Regulatory Affairs Manager
What the work is
Plans, organises, directs, controls, coordinates and promotes adherence to regulatory frameworks and strategies within an organisation. Monitors regulatory environment and enables compliance.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Develops and monitors regulatory policies, procedures and strategies
- Prepares, reviews and submits regulatory documents and applications to regulatory agencies
- Provides regulatory guidance, and coordinates with other departments within an organisation to ensure that products and services are compliant with relevant regulations
- Manages regulatory activities such as audits, regulatory agency inspections or product recalls
- Monitors changes in the regulatory environment to determine potential impacts on organisational processes
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the compliance and safety office of a fictional factory that makes frozen meals. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- An external audit finishes and the auditor says your records told the story clearly
- A worker raises a hazard early, and fixing it takes ten minutes instead of causing an injury
- A supervisor who used to roll their eyes at safety starts running the toolbox talk themselves
Hard days
- Being the person who has to say the line cannot go back on until it is fixed
- Chasing paperwork that everyone agrees matters and nobody wants to fill in
- A regulator visits unannounced on the busiest day of the month
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 111632, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.