JOB TITLE : Head, Global Scientific and Regulatory Affairs (GSRA), EMEA Region
LOCATION: UK. Manchester Head Office.
REPORTS TO: Vice President, Global Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, located at the Innovation Centre, New Jersey, US
DIRECT REPORTS: Yes – three
Open Position
The Head, Global Scientific and Regulatory Affairs (GSRA), Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Region, is the regional lead responsible for providing leadership and direction to the scientific and regulatory function in the region. This lead position is a key partnership role engaging functional partners across the business, enabling new business and protecting and maintaining existing business, leveraging insights for solutions to scientific and regulatory opportunities. The postholder will develop and implement regulatory strategies, anticipating changes in regulations, and playing a pivotal role ensuring compliance across our product portfolio and successful product development. The postholder will be a key member of the GSRA Leadership team, providing thought-leadership on ‘One Team’ Global Project initiatives, partnering with other regional GSRA leads and Nutrition leads, in addition to providing guidance to regional leaders and colleagues on regulatory frameworks in EMEA.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Lead the SRA function in EMEA, promoting team recognition, business value and fostering cross-collaboration with internal partners. Play a pivotal role in developing the team, providing guidance, mentorship, and growth opportunities.
- Compliance: Minimises risk to the company by providing/obtaining concise regulatory advice to assure inherent compliance and safe products for use in EMEA market. Proactively anticipate regulatory compliance needs and best practice expectations.
- Risk Responsible: Interpret impact and implications of legislation on the business and provide smart guidance to respond to regulatory opportunities/issues/threats. Provide the business with options to achieve regulatory compliance and take calculated risks.
- Business Partnership: Partner with innovation leaders to support product development. Lead strategic planning sessions with business partners, aligning organizational goals and objectives, with SRA department plans.
- Customer Collaboration : Build strong relationships with Customers. Play a key role interacting with regulatory counterparts at customer companies on common areas of interest, providing advantaged, differentiated value.
- Regulatory Insights: Be ahead of the regulation – know the upcoming changes in advance for success in predicting and preparing for them, leveraging dynamic networks.
- External Affairs: Lead interface in key ingredient associations in EU & UK to anticipate, influence and capitalise on regulatory requirements and changes, maximizing business opportunities. Engage in communication, negotiations, and information exchange with regulatory authorities to advance product authorisations providing access to market.
- Concise Communication : Provide fact-based regulatory guidance and recommendations to shape business positions, product messaging & compliant external marketing. Engage in communications on wider innovation and marketing, leveraging insights and knowledge-base on totality of evidence for ingredient opportunities.