Senior Drug Safety Associate, Innovation Lead

ICON is seeking an experienced pharmacovigilance professional with expertise in case processing of serious and non-serious adverse events from end-to end and the know-how of driving process improvements through technical advancement.  The Senior Drug Safety, Innovation Lead will play a key role on a new project team within ICON’s Pharmacovigilance & Safety Services Group which offers safety support across all stages of the product lifecycle by providing efficient drug safety processes, compiling concise drug safety profiles, and developing tailored risk-management strategies.

About the Senior Drug Safety Associate, Innovation Lead role within ICON: 

ICON has a strong reputation in our approaches to clinical development.   We apply scientific and operational excellence across all phases of clinical trial outsourcing services for our clients.   We work with top pharmaceutical organizations on emerging therapeutic areas which include but are not limited to Oncology, Vaccines, CNS, Cardiovascular and Pain.  ICON is located in 37 countries and has 12,600 employees across 80 offices globally.

As a Senior Drug Safety Associate, Innovation Lead you will join a pioneering team that that will be involved in development and execution of cognitive systems and machine learning of pharmacovigilance topics which  enhance pharmacovigilance methods used to collect, assess, monitor, and report adverse drug reactions.  This could include; preparation and compilation of training texts, conduct of baseline testing of cognitive type models, interactive training to support algorithm tuning, creation, training, development and validation of User Interface and workflows developed as part of our partner’s innovations project. 

Benefits of working at ICON:

In addition to partnering with the top pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the world we offer a strong benefits package that includes a comprehensive health plan, retirement plans, competitive pay, bonus plans, vacation, and other incentives.  

To succeed you will need:

We are seeking candidates with a minimum of 4 years of relevant drug safety and pharmacovigilance experience who possess an  RN,  Bachelor’s in Nursing, , or RPH or PharmD,  or equivalent experience as a licensed healthcare professional.

To be successful you will be expected to have the ability to think strategically, “work in the gray”, in an innovative way and work in a high energy team environment where your subject matter expertise will be used to create an innovative IT based thinking system along with IT team members. 

Aggregate report knowledge and all aspects of the PV/Safety environment are essential, understanding of regulatory implications on a global level; High proficiency in working with systems used in safety (i.e.: Argus, ARIS-g, etc.) and the ability to adapt to project needs.

Must have thorough knowledge of regional safety processes and regulations, knowledge of medical terminology and coding systems, good computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Access),  organizational skills, communication skills, ability to work independently or lead, ability to self-start and show initiative, and detail oriented.  Previous UAT testing experience is a plus.

Travel (up to approximately 10%) domestic and/or international as applicable

We invite you to review our opportunities at www.iconplc.com/careers.

What’s Next?

Following your application you will be contacted by one of our dedicated recruiters and if successful we will be able to provide you with more details about this opportunity.

ICON is an equal opportunity employer - Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans and committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment

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