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Where a regulatory affairs manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a regulatory affairs manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Regulatory affairs managers are in charge of regulatory and legal affairs in several sectors such as the healthcare, energy and banking industries. They oversee the development of products and services from inception to market release by making sure everything complies with the local legislation and meets regulatory requirements. They have experience in the different phases of regulatory processes and act as an interface between business and government legislation or regulatory boards.

Also known as compliance manager, regulatory manager, bank compliance officer, regulatory compliance officer, regulatory affairs specialist, regulatory affairs officer, chief compliance officer, regulatory compliance manager, regulatory affairs portfolio leader.

Professionals 51 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: policy manager, 41%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
policy manager 41% covered strategic planning manager 36% covered tax policy analyst 35% covered environmental protection mana… 31% covered business intelligence manager 27% covered regulatory affairs manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from regulatory affairs manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a regulatory affairs manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A regulatory affairs manager needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • meet the requirements of legal bodies assisting and caring
  • monitor compliance with licensing agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare licence agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop licensing agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure products meet regulatory requirements assisting and caring
  • analyse legislation information skills
  • identify legal requirements information skills
  • organise business documents management skills
  • ensure compliance with company regulations assisting and caring
  • manage relationships with stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a regulatory affairs manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Regulatory affairs manager is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a regulatory affairs manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.