Regulatory Affairs Recruitment
Network Scientific Recruitment have been providing Regulatory Affairs recruitment for pharmaceutical, medical device and life science businesses for over 15 years!
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Find regulatory experience that fits your product and markets
Our specialist regulatory affairs recruiters look beyond the job title to understand your product, your target markets and the work you need your new hire to lead. Managing variations across a portfolio of licensed medicines calls for different experience from working with engineers to prepare technical documentation for a new diagnostic device.
That sector knowledge shapes how we assess candidates. We ask which products and markets they’ve worked across, what they personally delivered and how much responsibility they held. When we introduce someone, we can explain exactly how their experience fits your brief.
Tell us about your regulatory affairs vacancy
Tell us about your product, target markets and the work you need someone to take on. If you have a submission deadline or a preferred start date, include that too. A member of our regulatory affairs recruitment team will be in touch to discuss your brief.
Regulatory affairs roles we recruit for
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Regulatory Affairs Associates and Officers: preparing documents, maintaining registration records and coordinating contributions from scientific and technical teams.
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Regulatory Affairs Specialists and Senior Specialists: taking responsibility for submissions, technical documentation or lifecycle activities for particular products and markets.
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Regulatory Operations and Publishing Specialists: compiling submission packages, managing document versions and coordinating publishing schedules.
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Regulatory Labelling Specialists: coordinating updates to product information, labelling and artwork across the relevant teams and markets.
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Regulatory Affairs Managers: managing submission plans, advising project teams and overseeing regulatory activities across a product portfolio.
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Heads of Regulatory Affairs and Regulatory Affairs Directors: setting regulatory strategy, leading teams and advising senior stakeholders on development programmes and market entry.
Job titles can cover very different responsibilities. Tell us what you need your new hire to do, and we’ll help shape the brief around the experience that matters.
Regulatory expertise across the product lifecycle
Pharmaceutical and biotech regulatory affairs
An early-stage biotech preparing for a clinical trial may need someone who can bring together scientific evidence and coordinate input from external partners. A pharmaceutical business with an established portfolio may need a specialist in marketing authorisation applications, variations, renewals or product information updates.
We’ll discuss the type of medicine, its stage of development and the markets involved. We’ll also clarify what candidates need to have done themselves, whether that’s preparing an individual dossier section, coordinating a complete submission or leading correspondence with a regulatory authority.
Medical device and diagnostics regulatory affairs
For a medical device or in vitro diagnostic (IVD) business, the device type, intended use and target markets shape the brief. You might need someone to build technical documentation for a new device, support a conformity assessment or assess the regulatory implications of changing a product already on the market.
We’ll explore how closely the person will work with R&D, engineering, quality and clinical colleagues. That helps us identify candidates with the right combination of documentation experience, product knowledge and judgement.
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Product registrations and market expansion
If you’re taking an existing product into a new territory, tell us which markets are priorities and who already supports you locally. The brief may call for someone who has managed registrations directly, coordinated local representatives or maintained approvals across several countries. Those distinctions help us focus the search from the outset.
Post-approval changes and lifecycle management
The workload often continues long after the initial approval or registration. A manufacturing change, updated product information or a portfolio transfer can create work across multiple products and markets. We’ll help you define whether you need a specialist to deliver a particular project or a permanent hire to manage that work over time.
Looking for regulatory affairs jobs?
If you’re considering your next move, tell us which products and markets you’ve worked with and which responsibilities you’d like to take on next. Perhaps you’re ready to lead your first submission, move into a product area you know well or take responsibility for a regulatory team.
Browse current vacancies or register your CV so we can consider you for relevant opportunities.
Regulatory Affairs Recruitment FAQs
Can you recruit someone with experience in a particular product or market?
Yes. Tell us which products and territories your new hire will cover. If they’ll be leading a submission, for example, we’ll ask candidates which submissions they’ve worked on, what they personally prepared and how they handled follow-up questions.
Do you offer permanent and contract regulatory affairs recruitment?
Yes. We support permanent appointments and can discuss temporary or contract cover for a submission deadline, registration project, increase in workload or employee absence. For a contract brief, it helps to know the deliverable, expected duration and who will oversee the work internally.
Can you help us hire for a combined quality assurance and regulatory affairs role?
Yes. We’ll establish how the role divides between the two functions. For example, a medical device business may need one person to maintain technical documentation and oversee its quality management system. Agreeing which responsibilities they will own in each area helps us identify candidates with the right balance of experience.
What do you need from us to start a search?
A job description is helpful, but you can speak to us while the role is still taking shape. Start with your product, priority markets and the first piece of work the person will own. We’ll also discuss the team structure, salary or day rate, working arrangements and when you need them to start.