Job Summary
Role involves managing end to end medical safety activities in a hybrid work model for global pharma research and development initiatives with focus on high quality safety data review and risk assessment while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and supporting effective product benefit risk evaluation for improved patient outcomes and healthcare advancement
Responsibilities
- Manage medical safety review activities for assigned products ensuring consistent evaluation of safety data and timely identification of potential risks to safeguard patient wellbeing and uphold regulatory expectations
- Coordinate safety data collection and documentation for clinical and post marketing settings ensuring accurate entry of information and high quality narratives that support robust safety analyses
- Conduct detailed medical safety assessments of individual case safety reports to confirm clinical relevance and clarity of reported events and to provide meaningful input into aggregate safety evaluations
- Collaborate with cross functional pharma research and development teams to integrate safety insights into study design protocol amendments and development plans enhancing the scientific rigor and ethical standards of projects
- Monitor emerging safety signals from internal databases and external sources and document medical rationale for signal validation escalation and follow up contributing to proactive risk management strategies
- Prepare and review safety related documentation for regulatory submissions and internal governance meetings ensuring alignment with global safety regulations and company standards for medical accuracy
- Support continuous improvement of safety review workflows by proposing enhancements to templates guidance documents and quality checklists that streamline case processing and improve consistency of medical assessments
- Engage with pharmacovigilance case processing teams to clarify medical aspects of complex cases and to ensure that coding seriousness criteria and outcomes are medically sound and aligned with global safety practices
- Contribute to benefit risk assessments by summarizing key safety trends and medical judgments enabling informed decision making on labelling recommendations risk minimisation activities and communication to healthcare professionals
- Utilize hybrid work arrangements effectively by maintaining clear documentation communication and collaboration practices that ensure uninterrupted support for global safety operations during day shifts without travel requirements
- Participate in training and knowledge sharing sessions on evolving pharmacovigilance guidelines therapeutic area insights and internal systems to maintain up to date medical safety expertise that benefits project quality and societal health outcomes
- Provide constructive feedback on safety database outputs dashboards and metric reports to improve the clinical interpretability of safety information and support data driven decisions across research and development programs
- Support ethical and patient centric safety culture by consistently advocating for accurate reporting transparent communication of risks and responsible use of safety data to strengthen trust in medicines and protect communities
Qualifications
- Demonstrate practical experience in pharma research and development with hands on involvement in safety or clinical documentation activities that build strong understanding of drug development and regulatory expectations
- Apply working knowledge of pharmacovigilance case processing workflows including intake data validation coding and follow up activities to support high integrity safety reporting and efficient case management
- Use medical judgment in pharmacovigilance medical review activities such as narrative evaluation seriousness assessment and causality considerations to enhance the clinical depth and value of each case assessment
- Bring familiarity with global safety regulatory frameworks and guidelines relevant to pharmacovigilance to ensure that all safety activities remain compliant and support timely regulatory interactions
- Operate effectively in hybrid work settings using digital collaboration tools structured documentation and proactive communication skills to maintain productivity and alignment with onsite and remote team members
- Leverage strong analytical and problem solving skills to interpret complex clinical data identify meaningful patterns in safety information and propose medically sound recommendations that aid safer use of medicines
- Communicate clearly in written and verbal formats with diverse stakeholders including clinical teams regulatory colleagues and safety operations staff to ensure shared understanding of safety concerns and actions
- Maintain high attention to detail and quality focus in all safety related deliverables safeguarding accuracy completeness and consistency which directly supports public health and company reputation
Certifications Required
Preferred certifications include pharmacovigilance or drug safety credentials such as certification in global pharmacovigilance or clinical research
Acerca de Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.
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