Team Lead Regulatory Translations

Novartis; Dalkeith; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled professional to lead regulatory translations, ensuring compliance and high-quality outputs. This hybrid role involves strategic guidance to a team and collaboration with key stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in project management, medical translation, and leadership, along with a relevant degree. Join a diverse and inclusive environment focused on making a difference in patients' lives while embracing innovative technologies. If you're passionate about driving excellence in regulatory processes, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project management and medical/pharmaceutical translation.
• Strong leadership and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee regulatory translations for product registration and maintenance.
• Ensure compliance and implement technologies for high-quality translations.

Skills

Project Management

Vendor Management

Medical Translation

Leadership

Communication Skills

Compliance Mindset

Customer Orientation

Education

University Degree in Bioscience

Master's or PhD in Molecular Biology or Biochemistry

Job description

This job is with Novartis, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Summary

Oversees the provision of timely, high-quality regulatory translations essential for product registration, maintenance, and launches worldwide.

About the Role

Key Requirements

Team leadership and strategic guidance

• Provides strategic guidance to a team composed of direct reports and vendors, in alignment with regulatory strategies.
• Ensures the selection of qualified talent (team members and vendors) to meet regulatory translation demands.

Compliance and implementation

• Ensures compliance excellence in collaboration with Process Transformation & Learning.
• Implements state-of-the-art technologies to accelerate high-quality translations and facilitate submissions as necessary.
• Updates vendors' or service providers' Statements of Work (SoWs) and supervises the team budget as required.
• Has global financial competence over team activities.

Decision-making and standard practices

• Strategizes, oversees and supervises Regulatory Translation Solution group working practices, business guidance, scope-of-services, vendors' guidance, maintenance of terminological term bases, and the provision of relevant trainings to COs regarding Regulatory Translation Solution group processes as necessary.
• Serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for working practices and/or Standard Operating Procedures involving regulatory translations.

Stakeholder communication

• Maintains clear and regular communication channels with key stakeholders.
• Represents the Regulatory Translation Solution group in leadership meetings as required.

This role will be hybrid, requiring 3 days per week in our London office.

Your Experience

• A university degree in a bioscience (e.g., biology, medicine, pharmacy, or biochemistry) or extensive experience in medical/pharmaceutical translation.
• A master's or PhD in molecular biology or biochemistry is especially preferred.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken). Proficiency in other languages is desirable but not essential.
• Ideally must have around 8 years + experience in Project Management, vendor management & translations.
• Leadership experience combined with excellent communication skills, team building, and performance-driven compliance.
• Working knowledge of Regulatory Affairs is desirable.
• Customer oriented.
• Forward thinker with the ability to embrace new technologies as necessary.
• Strong compliance mindset.

Why Novartis:

Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting, and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Benefits and Rewards:

Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally.