Senior Officer Regulatory

The Senior Officer Regulatory will report to the Deputy Director, Regulatory, Integrated Development, and should be able to work remotely in the United Kingdom or Belgium. The role involves managing and developing a portfolio of grants focused on optimizing regulatory systems through which medical products (medicines, vaccines, and in vitro diagnostics) and vector control products must go to be and stay safely marketed and procured legally in Foundation focus countries (primarily low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa). The role and responsibilities will focus on: i) supporting the establishment of an agile, efficient, and impactful African Medicines Agency (AMA) through thought-partnership with and advice to the AMA Secretariat; facilitate the AMA’s exchange and experience sharing with the European Medicines Agency senior leadership, technical committees and working groups; and support the development, execution, and tracking of the Foundation’s AMA support strategy. ii) supporting the foundation’s significant partnership with the WHO and its regional offices, and the foundation’s partnerships with other non-Africa based institutions, including the EMA and other European regulatory authorities; facilitate the development and implementation of grants and strategies with the WHO’s divisions and departments involved with prequalification of medical products and with regulatory systems strengthening work within WHO member states, including meeting with and supporting WHO leaders in these areas up to the level of the Assistant Director General; support the development, execution, and tracking of the Foundations global regulatory systems strategies.