectives.
• To ensure business continuity between global/product Strategists and in-country Regulatory Team.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Indicate the primary responsibilities critical to the job.

• Maintain knowledge base of country requirements and regulatory environment. Maintain effective regional relationship with stakeholders to ensure communication /clarity of regulatory strategy and timelines.
• Apply regulatory expertise for assigned products/countries to enable preparation of high-quality documentation and assure compliance with departmental procedures.
• Provide regional input to global regulatory strategy for the development of products in-line with business objectives, assist and liaise with GCMC, global/product strategists, PGS, Submissions Management, In-Country Regulatory, ILG, ALIM, Cluster/Market, and any other key stakeholders to ensure the filing strategies are defined and executed and BoH requirements are met, ensuring a submission ready dossier. Ensure that the appropriate regulatory requirements systems and database are updated in a timely manner when changes occur in market regulations. Ensure a submission planning and forecasting tool is utilized to update timelines.
• Assist and support all product lifecycle regulatory work, and liaise with GCMC, Submissions Management, Cluster/Market, and any other key stakeholders.
• Assist and oversee the preparation of regulatory strategies and plans for assigned countries, including review of existing regulatory guidelines and relevant literature.
• Dispatch dossiers to In-Country Regulatory.
• Develop detailed understanding of regulatory guidelines and technical requirements in assigned countries and ensure that global/product strategists are aware of regulatory requirements (e.g., department presentations and Regulatory Requirements Database) Regularly follow up with In-Country Regulatory Team on progress of registration submission and approval activities and ensure line management are advised of progress in regulatory filings.
• Maintain Pfizer systems and databases, and applicable Pfizer policies and procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring product strategies, submission and approval timelines, and country registration requirements/guidelines are accurately captured and current in applicable systems/regulatory databases.
• Responsible for ensuring notifications of proposed regulatory changes are communicated to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Participate in functional project teams in line with business needs. Responsible for ensuring that comprehensive records of country requirements (communication of requirements for RRM updates) and regulatory status, are maintained.
• To regularly follow up progress on regulatory submissions with In-Country Regulatory.
• Contributes to the development of filing and approval goals for the region.
• Ensure systems are in place and adhered to, to optimize process efficiency without-sourced and in-house contractors, where applicable.

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

Indicate qualifications and skills that are necessary for performance of responsibilities including: education, relevant experience, licenses, certifications and other job-related technical and managerial skills.

• Scientific Degree.  A higher degree (Pharmacy, BSc) may be an advantage but is not essential.
• Appropriate Regulatory Experience: 3 – 5 years' experience
• Proven ability to manage complex regulatory or drug development issues.
• Proven ability to consistently deliver to time, cost and quality standards.
• Attitude: Right mindset, Outward looking, strategically minded, Project management skills preferred
• Country/regional knowledge (For AfME only - specifically, MER, NEAR, South Africa, Maghreb)
• Knowledge of the Regional and Global regulatory environment and how this impacts regulatory strategy and implementation.
• Knowledge of drug development practice, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Technical skills with respect to understanding of CMC submissions, BoH Requirements to identify potential risks
• good communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Strategic thinking
• Ability to manage complexity and negotiate skillfully under these circumstances.
• Change agile.
• Analytical thinking
• Detail- and compliance orientation
• Big picture thinking

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Provide the primary groups or key role(s) that this role will have interaction with as a regular part of the Job responsibilities.  Include any external interactions as appropriate.

• Reports to AfMe Regional Hub Team Lead
• Market regulatory teams
• Regulatory Strategists (e.g. CMC, global/product strategists)
• Submissions Management Hub
• GRRS

RESOURCES MANAGED

Summary of resources managed.

Not applicable

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