Graduate Trainee, Global Regulatory Sciences

Research & Development

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.

The start date for the programme is 1st September 2025

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.
Role can be combined with other GRS function activities based upon priorities.
Project(s) assigned can be in early development/registration and/or at post-authorisation stage across categories.
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

Indicate qualifications and skills that are necessary for performance of responsibilities including: education, relevant experience, licenses, certifications and other job-related technical and managerial 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
Change agile; take action on projects quickly
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

Provide the primary groups or key role(s) that this role will interact with as a regular part of the Job remit. Include any external interactions as appropriate.

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
No relocation support available
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.

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

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!

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer iscommitted to celebratingthis,in all itsforms – 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!

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