Pharmacovigilance Scientist

Job Title: Pharmacovigilance Scientist

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. Join our Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance team as a Pharmacovigilance Scientist (PVS) and you’ll support an international, dynamic, and culturally diverse team dedicated to safety surveillance throughout the product lifecycle of a broad range of products. The PVS is a safety expert who is responsible for performing core pharmacovigilance activities on a product, in partnership with the Global Safety Officer (GSO), to identify safety signals, evaluate, and analyze safety data for both marketed products and products in clinical development.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Manages proactive signal detection and safety management committee activities

• Coordinates and authors safety evaluations and responses to safety inquiries from internal or external stakeholders (i.e., Health Authorities) in collaboration with the safety team

• Drives end-to-end signal management process for assigned products in collaboration with the GSO and Pharmacoepidemiology

• Serves as a core member (coordinator) of the Safety Management Team, drives the agenda, produces the necessary data/outputs, prepares slide presentations, facilitates discussions & documents conclusions, and presents complete safety analysis

• Partners with the Safety Team to manage other safety related activities associated with new drug applications / regulatory filings, benefit-risk assessment and safety risk management and support activities related to risk minimization including development of Risk Management Plans

• Coordinates and oversees outsourced activities (i.e., signal detection reports, safety evaluation reports)

About You 

• Experience: Working knowledge of drug safety and risk management including industry experience, and understanding of drug development, basic knowledge of regulatory guidelines and medical coding. Strong knowledge of pharmacovigilance practices including US and EU pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements. Evaluation, interpretation, and synthetization of scientific data. Signal & Risk Management: Expertise in the collection of drug safety information from a variety of sources throughout the product life cycle to proactively detect, validate, and assess potential signals.

• Soft and technical skills: Team player that performs effectively in a cross-functional collaborative environment. Self–motivated, able to prioritize, plan effectively and independently. Strategic, business oriented, and problem-solving mindset while keeping patients and customers at the forefront. Ability to present and critically discuss safety data in both internal and external discussions. Working knowledge of common data processing software and database systems. Project management skills with demonstrated attention to detail, keeping in mind the broader picture

• Education: Bachelor of Science or Health Care Professional or preferred advanced health care discipline degree including Registered Nurse, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Doctor of Pharmacy, PhD, Master of Health Science, Physician Assistant, Registered Pharmacist, Doctor of Medicine / Doctors of osteopathy, etc.

• Languages: English proficiency in communication skills with scientific subject matter

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

$122,250.00 - $176,583.33

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.