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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.

• Provides regional lead review and technical advice to prepare regional and/or global regulatory submissions and ensure high quality standards that meet or exceed client expectations, local and regional requirements.
• Acts as subject matter expert in providing regulatory strategy advice and technical expertise to internal and external clients and oversees key client projects of the highest complexity. Provides internal clients with up-to-date legislation and guidance as it becomes available.
• Ensures quality performance for key/managed projects.
• Manages project budgeting/forecasting functions.
• Identifies and recognizes out of scope activities in a contract in a timely manner and liaises with other departments to follow through on all aspects of contract modifications.
• Major involvement in reviewing Protocol and ICF with a critical mindset
• Point of contact for Health Authorities and internal stakeholders like business and marketing
• Main responsible for Response to Questions from Health Authorities
• Collaborates with business development in pricing and securing new business by making presentations to clients, and develops proposal texts and budgets in collaboration with other departments.
• Provides matrix/project leadership, training and guidance to junior team members.
• Oversee and interact with the RALs working for the development program
• Ensures compliance with relevant organizational and department SOPs and WPDs.
• Participates in launch meetings, review meetings and project team meetings.
• May lead departmental initiatives/project teams.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10+ years).
• In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

• Advanced understanding of global/regional/national country requirements/regulatory affairs procedures for clinical trial authorization, licensing, lifecycle management; expert knowledge of ICH and other global regulatory guidelines; in-depth understanding of a regulatory speciality areas, such as preclinical, clinical, CMC, publishing, etc.
• Outstanding English language (written and oral) communication skills as well as local language where applicable
• Although the role is expected to be performed in EU, US IND experience is expected
• Experience in CTA but also in procedures like PIP, ODD and initial MAA
• Regulatory strategy for all the above procedures
• Exceptional attention to detail and quality as well as outstanding editorial/proofreading skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment and act as a liaison with other departments
• Advanced computer skills including the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point; capable of learning new technologies
• Superb organizational, time management, and planning skills to create and follow timelines, conduct long-range planning, adapt to changing priorities and handle multiple projects
• First-rate negotiation skills
• Capable of working independently and exercising independent judgment to assess sponsor regulatory needs and work with project team members to producing compliant deliverables
• Advanced understanding of medical terminology, statistical concepts, and guidelines
• Outstanding analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills
• Excellent understanding of budgeting and forecasting
• Strong executive presence and consultation and presentation skills