Associate Director, Promotional Materials

**We are growing, grow with us**
Are you looking for a dynamic company with daily new challenges and opportunities?
Then, Cencora PharmaLex is your career opportunity. Cencora PharmaLex is one of the leading service companies for the Pharmaceutical Industry globally and is specialized in all aspects of drugs and medical devices approval, of the market development and any action of effective product maintenance.

**Associate Director, Promotional Materials & Compliance**

This is an exciting new role in our Promotional Materials & Compliance team that has an outstanding international reputation for services to clients. Our UK team includes the most sought-after experts in the fields of healthcare compliance consulting and medical review/signatory support, and this role will provide you with the opportunity to work closely with other thought-leaders including the regional Head of Promotional Materials & Compliance as well as the global practice area lead to further develop and grow the team and the market-leading solutions that our clients come to us for.

**Your Job**
- Leading and managing the Healthcare Compliance and Medical/regulatory Review/Approval Team (“Promotional Materials & Compliance” Team) aligning the local service offering with the global service strategy in collaboration with the Senior Director/head of department and global practice area.
- Acting as medical/regulatory reviewer and/or signatory, as appropriate.
- Supporting/training direct/indirect reports in relation to the ABPI Code of Practice, including mentorship of internal aspiring signatories.
- Recruiting new team members and ensuring they have the right skills and qualifications for the role.
- Providing on-the-job direction and mentoring to aspiring signatories.
- Directly provides flexible services to clients, balancing leadership and management responsibilities with client-facing work (ideally, achieving a minimum of 75% of billable time), to include:

- Developing and delivering ABPI training to pharmaceutical companies and agencies
- Audits and associated CAPA recommendations
- SOP development/review
- Providing guidance to aspiring signatories
- Hourly based consultancy support and advice.
- Principal UK/IE commercial/operational point of contact with the global practice area by providing support for the preparation of local quotes and represents UK/IE on Global RFPs, and by developing UK/IE commercial PMC strategy in close collaboration with the PMC practice area lead.
- Working together with the Senior Client Relationship Manager, Practice Area Lead, VDC country head or representative & country manager, and with support from the proposal manager, responsible for the preparation of responses to requests for proposals / requests for information (RfP/RfI) and quotes on global level as applicable.
- Attending monthly PMC core team meeting, as needed, with the core representative for UK/IE.

**Your Profile**
- Ideally, UK-registered pharmacist.
- Experience and impressive track record in the pharmaceutical industry & pharmaceutical consulting.
- Excellent knowledge of applicable regulatory/code framework, especially ABPI, IPHA and, as appropriate, EFPIA Codes of Practice.
- Well-networked in the field in the UK/IE; good reputation with the appropriate authorities, e.g. PMCPA.
- Ability to lead and work in a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Self-confident and assertive.
- Confidence to work unsupervised.
- Business/commercial acumen.
- Ability to identify and offer solutions to problems in a pragmatic way.
- Flexibility and adaptability.

**We offer**
- 25 days holiday plus BH (increasing to 27 after qualifying service).
- 8% employer pension contribution.
- An opportunity to work within an organisation with a positive work/life balance environment.
- Continuous development opportunities through knowledge and experience as well as training.

For further information please don’t hesitate to contact us:
**Helen Pietropaolo**
**Manager, Human Resources**

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