Senior Manager, Pharmacovigilance
- Chennai, Trivandrum
- Pharmacovigilance & Patient Safety
- ICON Full Service & Corporate Support
- Hybrid: Office/Remote
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- Full Service Division
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Senior Manager, Pharmacovigilance (Budgets & Proposals)
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
We are currently seeking a Manager, Pharmacovigilance to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Manager, Pharmacovigilance at ICON, you will be responsible for overseeing the pharmacovigilance activities, ensuring the safety and efficacy of clinical trial products throughout their lifecycle. Your role will involve managing a dedicated team, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and fostering a culture of safety and quality within the organization.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Leading the pharmacovigilance team in the collection, evaluation, and reporting of adverse events, ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines and internal standards.
- Developing and implementing pharmacovigilance processes and policies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of safety monitoring activities.
- Collaborating with clinical, regulatory, and quality assurance teams to ensure comprehensive safety assessments and timely reporting of safety data.
- Providing training and guidance to team members and stakeholders on pharmacovigilance regulations, practices, and procedures.
- Monitoring and analyzing safety data trends, preparing risk assessments, and presenting findings to relevant stakeholders.
- Ensuring that all pharmacovigilance activities are conducted in accordance with global regulatory requirements and internal quality standards.
Your Profile:
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, pharmacy, or a related field is preferred, with extensive experience in pharmacovigilance or drug safety management.
- Proven experience in managing pharmacovigilance teams and activities, with a thorough understanding of regulatory requirements and safety reporting standards.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in assessing safety data and preparing safety reports for regulatory submission.
- Excellent leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and committed to maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality in pharmacovigilance operations.
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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