Manager, Regulatory Strategy & Business Planning

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Job Function:

Regulatory Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Regulatory Affairs

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beijing, China

Job Description:

Position Summary

This role serves as a strategic anchor of the China Regulatory Affairs team. This position focuses on developing and implementing regulatory strategy and innovation, establishing goals and objectives (G&O), and driving business excellence and planning at the departmental level based on dynamic China regulatory environment.

The incumbent also works closely with cross-functional teams to align China regulatory strategy with business objectives and priorities, support the department's work at the corporate level, continuously optimize processes, and ensure high-quality regulatory delivery.

Strong business and medical/healthcare background, excellent cross-functional coordination capability and fluent English communication are essential for this role.

Key Responsibility

Regulatory Strategy & Implementation

Provide forward‑looking insights and horizon‑scanning analyses to inform long‑term planning and portfolio strategy.

Deliver business insights to support stakeholder engagement.

Gather external industry cases and best practices to optimize regulatory strategy, including regulatory pathways, label strategy, and opportunities for pipeline assets, and translate these findings into actionable execution plans that support leadership decision‑making.

Identify operational pain points and propose systematic, sustainable improvement solutions to build capability and enable long‑term team development.

Business Planning & Excellence

Support department leader on overall team annual business planning, workload prioritization, resource allocation and strategic roadmap iteration.

Drive regulatory business excellence initiatives, including process standardization, workflow optimization, capability building and cross-project experience precipitation, to elevate overall team efficiency and quality.

Assist leadership in cross-departmental coordination, global-local alignment, and regular business review, functioning as a critical conduit for strategy incubation and internal implementation.

Coordinate and host visits by global leaders, facilitating strategic briefings, stakeholder engagement, and actionable follow-ups.

Core competencies

Strategic thinking: Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and an enterprise mindset. Strong understanding of the China regulatory environment and industry trends. Proactively identify external opportunities and empower business needs.

Business acumen: Possess sharp business sense, with acute understanding of the impact of decisions taken. Proactively identify issues, assess risks and success probability, and provide actionable solutions and recommendations.

Organizational capability: Ability to explore function-level requirements, support the function head to formulate function plans and goals, identify and resolve organizational pain points, drive operational efficiency.

Synthesis & Narrative skills: Able to synthesize business needs and complex information into concise, well-structured narratives to support internal and external stakeholder communications and presentations.

Learning skill: High learning agility, adaptable and open-minded, willing to work under high pressure and thrive in ambiguous, uncertain environments.

Education and Experience requirement

A scientific background with an advanced degree in medical/healthcare discipline.

Business management experience is preferred.

Other Comments:

Proficient use of technology, including Microsoft Office programs and Internet resources.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

AI Judgement Integration, Analytical Reasoning, Business Writing, Coaching, Compliance Risk, Fact-Based Decision Making, Industry Analysis, Legal Support, Process Improvements, Product Licensing, Public Policies, Regulatory Affairs Management, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Development, Regulatory Environment, Risk Assessments, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility