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Regulatory Affairs Manager
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Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Job type: Full time, Permanent
About the job:
Join our dynamic team as a full-time Regulatory Affairs (RA) Manager in the Netherlands Dutch team!
Under the guidance of Layla Fitoury, our Head of Regulatory Affairs NL, you'll take charge of steering Regulatory Affairs initiatives for our portfolio in the Netherlands and Belgium. As our RA Manager, you'll serve as the local bridge between National Health Authorities, our corporate headquarters, and various internal stakeholders, ensuring seamless collaboration on a wide array of Regulatory matters. Plus, you'll play an essential role in the promotional review process, putting your expertise to work in shaping the future of our brand. You will have the responsibility for your own product portfolio, but with the support you need from the local regulatory team and your RA colleagues in the North European affiliates.
But that's not all! You'll have the opportunity to dive into exciting projects within the NE cluster and across the EU region.
Joining our strong, experienced team means you'll be surrounded by support, fueling your personal and professional growth every step of the way. After all, your success is our success.
Ready to embark on this thrilling journey? Take the first step and apply today!
Main responsibilities:
Obtain and maintain registration in The Netherlands and Belgium
Responsible for cross-country Regulatory Affairs activities for BE and NL for the designated portfolio (NP, MRP/DCP, CP) in Rare Diseases, Rare Blood Disorders and/or General Medicine Franchises
Responsible for optimal process control (content and procedure)
Responsible for obtaining registration
Responsible for maintaining registrations, as part of the product lifecycle management
Regulatory strategy and law/legislation
Responsible for keeping track of changes in relevant national and European legislation and regulations and ensuring optimal follow-up/response to these changes within Sanofi, as well as ensuring knowledge sharing and storage within the organization
Contribution to registration strategy by providing advice and strategic input to various stakeholders (including local and Global stakeholders)
Performing activities required to Sanofi products (such as Named Patient Programs)
Labeling compliance
Responsible for labelling compliance of all Sanofi products, in accordance with Sanofi procedures and based on current laws and regulations
Update of product information
Responsible for the availability of the most up-to-date packaging and package insert on the market
Responsible for the coordination of updates
Risk Management
Co-ordinate the local health authority approval and implementation of risk management plans and DHPCs and educational material
Ensure availability of current approved product information for risk minimization (SmPC, educational material, PIL, compendia)
Industrial compliance
Responsible for industrial compliance of all Sanofi products, in accordance with Sanofi procedures and based on current laws and regulations
Responsible for restricting artwork destruction cost
Planning and reporting
Responsible for optimal process control (content and procedure) of all projects and managing Regulatory Affairs Officers
Responsible for accurate and timely reporting in the dedicated systems
Support the drawing up, monitoring and executing plans for registration and notification processes. Providing insight into the results and activities of Regulatory Affairs by means of periodic and ad hoc reports and/or analyses
Ensure problem identification and prioritization
Health Authority Interactions
Act as the interface between the company and local regulatory authorities.
Build good relationship, making Sanofi a recognized partner with the agencies
Lead MEB meetings together with GRA stakeholders
Portfolio Optimization
Provide RA input to product portfolio optimization and product pruning at affiliate level and give RA input to global product portfolio optimization strategies
Promotional materials
Ensure review and approval of promotional and non-promotional materials to ensure that they are compliant with current law and legislations, code of conduct and internal guidelines
About you:
Master’s degree in medical, pharmaceutical, or biomedical sciences
Comprehensive knowledge and operational expertise of the EU regulations
Networking: Building relationships and networks that are useful in achieving objectives. Using informal networks effectively to get things done
Problem analysis: Identifying issues; recognizing important information; linking data. Tracing potential causes of problems; searching for appropriate data
Verbal communication: Make ideas and opinions clear to others using clear language, gestures and non-verbal communication. Customize language and terminology to others
Independence: Taking actions that are based more on one’s own convictions than on a desire to please another. Sets his/her own course
Stress resistance: Continue to perform effectively under time pressure, in the face of setbacks, disappointment or opposition
Planning and organizing: Effectively setting goals and priorities and identifying time, actions and resources needed to achieve certain goals
Openness to AI tools and digital innovation: Willingness to leverage AI-powered solutions and emerging technologies to enhance regulatory strategy, streamline submissions, and improve decision-making processes
Language: native Dutch speaker and fluent English
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Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
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Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.
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Why work with us
- Expand your horizons. Grow through curiosity, with support to move, learn, and lead in a culture that champions mentorship, mobility, and bold development.
- Accelerate results with technology. Harness the power of AI and automation to push scientific boundaries and reimagine what's possible in drug discovery.
- Impact through inclusive innovation. Help deliver better science and fairer outcomes by driving inclusive research that reaches more people, in more meaningful ways.
- Turn patient needs into breakthrough science. Drive scientific breakthroughs that start with patient needs – and end in treatments that change lives.
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