Manager, Regulatory Affairs

Azurity Pharmaceuticals - US; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Azurity Pharmaceuticals seeks a Regulatory Affairs Manager to oversee regulatory activities for assigned products and to serve as the regulatory representative on cross-functional teams. You will provide guidance on regulatory requirements, ensure compliance with evolving regulations, and manage submissions to global authorities.

The role requires leading IND/NDA/ANDA/NDS filings across dosage forms and driving life-cycle strategies in North America and beyond, while coordinating timelines and

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a health care field or equivalent
• 8–10 years in pharma with 8+ years in regulatory affairs
• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and external partners
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory activities for assigned products/projects
• Serve as regulatory representative on cross-functional teams
• Interface with FDA and other health authorities
• Drive regulatory strategies for drug registrations and life-cycle management
• Manage regulatory filings including IND/NDA/ANDA/NDS
• Develop timelines for submissions and ensure compliance with SOPs
• Prepare budgets and assist with filing-related activities
• Support leadership with regulatory input for meetings and strategy

Skills

Regulatory affairs

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory strategy

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor of Science or higher in health care

Tools

IND/NDA/ANDA/NDS filings

Job description

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity’s success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Brief team/department description:

As a part of the Regulatory Affairs team at Azurity, the Regulatory Affairs Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing the regulatory activities for assigned products/projects and will serve as the regulatory representative on cross-functional teams for assigned projects. Key accountabilities include providing regulatory guidance, requirements and strategy for assigned projects, ensuring compliance with regulations, company standards and commitments. The regulatory team works across multiple complex projects, facilitating various types of submissions to agencies like the FDA, HC, EMA, MHRA and other international authorities, by ensuring compliance with evolving regulations.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Represent Regulatory Affairs on assigned product and related project team (both internal and external cross-functional teams)
• Provide regulatory assessment of due diligence requests to support new business development activities.
• Serve as primary interface with FDA and other health authorities and regulatory agencies for assigned products.
• Drive regulatory strategies for drug product registration and life-cycle management across global markets, with primary responsibility of managing submissions within North America.
• Manage regulatory filings including IND, NDA, ANDA and NDS for a variety of dosage forms including solid oral, parenteral, liquids, inhalation and nasal, and drug/device combination drug products
• Manage operational aspects of preparing compliant submissions to regulatory agencies.
• Establish and manage timelines associated with regulatory submissions.
• Manage archive of regulatory submissions, regulatory correspondence and associated logs and tracking mechanisms as per SOPs.
• Provide regulatory guidance on requirements for post-approval changes, as required, for assigned commercial products including change control assessments.
• Establish regulatory strategy for assigned projects with input from project teams.
• Provide regulatory support for Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) meetings and presentations.
• Monitor evolving, region-specific regulations and proactively provide strategic guidance to cross-functional teams to ensure compliance.
• Assist in preparing budgets and reviewing invoices on assigned projects and relevant product/filing fees, as needed.
• Participate in various activities of setting goals, tracking deliverables and process improvements within the regulatory department.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor of Science or preferred advanced health care discipline degree (PharmD, PhD, Master of Science, etc.) or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of 8-10 years in the pharmaceutical industry with at least 8 of those years in regulatory affairs.
• Combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, strong grammar, and proofreading/editing skills, and MS Office skills are required.
• Track record of successfully working with cross-functional teams, including external partners
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to successfully communicate, negotiate and influence regulatory strategy to key stakeholders.
• Ability to rapidly adapt to changing environment and circumstances requiring flexibility, tolerance and great sense of urgency while ensuring that all cGMP and regulatory requirements are met.
• Ability to successfully communicate, negotiate and influence regulatory strategy to key stakeholders.

By applying for this role, you confirm that you are mentally and physically capable of fulfilling the job responsibilities detailed in the job description without any restrictions. If you have any concerns or even the slightest disability that may affect your ability to perform the job, please inform HR in advance.