AstraZeneca

Pharmaceutical

Director,ClinicalRegulatoryWriting(ProgramLead)

€115–165k ~AI est. Barcelona, Spain FULL TIME
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The Brief

“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.

Pharmaceutical
Problems you'll solve

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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