Team Lead Regulatory Translations

Novartis Farmacéutica; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a strategic leader to oversee high-quality regulatory translations for product registrations. This hybrid role involves guiding a talented team, ensuring compliance, and implementing innovative technologies to enhance translation processes. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in biosciences, project management, and regulatory affairs, with a passion for facilitating effective communication and collaboration. Join a community dedicated to making a difference in patients' lives through groundbreaking science and innovation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project and vendor management.
• University degree in bioscience or extensive experience in medical translation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee regulatory translations and ensure compliance with strategies.
• Lead a team and maintain communication with stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Vendor Management

Regulatory Affairs Knowledge

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Orientation

Compliance Mindset

Fluency in English

Education

University Degree in Bioscience

Master's or PhD in Molecular Biology or Biochemistry

Job description

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.