Regulatory Affairs Manager
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Hitchin
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Healthcare
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion
SKILLS
Regulatory Affairs
Pharmaceutical Industry
GDP
Quality Assurance
EU Regulations
Team Management
CAPA
Auditing
FULL DESCRIPTION
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Salary: Competitive.
Job Timings: 8 AM to 5 PM.
Requirements:
Graduation in pharmacy background or any relevant degree.
About The Role:
- Supervision and motivation of national approval team members.
- Contact person for all team members.
- Proactively ensuring smooth team operations and effective collaboration.
Responsibilities:
- Creating an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture.
- To ensure the management of authorized activities and quality records are maintained accurately.
- CAPA, Deviation, SOP drafting, Training of the team, supplier Audits.
- Co-ordinating with manufacturers and promptly performing any recall operations.
- Conducting the suppliers and customer audits as per the procedures.
- To ensure that the self-inspections are performed at appropriate regular intervals following a prearranged programme and necessary corrective measures are put in place.
- To ensure and approve final disposition of returned, rejected, recalled or falsified products are dealt with effectively.
- Approve any returns to saleable stock, providing quality support and oversight for Distribution Operation review meetings with Distribution contractors.
- Contribute to defining GDP, quality, KPI’s and OT review quality indicators with recommendations for actions for improvement in regard to GDP guidelines.
- Ensuring CAPA’s are identified, effective temperature control of medicines, temperature mapping.
- Ensuring annual GDP, initial and continuous training programmes are implemented and maintained to all employed staff.
- Ensure Quality Technical Agreements are in place for all outsourced activities and with all subcontractors.
- Ensure that the Parallel Import design and relabelling is according to the EU GDP standards
- Maintaining required documentations and licenses for the processing of these licenses.
- Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with a strong background in distribution or quality assurance.
- Thorough understanding of German and EU regulations pertaining to pharmaceutical distribution including GDP requirements.
- Excellent organizational skills, with a keen attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong interpersonal and communication abilities, with the capacity to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple priorities, and make informed decisions in a dynamic environment.
Candidate Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
- an analytical and problem-solving mindset.
- excellent organization and time management skills.
- commercial or pharmaceutical training.
- good knowledge of English.
- confident use of MS Office.
- ability to work in a team.
- flexibility and commitment; forward-thinking.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
- Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance.
- Opportunities for career growth and advancement within a global organization.
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment with a diverse and inclusive culture.
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