ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGER – REGULATORY AFFAIRS (SAN DIEGO OR REMOTE)

Associate Director, Project Manager – Regulatory Affairs (San Diego or Remote) Location: San Diego, California Category: Regulatory Affairs Salary: Apply for details Country: United States Employment: Direct Hire/Perm Worksite: On-Site Apply For This Position Job Description Position Summary: The Associate Director, Regulatory Project Manager (RPM) is responsible for leading and coordinating global regulatory affairs activities to ensure compliance with health authority requirements. This role supports regulatory submissions for investigational and commercial rare disease therapies, facilitates cross-functional collaboration and manages timelines to achieve company objectives in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment. This position works with the Regulatory Affairs Strategy leaders to create regulatory project timelines and dashboards, schedule cross-functional meetings, and track regulatory commitments. Responsibilities Lead regulatory project management activities for one or more global development programs ensuring regulatory plans, timelines, deliverables, and submission activities are aligned with program strategy and corporate priorities.Partner closely with Regulatory Leads to drive Global Regulatory Team meeting operations, including agenda planning, decision tracking, meeting documentation, and follow-up on key actions and commitments.Develop, maintain, and manage integrated regulatory project timelines that reflect global health authority milestones, cross-functional dependencies, submission deliverables, and key decision points across the product lifecycle.Oversee planning and tracking of major regulatory submissions and maintenance activities, including INDs, NDAs, BLAs, supplements, annual reports, DSURs, post-marketing commitments, health authority responses, and other regulatory deliverables.Collaborate with Regulatory Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, CMC, Biostatistics, Medical Writing, Quality, Commercial and external partners/vendors to ensure timely and high-quality execution of regulatory deliverables.Support submission planning and operational readiness by coordinating content planning, submission timelines, document ownership, review cycles, and Vault RIM-related activities in partnership with Regulatory Operations and Regulatory Leads.Create and maintain regulatory dashboards, milestone trackers, and status reports to provide visibility to Regulatory Affairs leadership, program teams, and senior management on progress, risks, issues, and upcoming deliverables.Identify, communicate, and help mitigate regulatory project risks, timeline constraints, resource gaps, and cross-functional dependencies that may impact submission readiness, health authority commitments, or program execution.Support preparation for health authority interactions, advisory committee activities, inspection readiness, audits, and regulatory responses by coordinating timelines, materials, contributors, and action follow-up.Drive continuous improvement of regulatory project management processes, tools, templates, meeting operations, dashboards, and ways of working to improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability across programs.Manage regulatory project documentation and ensure key decisions, action items, timelines, submission plans, and deliverables are appropriately captured, maintained, and accessible in designated systems or repositories.Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to regulatory project management team members and cross-functional partners; may manage direct reports or support resource planning across multiple programs as the function evolves.Additional duties assigned as needed. Education/Experience Requirements Bachelor’s degree in related Life Sciences or related discipline required. MS, Pharm D, PhD preferred. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.8+ years of Project Management experience in Biotech or Pharmaceutical industry. Regulatory specific project management experience preferred.PMP certification is strongly preferred.Expertise with timeline development and management software required (e.g., Smartsheets, MS Project). Additional Skills/Experience The ideal candidate will embody company core values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus and Teamwork.Driven, intelligent, passionate about making a difference for patients with rare diseases.Strong understanding of global regulatory affairs, submission requirements, and compliance processes for rare disease therapies.Well organized with the ability to multitask, prioritize and manage shifting responsibilities in a dynamic, cross-functional teamwork environment.Excellent project management skills, including scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder coordination in a fast-paced biotech setting.Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills to drive regulatory initiatives aligned with our patient-first mission.Successful record of creating and managing complex project plans, timelines, budgets and critical paths.Ability to adapt to modification and changes to project plans, demonstrating flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics to accommodate these changes.Ability to travel less than 10% domestic and internationally.All positions have an essential job function to be able to perform face to face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego. No role is expected to be 100% remote. Comp based one level/experience 150-195k range Equal Opportunity Employer We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, sex, gender identity or expression, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee, and we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful work environment across all locations in which we operate. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our mission and enhance our ability to serve clients globally. If you have a disability or require any reasonable accommodations during the application or interview process, please inform your recruiter or contact us directly so that we can explore the appropriate arrangements. 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