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Head Regulatory Affairs – Vaccines
At a glance
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.
Purpose
The role has overall responsibility for Vaccines portfolio related activities in Regulatory Affairs including interactions with regulatory authorities, government bodies, industry associations and other internal/external stakeholders
Main Accountabilities
Regulatory ownership with necessary business acumen to support the vaccines business unit (BU) in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Develop and ensure implementation of strategic regulatory pathways for Sanofi products in terms of market authorizations to enable faster to market
Liaison with internal regulatory team such as Global Regulatory to support business continuity related to submissions/approvals for renewals, post approval changes etc.
Ensure product packaging and associated information are updated, timely implemented and maintained in accordance with the current product licenses.
Review and approve promotional and non-promotional materials ensuring their compliance with local regulations, code of conduct and internal guidelines. Co-ordinate review with the responsible functions in the country.
Actively follow the development and emergence of new regulatory requirements and assess their impact on the existing products and in development.
Provide regulatory input to product portfolio optimization and product pruning at affiliate level and give regulatory input to global product portfolio optimization strategies
Ensure local implementation of Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) mandatory SOPs and training and timely and accurate completion of databases (e.g. VAULT, STARR etc.)
Represent regulatory in the senior leadership team for the vaccines BU
Interact with Indian regulatory authorities such as CDSCO, CDTL, CDL etc., and government bodies such as Ministry of Health, Indian Pharmacopeia Commission, NPPA on need basis
Shape the country Regulatory environment through active contribution in regional industry associations and in collaboration with Public Affairs
Work efficiently with cross function teams such as supply chain, quality, medical, commercial etc. within the organization to provide timely regulatory guidance to support new product launches and business continuity requirements
Lead and develop the Regulatory team
Knowledge, Skills & Competencies
Good knowledge in Indian regulations governing biological products and medical devices
Ability to plan projects and understand priorities
People and project management skills
Verbal and written negotiation and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work in multicultural environment
Communicate effectively and efficiently with other functional departments
Ability to foresee and respond to potential problems and opportunities and prioritize the regulatory activities
Qualifications
Education: M Pharm, MSc, Pharm D or equivalent preferred with at least 12 years of regulatory experience in a Pharmaceutical Company.
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