Product Safety Europe Digital & IUCLID Lead
HybridBracknell, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead Product Safety Europe's digital agenda by providing strategic direction and line management of specialist teams responsible for operational digital tools, IUCLID governance, and data ownership. Represent the function in cross-functional digital projects to ensure data, workflows, and business requirements are delivered to the highest quality through broader Product Safety and regulatory transformation initiatives. Drive digital automation in Europe Operations, establish efficient scalable ways of working, and lead organizational change associated with new digital tool adoption. This role requires a strategic thinker to translate digital and regulatory complexity into clear direction, managing competing priorities and stakeholder expectations under time pressure. The position is based at Jealott's Hill International Research Centre UK and offers a hybrid schedule with a 36-hour working week.
Required Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification in a science, regulatory or digital/data-related discipline
- Strong knowledge of the EU pesticide regulatory framework, including EFSA processes, AIR, NAS and MRL submissions
- Working knowledge of IUCLID (structure, submission workflows, data standards)
- Familiarity with regulatory and operational tools used in PS Europe (e.g. SmartChoice, Veeva Vault, Smartsheet) and awareness of enterprise data platforms and AI-enabled workflows
- Understanding of data governance principles including data ownership, quality management and FAIR data standards
- Significant experience in a Product Safety, Regulatory or related R&D function within the agrochemical or life sciences industry
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional digital or operational improvement programs
- Experience managing and developing direct reports in a specialist or technical environment
- Experience working with or representing a function in IUCLID dossier preparation or equivalent submission processes
- Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and operating effectively across organisational boundaries
- Experience leading change programmes in a technical or scientific organisation, including adoption of new tools, processes or ways of working, bridging digital, scientific and regulatory expertise
- Experience engaging with external regulatory bodies or industry consortia on technical or process matters
- Strategic thinker able to translate digital and regulatory complexity into clear direction and actionable priorities
- Strong leadership capability — able to develop, direct and inspire a small specialist team
- Credible communicator across technical, operational and senior leadership audiences
- Ability to manage competing priorities, project risks and stakeholder expectations under time pressure
- Skilled at working across formal and informal organisational channels to drive business outcomes
- Data-literate with an understanding of data integration, workflow automation and digital tooling concepts
- Collaborative and culturally aware, comfortable working across European and global organizational matrix structures
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