GRA Device Associate- Digital Health
BioSpace · Cambridge, MA · 3 days ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
About The Job
The Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) Device team is a globally diverse team supporting the medical device, combination product, digital health and in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) products within the Sanofi portfolio of products. The team is part of the GRA CMC & GRA Device Department within Global R&D. The GRA Device organization serves as a critical strategic partner within Sanofi's regulatory framework, providing expert guidance on medical device regulatory requirements across the product lifecycle. Our department bridges the gap between technical development, manufacturing operations, and global regulatory authorities to ensure compliance while optimizing product approval pathways.
Main Responsibilities
- Partner with the Device Regulatory Lead on assigned projects
- Provide regulatory guidance and advice to Global Regulatory Team (GRT) and cross-functional teams
- Contribute to and execute innovative and sustainable medical device regulatory strategies covering DHT, digital biomarkers/endpoints, and SaMD elements
- Contribute to device Health Authority interactions plan, support device related and cross-functional health authority interactions
- Identifies DHTs regulatory acceleration opportunities and regulatory risks, and proposes thoughtful risk mitigations in collaboration with the GRT
- Identify issues and opportunities that impact submissions timelines; ensures appropriate communication, resolution and/or escalation as needed
- Support global filing and lifecycle management activities for device submissions/device aspects of medicinal product submissions
- Liaises with device, clinical, manufacturing, commercial, and other internal business partners to enable successful regulatory outcomes
- Prepare and review design control deliverables
- Contribute to product development and lifecycle management planning. Provide regulatory impact assessments for proposed product changes
- May serve as a regional/local regulatory lead and point of contact with Health Authorities for projects/products in their remit, as needed
- Supports operational and compliance activities for assigned deliverables, develops, executes regulatory submission planning activities, including generating submission content plans, submission tracking, communication and document management
- Contribute to internal regulatory processes and procedures for device
About You
- Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering discipline. Graduate degree preferred. 5+ years of relevant pharmaceutical/biotechnology/medical device industry experience with 3+ years of regulatory experience with contributions to regulatory filings and implementation of regulatory strategies; experience responding to Health Authority questions.
- Soft Skills: Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment, engaging cross-functionally with R&D, Device, Manufacturing, and Quality teams. Demonstrates business acumen, strong leadership, influencing and persuasive negotiation skills. Strong written and verbal communication and influencing skills, with fluency in English. Capability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, hybrid work environment (60% on-site), with openness to learning and growth.
- Preferred Qualifications: Regulatory Expertise: Familiarity with implementing device regulatory strategies to support regulatory strategy for implementing DHTs into clinical trials to enable the development of digital endpoints and supporting SaMD development. Familiarity with preparing regulatory documentation and standard submission processes. Technical Knowledge: Understanding of clinical development of medicinal products, device/IVD development (including design controls), manufacturing processes, and regulatory requirements in major markets. Working knowledge with technical/industry standards related to e.g., software development lifecycle, design controls, labelling, software documentation, risk management, clinical evaluations, and usability. Ability to synthesize and critically analyse data from multiple sources.
Why Choose Us?
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
- Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether its through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
- Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
- Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks gender-neutral parental leave.
- Be part of a pioneering biopharma company that engages patients early in drug development and uses their insights to design studies that reflect real-world needs.
- Help improve the lives of millions of people globally by making drug development quicker and more effective.
- Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science.