Senior Specialist, Drug Safety

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Job Description The Position Currently, we are looking for Senior Specialist, Drug Safety. Develop and maintain the necessary processes to ensure high-quality individual case and aggregate safety reporting in accordance with pharmacovigilance (PV) policy and regulations. Maintain knowledge of PV regulations related to drugs, vaccines, biologics and devices. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders with processes that ensure compliance with local and global PV regulations. What will you do? Lead in the development of processes with internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality and compliance of individual adverse experience case and periodic reports. Provide expert guidance and perform safety system configuration update and maintenance activities to ensure compliant case data handling as part of the end-to-end Individual Case Safety Report (ICSR) lifecycle: Study Configuration, Product Configuration, Reporting Destinations, Reportability Rules and Label Validation Files. Support Safety System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) activities to ensure these systems remain compliant with both internal and external requirements and pursue process efficiencies. Provide content for the ongoing development and expert review of the Global Safety Database User Manual, Standard Operating Procedures, and training material as needed to ensure accuracy. Provide expert guidance on the PV activities outlined by procedures (SOPs, User Manual, etc.). Responsible for drafting, negotiation, and maintenance of PV agreements and safety management plans. Identify and prioritize PV agreements and safety management plans to maintain compliance with worldwide regulatory requirements. Responsible for the end-to-end GCS&PV implementation and maintenance for select business deals. Support due diligence and qualification activities for selecting partner deals/projects. Interact closely with the business system owner for the maintenance of the Business Development Lifecycle Management system. Perform quality review of expedited and periodic reports to ensure adherence to global case processing standards and regulatory requirements. Identify, prioritize, and monitor quality issues to be resolved to maintain compliance. Lead efforts to improve departmental efficiencies and continuous improvement. Process incoming communications from internal and external sources and initiate appropriate course of action and/or response. Monitor group mailboxes utilized for the centralization of process/subject specific inquiries. Assist in preparing and responding to Regulatory Agency Inspections as well as internal and external audits. Follow company always polices and legal guidelines. Develop and support processes that facilitate achievement of GCS&PV objectives. Support any other project or perform any other task deemed appropriate by management. Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required Bachelor's degree or master's degree in life science/health care/pharmaceutical related field. Candidates are required to have at least two years of pharmacovigilance safety experience or related areas such as Clinical Risk Management, Clinical or Regulatory. Strong knowledge base of pharmacovigilance principles with close attention to detail and ability to be flexible to meet daily competing priorities of the business. Demonstrates leadership, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to manage and independently drive projects to completion. Additional location(s) Compensation Information: Required Skills: Adverse Event Report, Auditing, Compliance Monitoring, Data Analysis, Drug Safety Surveillance, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance, Pharmacovigilance, Process Improvements, Quality Compliance, Quality Control Management, Quality Reporting, Regulatory Audits, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Inspections, Regulatory Reporting, Regulatory Requirements, Regulatory Reviews, Risk Management, Safety Management Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE

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