Pharmacovigilance Services Assoc Manager

Skill required: Pharmacovigilance Operations - Pharmacovigilance Drug Safety Surveillance

Designation: Pharmacovigilance Services Assoc Manager

Qualifications:MBBS/MD

Years of Experience:10 to 14 years
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What would you do Responsible for medical review and assessment of seriousness, causality and labeling of adverse events within agreed timeframes and to a high standard of accuracy, in compliance with Client standard operating procedures and global regulatory requirementsOversee responsibilities in delivering service to the client including mobilization of resources required in delivering the service and managing their performance. Working closely with the client project lead and operations lead to manage risks, issues, and escalations and drive successful project completion with high quality.

What are we looking for Educational and Experience Requirements:MBBS (Medical degree), MDTechnology skills:experience with MS office, knowledge of safety database Good knowledge of medical terminology including knowledge of applicable dictionaries like MedDRA and WHO-Drug preferred.Good medical writing skills Good Communication Skills Strong English Language proficiency (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking)Prior experience in managing large teams for pharmacovigilance or clinical data management functions. Other essential duties include drafting pharmacovigilance agendas and meeting minutes; accurately archiving pharmacovigilance documents; reviewing safety case data and other pharmacovigilance documents for completeness and accuracy; submitting and distributing of reports; assisting liaisons with the partners and cross-functional team members to ensure compliance; supporting various ad-hoc deliverables or pharmacovigilance projects; and participating in audits and inspectionsKey performance indicators Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to operate in a metrics driven environment. Ability to plan, organize, and allocate optimal number of resources to deliver business results. Ability to measure teams performance, analyze data, and take appropriate actions. Ability to provide effective feedback, coaching and career development opportunities for staff. Ability to guide staff in issue resolutions and provide direction as to the proper escalation process. Ability to manage day-to-day interaction/ coordination with client where required (system downtime, project deliverables, timelines, issue escalations, etc.). Ability to drive projects to completion with high quality and timelines

Roles and Responsibilities: Prioritize medical review for Individual case safety report (ICSRs) in accordance with Client Guidelines, Regulatory due date and turn around me (TAT) service level agreement (SLAs) and key performance indicator (KPIs).Verify and confirm on the selection of adverse events, appropriate MedDRA coding, seriousness, labeling, causality of adverse events and provide a company causality comment as per client SOP.Review the source documents and narrative to assure medical accuracy pertaining to the case is appropriate and entered Global Safety Database.Write company causality comment and route the case to applicable workflow as per Client SOPsConstantly update domain and operations skills as per the changing client requirements by reading the updated version of SOPsLead the training of internal and cross-functional team members.Actively involved in case discussion with client and provide the valuable inputs to the team.Confirm and advise on the medical assessment queries from case processing associate, literature reviewers, quality reviewers and triage associates.Validate data consistency and update the relevant database fields for any changes as needed in accordance with Client SOPsResource managementCoordination and Supervision - Coordinate, manage and monitor workings of various processes in the organization. Best Practices - Improve processes and policies in support of organizational goals. Monitor adherence to rules, regulations, and procedures. Perform the literature QC lead activities as outlined in the Client SOPStaff Management Development Recruit, hire and reward high performing individuals to meet goals. Facilitate resource evaluation needs across sites. Process Technology Understand and work to the current divisional/departmental SOPs, ensuring deviations are documented appropriately. Propose new and revise current procedures as appropriateClient Management Ensure adherence to clients policies and procedures.Maintain procedures in adherence to the clients policies. Ensure all the client SLAs and KPIs are met.Assist in audit and inspections.Ensure all relevant governance documents (slides and minutes) are archived in the respective folders.Contribute, review, and approve applicable documents. Initiate SLA/KPI approvals and generate relevant reports.Approve Literature Full text ordering requirement if needed as per the process.Responsible for maintaining Paper envelopes
Qualification
MBBS,MD