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Country Approval Specialist

Full-Time Auckland, New Zealand
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech
05 November 2024
Description
  • Prepares, review and coordinates local regulatory submissions (Medsafe, HDEC, additional special national local applications if applicable, e.g. gene therapy approvals, viral safety dossiers, import license) in alignment with global submission strategy.
  • Provides local regulatory strategy advice (Medsafe &/or HDEC) to internal clients.
  • Develops and implements local submission strategy. Provides technical expertise and coordination oversight for projects in collaboration with relevant internal departments.
  • Serves as the primary contact for investigators and with the local regulatory authorities (in collaboration with the local regulatory manager for sophisticated issues) to ensure submissions are managed quickly.
  • Ensures guidelines and processes are followed for effective internal PPD team communications as well as communications with investigators, and with the country regulatory authorities to ensure submissions are managed in a timely manner.
  • Acts as a key-contact at country level for all submission-related activities.
  • Participates as required in Submission Team Meetings, Review Meetings and Project Team meetings.
  • Coordinates with internal functional departments to ensure various site start-up activities are aligned with submissions activities and mutually agreed upon timelines; ensures alignment of submission process for sites and study are aligned to the critical path for site activation.
  • Achieves PPD’s target cycle times for site activations.
  • Prepares the regulatory compliance review packages, as applicable.
  • Liaise within Start up locally to ensure the local submission activity is planned and delivered in accordance with the global project submission strategy.
  • Develops country specific Patient Information Sheet/Informed Consent form documents.
  • Negotiates grant budgets(s) and payment schedules with sites in conjunction with investigator grant analysts/sponsor.
  • Assists in identifying and recognizing local out of scope activities in a contract in a timely manner and advise relevant functions.
  • Supports the coordination of feasibility activities, as required, in accordance with agreed timelines.
  • Ensures that trial status information relating to Start up activities are accurately maintained in the database and is current at all times.
  • Is responsible for country study files and ensures that they meet PPD SOP’s or client SOP’s.
  • Maintains knowledge of and understand PPD SOPs, Client SOPs/directives, and current regulatory guidelines as applicable to services provided.
  • Advises/mentors other SIA individuals assigned to support projects of responsibility, as appropriate
  • Proactively identifies issues or anomalies in the regulatory process of a study, resolves or calls out as appropriate.
Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Experience

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.


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