Onsite Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist

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About the role

  • Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist supporting regulatory activities for Cochlear's implantable hearing technologies in Japan. Collaborating across functions to drive efficient product registrations and compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain an effective NCC project management system to share regulatory affairs project information and accelerate product approval processes.
  • Seek the most reasonable approach to prepare submission dossiers and respond to PMDA inquiries while maintaining high compliance levels, including conducting risk analysis when required data is insufficient.
  • Prepare submission dossiers according to the latest PMDA requirements, analyze and share potential submission delays and associated risks with the team.
  • Maintain comprehensive records of internal and external discussions with proper filing according to NCC RQR rules, ensuring accuracy as a key success factor.
  • Demonstrate passion for technology and medical theory knowledge, and propose regulatory strategies to the team based on compliance requirements and flexibility within legal frameworks.
  • Show flexibility and motivation to learn additional areas such as deeper reimbursement work or clinical matters as directed by NCC RQR Director for personal development goals.
  • Possess sufficient QMS knowledge for regulatory affairs product submission work, QMS inspections, and reliability inspection work while supporting qualified supervisors.
  • Demonstrate motivation to deepen QMS expertise to establish and improve the Quality Management System according to set procedures.
  • Support license maintenance work including Foreign Manufacturer Registration (FMR), suggest renewal plans to NCC RQR Director with QA Sr. Specialist, and collaborate on license obtain/renewal projects.
  • Maintain and develop contacts with regional colleagues, business partners, industry associates, regulatory bodies, and medical societies while monitoring government legislation relating to PMDL (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law).

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 5 years or more of experience in medical device regulatory affairs in Japan (product registration of class III or IV)
  • Expert knowledge of Japanese Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law and the product registration process
  • Business level English of writing and reading and moderate level of speaking
  • High level of Japanese usage to understand legal term and technical terms
  • Smooth operation of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio (+Photoshop, hopefully)
  • Reasonable communication skill.
  • Motivation to learn new things according to the situation.
  • Overseas travel (0-2/year) and domestic travel (0-10/year)

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Professional development programs

Job title

Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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