AstraZeneca
Pharmaceutical
Director,ClinicalRegulatoryWriting(ProgramLead)
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“Director, Clinical Regulatory Writing (Program Lead) at AstraZeneca. Skills: Clinical regulatory writing, Program leadership, Communications strategy. Provide expert leadership across submissions/programs. Oversee communication strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Achieve successful submissions; Achieve successful approvals
Industry & Context.
Identify commonalities and differences; Optimize approaches; Develop innovative solutions; Mitigate risks
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Life Sciences degree, Significant experience in medical/regulatory writing, Proficiency authoring/editing clinical regulatory documents, Broad cross-functional understanding of drug development, In-depth knowledge of technical and regulatory requirements, Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, Conceptual and strategic thinker, Networking skills, Ability to work with vendors
Nice to Have
Advanced degree in scientific discipline, Expert reputation within business and industry, Established supervisory experience
What You'll Do.
Provide expert leadership across submissions/programs
Oversee communication strategy
Drive information use and sharing
Identify commonalities and differences in strategy
Influence stakeholders
Establish best communications practices
Be a leader within disease area/drug programs
Develop innovative solutions
Lead submission activities
Review key submission documents
Improve standards across business
Provide support and training to projects
Provide training to vendors
Develop best practice for organization
Provide strategic steer to writers
Peer review documents
Remove obstacles for writers
Represent Clinical Regulatory Writing on workstreams
Represent Clinical Regulatory Writing on initiatives
Represent Clinical Regulatory Writing on external activities
Act as subject matter expert
Drive resourcing strategy
Interface with medical writing vendors
Oversee externalized work
Support recruitment activities
Support onboarding activities
Communicate company and team objectives
Manage performance development process
Drive promotion activities
Drive succession activities
Provide staff learning opportunities
Lead regular team discussions
Support group with risk management
Support group with issue management
Monitor performance metrics
Monitor compliance metrics
Monitor workload metrics
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Program and submission teams; Network of Program Leads; Cross-functional understanding; Stakeholders within AstraZeneca; Stakeholders beyond AstraZeneca; Business process improvement initiatives; Improvement workstreams; Business initiatives
Communication Scope
Expert communications leadership; Strategic communication excellence; Communications strategies
Process & Methodology
Program management, Submission management
Full Job Description
**Location** : Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home) **Introduction to role** The **Director, Clinical Regulatory Writing (Program Lead)** provides expert communications leadership across clinical programs and drives effective collaboration and growth within Clinical Regulatory Writing. **Accountabilities** The Clinical Regulatory Writing team provides expert communications leadership to drug projects and authors strategically important clinical-regulatory documents that are label focused and align with project strategies, regulatory requirements, and communications best practices. We support the Company’s core therapeutic areas in all phases of clinical development. Our vision is to be an industry leading organization driving strategic communication excellence to achieve successful submissions and approvals. Clinical Regulatory Writing Program Leads are often engaged in multiple, complex, and high priority programs simultaneously, acting as the lead clinical regulatory writer themselves and as a coach for other leads (eg, Submission Leads) and Clinical Regulatory Writers, being advocates for the team and creating an engaged and productive environment. Clinical Regulatory Writing Program Leads can operate across multiple indications within a single drug program or across different drug programs within the TA. The Clinical Regulatory Writing Program Lead develops communications strategies to guide these programs while advocating and developing best practices for document and submission delivery, representing strategic communications expertise in business process optimisation and improvement initiatives, and supporting the growth and development of talent. The Clinical Regulatory Writing Program Leads in this role may also be line managers, accountable for coaching and mentoring their direct reports fairly and providing strategic direction and highlighting new opportunities at the individual and departmental level. The **Clini
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