Director, Regulatory Strategy

Alumis Inc. is a precision medicines company with the mission to transform the lives of patients with autoimmune diseases. Even with treatment innovations of the last two decades, many patients with immunologic conditions continue to suffer - our goal is to fundamentally change the outcomes for these patients.

We are seeking an exceptionally motivated individual to provide leadership and support to global regulatory activities to achieve Alumis’ strategic vision of obtaining worldwide approvals to market our products. The individual will represent Regulatory Affairs and work closely with cross-functional teams and development partners while managing relationships and interactions with external strategic and technical regulatory service providers in accordance with health authority and ICH requirements. In addition to being a key member of our project teams, she/he will provide organizational support as the company and its product development pipeline grow. This role will report to the Executive Director and Head of Regulatory Strategy.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Develop and implement regulatory strategies to facilitate the progress of assigned programs in all phases of development.

• Serve as the Regulatory Affairs representative on assigned project teams and assure the progress of projects by providing direction, solutions, and feedback to the teams in support of regulatory approvals.

• Lead interactions with regulatory agencies for assigned programs

• Establish and meet timelines for regulatory submissions related to INDs/CTAs, including nonclinical, clinical, and CMC activities, while planning for global NDAs / MAAs.

• Interact with Regulatory Affairs personnel within external service providers

• Maintain awareness of current regulatory requirements and communicate requirements in support of regulatory approvals.

Education | Experience | Skills

Bachelors or advanced degree in a scientific discipline, with a minimum of 10 years of experience working in drug development in the biopharmaceutical industry and at least 8 years of experience in Regulatory Affairs; immunology or rare disease/ orphan drug development experience desirable.

Knowledge | Skills | Abilities

• Direct experience with pharmaceutical regulatory submissions and product approvals, contributing to major regulatory filing(s) such as IND/CTA or NDA/BLA/MAA.

• Extensive knowledge of FDA regulations and practices and ICH guidance as well as strong knowledge of global health authority regulations and practices.

• Experience leading regulatory agency interactions.

• Demonstrated leadership and success in management of regulatory activities and previous experience in successfully leading assigned activities within cross-functional teams.

• Experience in providing strategic advice on integrated regulatory development plans and life cycle management.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Collaborative, analytical and interpretative skills that enable review and compilation of reports and other documents used in regulatory planning and submissions.

• Ability to work with minimal supervision, to set priorities to meet timelines, to motivate and influence others; prior management experience a plus.

• Previous experience in successfully leading assigned activities within cross-functional teams.

• Some travel required. Responsibilities may require a work schedule that may include working outside of “normal” work hours, in order to meet business demands.

Alumis Values

• Elevate

• Challenge

• Nurture

This position is located in South San Francisco, CA.  At this time we are not considering remote applicants.

The salary range for this position is $225,000 - $250,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may very based on the Company’s compensation practices.

Alumis Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.