Exciting opportunities in a pharmaceutical company dedicated to fish health and welfare

Innovation – Medicinal products – Regulatory Affairs

Regulatory Affairs Associate Director/Senior Manager

Why join PHARMAQ part of Zoetis?

PHARMAQ is the global leader in vaccine and therapeutics development and innovation for the aquaculture industry and part of Zoetis, the world's leading animal health company. The company develops safe and effective medicines through targeted research and a highly skilled and dedicated staff. PHARMAQ has around 375 employees, with R&D and manufacturing facilities based in Norway and commercial operations located in Norway, Europe, North and South America and in Asia.

Our innovative drive is focused on the need to produce sustainable, safe and healthy seafood. As fish continues to be the most consumed and future crucial source of animal protein worldwide, we believe that fish health management tools, such as fish vaccines and therapeutics, are key to developing a sustainable growth in global aquaculture.

In PHARMAQ part of Zoetis, we foster a highly collaborative culture and work across the business units to obtain results that matter. It is our colleagues that make the difference, and we strive to value the professional and personal development of every colleague. 

Regulatory Affairs Associate Director/Senior Manager

We are seeking a solid candidate to keep up and further develop and strengthen the regulatory affairs team with a key responsibility in the field of efficacy and safety aspects for fish vaccines and pharmaceuticals for the aquaculture industry.

This includes different fish species, diseases and geographies requiring planning of tailor-made regulatory strategies, study programs, local regulatory requirements, dossier preparation for new products and maintenance/defense of existing products.

We are seeking an individual having experience from people leadership or being motivated to develop and expand people leader skills as well as interest and insight into scientific and technical skills within the area of responsibility. It is expected a split between people management and own specific deliveries to R&D projects or maintenance/defense activities.

You will be responsible for managing a team of approximately five colleagues.

Depending on the candidate’s qualifications and experience, the position will be defined as Associate Director or Senior Manager.

If you are curious about what we do and are looking for new and exciting challenges in a dynamic and innovative industry – then PHARMAQ is a great choice!

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and develop an enthusiastic team and foster a collaborative culture

• Secure scientific and technological development within the team area of responsibilities

• Be part of a leadership team in the regulatory function that set directions for strategies and goals for the RA function and coordinates and prioritizes resource allocation to maintain project timelines and deliveries

• Collaborate and team up with partner groups in R&D, manufacturing and commercial to secure alignment and progression of the portfolio in line with company goals and objectives

• Coordinate contact and engage with applicable regulatory authorities

• Being a key resource for supervising and mentoring colleagues, review of deliveries and understand the big picture of dossier requirements 

Qualifications and profile: 

• Team leader experience and/or proven ability in people management, preferably from the pharmaceutical industry or adjacent governmental bodies 

• Good communicator and a team player with a keen interest in development of leadership skills

• Broad understanding of development of medicines (vaccines and pharmaceuticals) and regulatory framework

• Industry experience, with a minimum of five years directly applicable job experience relevant to medicinal products

• MS degree in Veterinary medicine, Pharmacy or other relevant life science background is required

• Fluency in Norwegian and English, both written and oral

Who are we looking for?

When hiring new employees, we look for the individuals who are inspired by PHARMAQ part of Zoetis’ dynamic and innovative spirit to create the next generation of solutions and services to support the evolving aquaculture industry. Our core beliefs are: Our Colleagues Make The Difference, Always Do The Right Thing, Customer Obsessed, Run It Like You Own It and We Are One Zoetis. 

Workplace at Skøyen in Oslo, some business travel must also be expected.  

We offer competitive compensation and benefits, flexible schedule, and the opportunity to personal and professional development. 

Additional information about this position is available from: 

Director Regulatory Affairs

Hanne Christophersen

Mobile Phone: +47 41 48 87 85

or 

Associate Director Regulatory Affairs

Elin Bryhni

Mobile Phone: +47 95 17 29 40

Application:

We are looking forward to receiving your written application in English, to be submitted together with your CV via FINN.NO application system (or alternative via email to hr@pharmaq.no) by 02.06.2024. Applications will be evaluated by receival on a continuous basis. We are a pharmaceutical company, and we will require police testimonial upon appointment.

By submitting an application and CV, you agree that the information you provide will be stored in our database to be able to assess you in our recruitment processes. The information will not be stored longer than necessary and maximum for 6 months. Should you have any questions about the safety of our recruitment processes, please contact us at e-mail hr@pharmaq.no. The applicant is entitled to withdraw the application at any time.