Associate Director (Digital Engagement Partner) - Regulatory Affairs

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Job Description Role Overview: The Associate Director, Digital Engagement Partner is responsible for driving the adoption, engagement, governance, and business value realization of digital capabilities across the Global Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety (GRACS) organization. This role serves as a strategic partner to business stakeholders, helping identify opportunities, shape digital strategies, and deliver measurable business outcomes through the integration of artificial intelligence, data science, automation, Power Platform solutions, and other emerging technologies. The position acts as the primary liaison between business functions, technology organizations, and global stakeholders to accelerate awareness, adoption, and value realization of digital capabilities. The role leads engagement strategies, stakeholder partnerships, use-case discovery, demand management, governance activities, and capability-building initiatives to ensure digital investments align with business priorities and deliver sustainable impact. A key focus of this role is ensuring digital solutions successfully transition from innovative concepts to trusted, scalable capabilities embedded in day-to-day operations. Through stakeholder engagement, change management, communications, training, and performance monitoring, the Associate Director drives utilization, business value, and continuous improvement across a portfolio of AI, automation, and data science solutions. Education : • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Management, Communications, Data Science, Life Sciences, or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated environments. Required : • Strong balance of innovation, strategic thinking, and operational execution within regulated and GxP environments. • Strong change leadership, negotiation, consensus-building, and stakeholder management skills. • Experience partnering with business stakeholders, IT organizations, vendors, and sourcing partners to deliver technology-enabled solutions. • Strong organizational awareness with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization. • Proven success leading cross-functional, global, and matrixed teams to deliver business and technology initiatives. • Knowledge of regulatory affairs and pharmacovigilance business processes, information, and systems. • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, storytelling, and stakeholder-influencing skills. Preferred: • Strong business acumen and ability to understand complex regulatory information relationships. • Experience with process improvement and change management methodologies (e.g., Lean Six Sigma). • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and deliver results under aggressive timelines. • Experience organizing enterprise innovation challenges, digital community forums, or similar innovation programs. • Demonstrated ability to leverage Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to solve business problems, including data preparation, model utilization, and generation of actionable outputs. Required Skills: Automation Solutions, Change Management, Cross-Cultural Awareness, Data Management, Employee Training Programs, Policy Implementation, Regulatory Operations, Stakeholder Engagement, Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Vendor Management Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE US and Puerto Rico Residents Only: Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process. As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, p

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