Associate Director, Global Regulatory Sciences - CMC

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The GRS-CMC organization provides regulatory expertise related to CMC activities through all stages of a product’s lifecycle. Members of the organization develop global regulatory CMC strategies and partner with key stakeholders to execute the strategies in alignment with business priorities. The team also perform regulatory assessments for manufacturing changes, provides guidance on regulatory expectations for medical devices, oversees BSE program & provides compliance documents to support Health Authority submissions.

The team also supports Medical Information to build/maintain database to address external questions regarding drug products.

The GRS-CMC Associate Director is responsible for content development, compilation, maintenance, and review of the Quality Module for regulatory submissions to support BMS products regarding:
Clinical trial applications;
New marketing applications; HA responses and background packages (including participating/leading HA meetings); and/or post-approval submissions. In this role, the GRS-CMC Associate Director will serve as the primary interface between Global Regulatory Sciences (GRS) and Global Product Development and Supply (GPS) or Cell Therapy Development Operations (CTDO). The GRS-CMC Associate Director will assess Manufacturing Change Controls for global impact and guide technical teams on practical aspects of global change management.

• Represent regulatory CMC on and/or lead matrix teams for small molecules, biologics, combination and device, cell therapy products development and/or commercial products through completion of post-marketing commitments & relevant lifecycle management projects driven by research
• Independently provide strategic guidance/input related to current regulatory requirements and expectation for marketing applications, clinical trial applications for projects, and/or lifecycle changes to marketed products.
• Independently manage and prioritize multiple complex projects
• Interface with the Health Authorities for CMC submissions and CMC-related issues, with guidance and oversite from supervisor on complex topics
• Identify, communicate and propose resolutions to routine/complex issues
• Interpret global regulations and guidance. Identify regulatory opportunities and risks
• Provide strategic CMC regulatory expertise for development project teams
• Provide strategic input to development & GO teams to mitigate drug supply issues
• Interpret global regulations and guidance
• Communicate with project teams; with regards to technical issues that may impact regulatory submissions, strategy, or success
• Provide technical teams insight into regulatory health authority expectations
• Identify potential risks and help technical teams to formulate mitigation strategies to ensure regulatory success
• Ensures the necessary updates are provided to team leaders (CMCL, GRL, Line manager etc.)
• Anticipate and communicate possible regulatory paradigm shifts
• Participate inproduct fact finding meetings
• Review and provide regulatory assessments on change controls
• Prepare and manage CMC submissions for all global markets while ensuring thoroughness, completeness and timeliness, including creation and maintenance of strategy documents
• Utilize electronic systems for dossier creation and…