Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs Power Platform Solutions Specialist

Job Description

Our Company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines vaccines and animal health products. We are building a new kind of healthcare company one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity knowledge imagination skill and teamwork of individuals who collaborate with mutual respect and shared accountability.

The Associate Director Regulatory Affairs Power Platform Solutions Specialist is a hands-on technical execution role supporting our system the business-built country regulatory requirements management platform within Global Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety. Our system is built on Microsoft Power Platform with Dataverse as its data foundation Power Apps for user experiences Power Automate for workflow and notifications Power BI for analytics Microsoft Teams for notifications and SharePoint for support and governance content.

As a member of the Platform Team the incumbent translates approved architecture and business designs into secure reliable supportable solutions. The role executes application configuration data engineering automated workflows environment and pipeline management defect remediation technical testing release deployment and production support. The specialist takes direction from the System Platform Architect and Design Authority and works alongside the System Operations Lead to validate success of development activities.

• Implement Power Apps user-interface changes in accordance with approved designs and established architecture standards.
• Configure and maintain Dataverse tables columns relationships business rules views forms security roles permissions and access-provisioning logic.
• Build support and optimize Power Automate flows workflows notifications and other approved automation used by the system.
• Translate solution designs and business requirements into working testable and maintainable platform components.
• Identify opportunities to improve the current system bring innovative enhancement ideas remain versed in new and emerging Power Platform tools design capabilities and user-interface development approaches supporting modernized Power Apps UI and usability efficiency and long-term platform value.

• Manage solution movement and deployments across Development Test/User Acceptance Test and Production environments.
• Prepare and deploy approved upgrades defect fixes hotfixes and enhancements while maintaining environment parity and configuration consistency.
• Perform pre-deployment and post-deployment verification document deployment outcomes and support controlled rollback or corrective action when required.
• Maintain solution versioning deployment notes release evidence and technical traceability aligned with system Software Development Lifecycle expectations.

• Develop test execute and document scripts and repeatable processes for data cleanup migration correction reconciliation and bulk remediation.
• Perform field-level quality checks to confirm that transferred data is complete and accurate not solely that record counts match.
• Support data fixes during business validation User Acceptance Test release and hypercare windows including approved non-architectural Production hotfixes.
• Partner with business data owners and technical leads to investigate discrepancies protect the trusted data baseline and prevent reuse of superseded or flawed source files.

• Diagnose technical issues across Power Apps Dataverse Power Automate Power BI dependencies permissions data integrations and environment configuration.
• Perform thorough unit testing of each developed fix in the Development environment before handoff for broader system testing.
• Provide technical notes deployment details and test evidence that clearly describe the defect change made expected behavior and validation performed.
• Coordinate with the System Operations Lead and business requestors through system testing and user validation; address gaps regressions or incomplete resolution.
• Participate in release and hypercare coverage issue triage root-cause investigation and escalation to Microsoft or Enterprise IT as appropriate.

• Create and maintain accurate technical documentation including configuration specifications solution designs data models flow and workflow logic deployment procedures support runbooks and known technical dependencies.
• Apply Power Platform engineering practices for maintainability scalability performance security reusable design and controlled data exposure.
• Support peer review code and solution review auditability backup and recovery readiness and change-control evidence.

• Work effectively in a matrixed global environment with Regulatory Affairs Chemistry Manufacturing and Control Regulatory Affairs International RSI System Process and Regulatory Innovation Data Governance Change Control Board representatives and technical partners.
• Provide clear technical estimates risks dependencies and implementation options to support release planning and prioritization.
• Support approved enhancements and interoperability opportunities involving system regulatory data reporting planning tools and future AI-enabled solutions.
• Contribute to a sustainable business-supported operating model by transferring knowledge documenting repeatable procedures and enabling other support-team members.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science Information Systems Data Engineering Engineering Regulatory Affairs Life Sciences or a related discipline.
• Advanced degree and/or relevant Microsoft Power Platform certifications are preferred.

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience developing configuring deploying or supporting enterprise business applications.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Platform including Power Apps Dataverse Power Automate and solution/application lifecycle management.
• Experience designing or configuring Dataverse data models relationships business rules security roles permissions views forms and environment-specific configuration.
• Experience managing Dev/Test/Production environments deployment pipelines managed solutions release packages and production change controls.
• Experience developing data migration reconciliation cleanup or correction processes and validating data at record and field level.
• Experience troubleshooting complex application workflow permission data integration and deployment issues through documented root-cause analysis.
• Experience performing technical/unit testing and preparing clear evidence for system testing and business validation.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical SDLC documentation operational runbooks configuration specifications and deployment records.
• Ability to work effectively with a global audience including cross-regional stakeholders technical teams and business partners across time zones and cultures.
• Strong collaboration communication organization and prioritization skills with the ability to manage overlapping releases operational support and enhancement work in a regulated matrix environment.

• Experience supporting pharmaceutical biotechnology regulatory safety clinical or other regulated business processes.
• Experience with Power BI datasets and reports Microsoft Teams notification patterns SharePoint integration APIs connectors or broader Microsoft 365 integration.
• Experience with Jira or comparable backlog source-control and technical work-management tools.
• Knowledge of Power Platform governance security performance optimization delegation solution checker peer review and enterprise support practices.
• Experience supporting global UAT release readiness post-production hypercare and direct engagement with Microsoft support.
• Experience designing reusable automation or interoperability patterns and supporting AI-enabled or agent-based solutions using governed enterprise data.

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Required Skills:

Business Applications Development Change Controls Data Engineering Defects Management Microsoft Dataverse Microsoft Power Apps Microsoft Power Automate Microsoft Power Platform Copilot Problem Solving Release Management Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Software Testing Technical Troubleshooting

Preferred Skills:

API Integration Atlassian JIRA Azure Devops Microsoft Power Platform Microsoft SharePoint Solution Architecture Technical Change Management

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The salary range for this role is

$129000.00 - $203100.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills geographic location government requirements and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical dental vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family) retirement benefits including 401(k) paid holidays vacation and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

10/15/2026

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