Medical Project Manager

**Main purpose of the job**:

- Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes workstream of the market shaping output

**Location**:

- **Parktown - Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes workstream
- Together with the senior technical specialist, work closely with CHAI and lead product development, regulatory, and quality assurance processes
- Together with the senior technical specialist, work closely with the CHAI’s US-based product development and regulatory team and develop plans to accelerate generic product development
- Together with the senior technical specialist, work closely with CHAI’s US-based product development and regulatory team to assess and mitigate product development risks with generic partners and support innovative regulatory strategies
- Engage in job shadowing (of CHAI) during technical meetings with generic manufacturers and strategy development
- Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with CHAI, manufacturers, and other stakeholders as relates to the drug development & regulatory processes workstream
- Assist and support the technical specialist to convene and/or attend and lead drug development and regulatory stakeholder meetings
- Work closely with CHAI to establish appropriate relationships with key stakeholders within the drug development & regulatory environment
- Support the technical specialist with overseeing the planning and coordination of the drug development & regulatory workstream
- Ensure coordination with the supplier engagement and contract management workstream
- Contribute to the technical coordination between Wits RHI, Unitaid, CHAI, and all other stakeholders and ensure that Wits RHI is represented
- Support optimal communication between and across the Wits RHI and CHAI teams is optimal and that program activities are coordinated and leveraged
- Contribute to the achievement of Wits RHI’s corporate goals and objectives
- Actively participate in key global, regional, and national stakeholder
- Attend manufacturer site visits as necessary
- Report monthly on key achievements, challenges, and any anecdotal success stories
- Contribute to and support financial management and control as related to the above human resources and other activities
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrate effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership of driving your career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities such as forums, conferences, policy-setting workshops, etc.

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **A Graduate-level Medical Technical Degree with significant experience in product development, commercialization, and regulatory affairs**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 6 years of private sector work experience, with a focus on product development and commercialization and regulatory affairs**:

- **Experience supporting the successful acceleration of preclinical and clinical research and product development by implementing efficient and effective drug development and regulatory strategies for these products. This should include specific experience supporting efforts to**:

- **Guide companies/partners to perform various types of bioequivalence (BE) studies, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) studies, and randomized controlled clinical trials (RCT) to assess safety and efficacy**:

- **Help to establish succinct regulatory filing strategies to support the filing of regulatory dossiers that demonstrate a new product’s safety, efficacy, and quality**:

- **Support the development and commercialization of drug products, drug-device combinations, and medical devices**:

- **Perform Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) gap analyses and reviewing regulatory submissions for new innovator and generic product manufacturers**
- **Experience supporting the development of strategies to overcome key barriers and issues related to product development, filing, approval, introduction, and adoption**:

- **Experience translating the above-mentioned strategies into actionable items**:

- **Ability to collaborate remotely with team members spread across geographies**

**Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities**:

- Good interpersonal skills and ability to navigate complicated situations, excellent levels of written and verbal English communication skills, ability to communicate in other SA languages, preferably area-appropriate

**Demands of the job**:

- Travel will be required within and outside of South Africa
- Work can be highly demanding and pressurized, and requires flexibility, management, training, and leadership experience

**TO APPLY**:

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