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Regulatory Affairs Managers

$128.62K Median Salary 79.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8% Job Growth

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About This Career

Plan, direct, or coordinate production activities of an organization to ensure compliance with regulations and standard operating procedures.

Reported Job Titles

Global Regulatory Affairs Director (Global RA Director), Global Regulatory Affairs Manager (Global RA Manager), Regulatory Affairs Director (RA Director), Regulatory Affairs Manager (RA Manager), Regulatory Affairs Quality Assurance Director (RA QA Director), Regulatory Director, Regulatory Science Director

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Written Comprehension

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Information Ordering

Speech Recognition

Fluency of Ideas

Category Flexibility

Originality

Knowledge

English Language

Law and Government

Administration and Management

Biology

Medicine and Dentistry

Education and Training

Administrative

Computers and Electronics

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Writing

Active Listening

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Judgment and Decision Making

Systems Analysis

Complex Problem Solving

Systems Evaluation

Time Management

Active Learning

Management of Personnel Resources

Social Perceptiveness

Instructing

Negotiation

Persuasion

Learning Strategies

Operations Analysis

Technology Skills

Document management software

Presentation software

Compliance software

Data base user interface and query software

Risk management data and analysis software

Electronic mail software

Development environment software

Analytical or scientific software

Project management software

Spreadsheet software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Desktop publishing software

Enterprise application integration software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Business intelligence and data analysis software

Internet browser software

Process mapping and design software

Information retrieval or search software

Tools

Photocopiers

Notebook computers

Laser printers

Special purpose telephones

Laser fax machine

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Technology Skills

Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Compliance software: ESS Compliance Suite; Mannus Compliance: EHS; Primatech AUDITWorks
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Risk management data and analysis software: ArcSight Enterprise Threat and Risk Management; McAfee Enterprise Security Manager
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Development environment software: Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Enterprise application integration software: Electronic Data Interchange EDI systems
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Business intelligence and data analysis software: BrightEdge; Conductor Searchlight; IBM Digital Analytics; Searchmetrics Suite
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Process mapping and design software: Microsoft Visio
Information retrieval or search software: LexisNexis

Tools

Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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