Dir, Medical Safety Services
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Director, Medical Safety Services
Location: Chennai,
India
This is an exciting opportunity
to work within a fast paced, busy environment for a leading global provider of
outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and
medical device industries.
Purpose of the Role
- Act as a Leader and Figurehead of the ICON India
Pharmacovigilance Services, including case processing, project management,
and ancillary PV services
- Drive quality, consistency, and timeliness
- Leverage your experience to suggest, plan,
manage, and implement process improvements and streamlining
- Act as a key point of contact for support of APAC
PV services
- Perform governance activities for the safety
services of key ICON clients and/or alliance partners
- Maintain financial oversight of assigned
project(s)
- Present at audits, inspections and business
development opportunities
- Serve as a resource for clients and ICON
personnel on safety-related issues
- Be a key member of the ICON PV leadership team reporting
directly to the global head of ICON Pharmacovigilance & Safety
Services
Role Requirements
- The successful candidate will have extensive
relevant clinical research/pharmaceutical industry experience in
pharmacovigilance/drug safety
- Must be fluent in written and verbal English with
good communication and computer skills. Detail orientated and
capable of working effectively within a team environment.
- Medical/science background and/or bachelor’s
degree or local equivalent.
- Previous demonstrable experience of leading large
Pharmacovigilance teams/groups required
- Previous experience of line management mandatory
- Must be available to travel occasionally (<5%)
Benefits of Working in ICON
ICON enjoys a strong reputation
for quality and is focused on staff development. We make it our mission
to attract the most diverse and creative minds into the business and we
continually strive to provide opportunities for our people to excel, grow and build
a great career. We understand that our greatest asset is the skills and
talents of our people and they are truly what set us
apart. Other than working with a
great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive
benefits package. This varies from country to country so a dedicated
recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage. We care about our
people as they are the key to our success. We provide an open and friendly work
environment where we empower people and provide them with opportunities to
develop their long term career.
ICON is an equal opportunity employer - M/F/D/V and
committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
From a small team of 5 people in 1990, ICON now employs over
13,600 people across 89 offices in 39 countries. We have mainly grown
organically, but have bolstered our growth through a number of strategic
acquisitions which have broadened our service portfolio and have added scale to
existing services. To know more about us visit www.iconplc.com
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