Senior Pharmacovigilance (PV) Scientist

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Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Biotech
The Role
Leads pharmacovigilance activities for assigned products, including signal detection and management, literature reviews, safety inquiries, and aggregate reports such as PSURs, DSURs, REMS, and RMPs. Supports clinical trial safety activities, regulatory responses, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. Serves as a subject matter expert on global safety regulations and may hire, train, and mentor staff.
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About This Role:
As a Senior Pharmacovigilance (PV) Scientist, you will play a pivotal role as a product lead within the Safety team, overseeing and spearheading critical PV activities. Your responsibilities encompass managing the safety signal process, authoring aggregate reports like PSURs and DSURs, and addressing safety inquiries from both internal and external stakeholders. You'll delve into medical and scientific literature to extract vital safety information while supporting Clinical Trial PV medical activities. Collaborating with the Associate Director, you will also hire, train, and mentor staff dedicated to product-specific tasks. Your role as a Subject Matter Expert ensures compliance with global safety regulations and guidelines, fostering data analysis and product information sharing across cross-functional teams. This position is vital for maintaining the integrity and continuity of clinical trials and marketed products, ensuring they meet regulatory standards globally.

This is hybrid role requiring a minimum of 50% on site office attendance per week in Maidenhead.

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead the signal management process, including signal detection, documentation, and safety risk decisions for assigned products.

  • Author signal evaluation reports and manage literature review for safety information.

  • Respond to safety questions from regulatory authorities and lead Aggregate Report management.

  • Finalize aggregate safety reports such as PSURs, DSURs, REMS, and RMPs for assigned products.

  • Collaborate with Global Safety Officers and Safety MDs on investigational programs, including clinical trial activities and safety committee management.

  • Manage data analysis, signal detection, and product activities as assigned.

Who You Are:
You are a passionate, resourceful, and motivated PV Scientist with strong problem-solving capabilities who brings enthusiasm to the role. You excel in understanding and interpreting complex scientific data, presenting it clearly both verbally and in writing. Your ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment and apply clinical judgment makes you an ideal fit for this position. You thrive in a dynamic setting where prioritization and organizational skills are key.

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in biologic or natural science, or health care discipline; or Advanced degree (PhD, MPH, NP, PharmD, etc.) required.

  • Significant and proven Pharmacovigilance experience, including aggregate safety reports and safety signal management.

  • Experience leading and conducting projects related to signaling and regulatory agency requests.

  • Ability to interpret, analyze, and present scientific and medical data clearly.

  • Strong foundation in Pharmacovigilance and drug development, including knowledge of safety regulations.

  • Proficiency in common data processing software (Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word).

  • Leadership skills and collaborative interaction in team environments, internally and externally.

  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize independently.

Preferred Skills:

  • Knowledge of common safety database systems.

  • Experience in interacting with cross-functional teams such as Clinical Development and Regulatory.


 

Job Level: Management
Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.


At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about Biogen.


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.



Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in biologic or natural science or a healthcare discipline, or an advanced degree such as PhD, MPH, NP, or PharmD
  • Significant and proven pharmacovigilance experience, including aggregate safety reports and safety signal management
  • Experience leading and conducting signaling and regulatory agency request projects
  • Ability to interpret, analyze, and clearly present scientific and medical data
  • Strong foundation in pharmacovigilance and drug development, including safety regulations
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
  • Leadership skills and collaborative interaction in internal and external team environments
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize independently
  • Knowledge of common safety database systems
  • Experience collaborating with Clinical Development and Regulatory teams

Biogen Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Biogen and has not been reviewed or approved by Biogen.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is generally positioned as competitive and often perceived as fair across roles, with total compensation framed as strong when bonus and equity are included. Compensation sentiment is described as above-average overall, though it varies by function and business cycle.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity programs are repeatedly highlighted as a meaningful part of the total package, including stock programs and an employee stock purchase plan. Equity and bonus elements are portrayed as important contributors to feeling well rewarded beyond base pay.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off benefits are described as distinctive, including a year-end shutdown and a paid sabbatical after extended tenure. Vacation, holidays, sick time, and personal-significance days are also presented as supportive of work-life needs.

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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
9,575 Employees
Year Founded: 1978

What We Do

Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics. With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries. For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.

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