Also called: Regulatory Affairs Director, RA Manager
Guides companies through the government approvals needed to sell medicines, medical devices, food or chemicals.
You plan the strategy for getting a new insulin pump cleared by the FDA, assemble thousands of pages of test data and answer tough questions from regulators. When the rules change, you figure out what every department has to do differently.
Estimated from industry surveys.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in a science or engineering field; many have a master's in regulatory affairs; RAC certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Regulatory Science.
Growing faster than average. No separate BLS projection.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI drafts submissions and searches rules fast; strategy and negotiating with regulators stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, English composition.
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