Graduate Trainee, Global Regulatory Sciences

We’re in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. We innovate every day to make the world a healthier place. To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose – Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives – we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.

Pfizer Research & Development serves as the beating heart of Pfizer's trailblazing product pipeline, the essence of our mission to bring life-changing medicines to the world. Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues.

Are you a recent university graduate with a passion for Regulatory Science? The Global Regulatory Sciences (GRS) Future Leader’s Graduate Programme at Pfizer is your gateway to an exciting and impactful career. Over the course of 24 months, you have the opportunity to rotate through multiple functions within GRS gaining hands-on experience and comprehensive leadership development, setting the stage for you to become one of tomorrow’s leaders in the field. Upon successful completion of the programme, you will transition into a full-time role within Pfizer’s GRS team where you will continue to grow and make an impact to patients’ lives globally.

This role will be accountable for:

• Working across GRS functions (strategy, policy and intelligence, labelling, operations, chemistry manufacturing and control) supporting key regulatory tasks and deliverables across programs, disease areas, and region(s) for global regulatory sciences.
• Be accountable for timely planning, preparation, submissions and approvals of program(s) deliverables in the designated region.
• Be accountable for ensuring optimal regulatory interactions with Health Authorities in relation to the assigned project(s) within a designated region.
• Partners with project teams and other customer groups (e.g. R&D, commercial teams) to ensure required regulatory contributions meet business needs and are provided to the project teams, to established time and quality standards.
• Ensures regulatory contributions achieve the objectives in the strategy, achieve established standards, maximising overall project delivery time and probability of success and facilitating post-filing activities.

What you can expect:

• Hands-on experience creating meaningful impact: Step into real-world projects where your contributions drive tangible results. You’ll take ownership, lead initiatives, and make a difference from day one.
• Unlock your leadership potential: This programme is designed to foster your growth, placing personal development at the core of your journey. Through mentorship, hands-on experience, and tailored learning opportunities, you’ll be empowered to evolve into a leader of tomorrow.
• Grow your professional network: Access to professional membership with the Drug Information Association (DIA) and external training (TOPRA Introductory Course).
• Career Advancement: Successfully complete the programme and transition into a full-time role within Pfizer’s GRS team where you can continue to grow and make an impact to patients’ lives globally.

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Required: First Class or Upper-Second Class Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or related field.
• Beneficial: Master’s (Distinction or Merit).
• 0-2 years’ experience in a business/corporate environment.
• Career aspiration in regulatory sciences.
• Team-oriented.
• Innovative thinker with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex information and analyses to a variety of scientific audiences in both verbal and written format, including to senior management.
• Presentation skills - Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings; one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports and senior managers.
• Negotiation skills - Can negotiate skillfully and diplomatically in tough situations with both internal and external groups. Gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Works with GRS colleagues and relevant project team(s) members (i.e. Clinical and Project Management, Development Operations, Global Regulatory Sciences, Worldwide Risk Management, Worldwide Safety Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Global Manufacturing Compliance and Legal). Works directly or indirectly with external contacts in Regulatory Agencies within assigned region(s), as well as relevant experts and key opinion leaders.

Other Job Details:

• Up to 10% travel possible.
• Hybrid Position (2.5 days a week required to be onsite).
• Work Location Assignment: Hybrid.

Purpose: Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Flexibility: We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self.

Let’s start the conversation! We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

DisAbility Confident: We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments necessary to support your application and future career. Our mission is unleashing the power of our people, especially those with unique superpowers. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!