Career Development: Forging a Career Path in the Age of Technology

Description: For young professionals entering the regulatory affairs for the first time, the profession can come across as complex with its myriad of specializations, skills, certifications, and professional networks This is further complicated by advances in technology in recent years that will certainly compel the profession to re-examine the skill set that is going to drive the profession forward in the future. Regulatory affairs is a global profession. There are some regions of the world that appear to have a high growth potential. There are also specific product areas with a continuing demand for certain expertise. How can we steer the profession in a future-oriented direction, to help young professionals locate opportunities that will turn into fulfilling careers? How can we ensure that our current students and new regulatory professionals are equipped with the skill set for the future? How can we train them to develop an agile mindset that is focused on lifelong learning? The demographics of the profession are also changing. How do we continue to promote diversity in the profession? These are important questions that do not have clear answers especially at an early career stage or even midway into a career.

Drawing on the speaker’s expertise as a professor and a mentor in regulatory affairs, this presentation will seek to address these questions. The presentation will explain where to locate opportunities and how to turn challenges into opportunities in the profession regardless of economic headwinds. It will also offer actionable insights into how to parlay one’s expertise into non-conventional regulatory paths. In any profession, creativity is a recurring theme. This is no less true in the regulatory profession.