Senior Medical Device Regulatory Policy Lead

Google LLC; Bengaluru, Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Senior Medical Device Regulatory Policy Lead to guide regulatory strategy for India, coordinating agency engagements and shaping policy across digital health and AI in medical devices.

The role partners with clinical, engineering, and government affairs teams to translate global health policy into actionable product guidance, driving safe, compliant market access and cross-border alignment with global launches.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, Law, Public Health, Public Policy, or related field.
• 8 years of professional experience in regulatory affairs.
• Experience with medical device standards and SaMD frameworks.
• Experience leading government agency engagement and educating global health authorities on AI oversight.
• Cross-functional collaboration with clinical, quality, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engagements with Indian health authorities (e.g., CDSCO) and represent Google’s regulatory positions.
• Monitor India’s legislative and regulatory developments related to digital health and SaMD.
• Represent Google within India industry associations and standards bodies to build policy coalitions.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, clinical, quality, and government affairs teams to align device claims with evidence for India approvals.
• Provide regulatory policy counsel to leadership and harmonize India policy with global launches.

Skills

Regulatory affairs

Policy communication

Education

Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, Law, Public Health, Public Policy or related field

Job description

Senior Medical Device Regulatory Policy Lead

X Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Gurugram, Haryana, India.

• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, Software, Law, Public Health, Public Policy, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of professional experience in regulatory affairs.
• Experience with medical device standards and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) frameworks, and monitoring regulatory developments and composing authoritative policy briefs.
• Experience to lead government agency engagement outside of submission advocacy strategies and educate global health authorities on modern oversight frameworks for AI.
• Experience working cross-functionally with clinical, quality, and engineering teams to align product strategy with regulatory requirements.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in engaging with Regulatory agencies outside of submission.
• Experience within digital health or AI policy and understanding of generative models in clinical settings.
• Previous participation and proven effectiveness in international regulatory/industry forums/standards organizations.
• Track record of contributing to international standards (ISO/IEC, AAMI).

About the job

As a Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist reporting directly to the Senior Director of Digital Health Strategy, you will help drive Google’s advocacy in India for medical device features. Serving as an essential partner and a catalyst, you will facilitate executive-level agency relationships, prepare leadership for high-level engagements, and represent company technical positions in industry coalitions, public consultations, and standards bodies. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across Clinical, Engineering, and Government Affairs to translate evolving global health policy into clear, proactive product guidance that accelerates safe, compliant market access.

Google for Health is a company-wide effort to help billions of people be healthier. We work toward this direction by meeting people in their everyday moments and empowering them to stay healthy and partnering with care teams to provide more accurate and accessible care. Our teams are applying our expertise and technology to improve health outcomes globally – with high-quality information and tools to help people manage their health and wellbeing, solutions to transform care delivery, research to catalyze the use of artificial intelligence for the screening and diagnosis of disease, and data and insights to the public health community.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate engagements with Indian health authorities such as the CDSCO, supporting leadership during high-level meetings and representing Google's regulatory positions where executive presence is needed.
• Monitor and analyze India’s legislative, statutory, and medical device regulatory developments related to digital health, healthcare AI, and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD).
• Represent Google across key India industry trade associations and standards bodies, including CTA Health, WHO-India, APAC med, and ISO committees, and other advocacy groups to build collaborative policy coalitions.
• Liaise with internal engineering, clinical, quality, and government affairs teams to align device feature claims with necessary clinical evidence and support India marketing authorizations.
• Provide regulatory policy counsel to leadership and collaborate with regional leads to ensure India policy initiatives harmonize with global digital health launches.

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