Senior Pharmacovigilance Manager
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Overview
Lead Recruiter @ Meet Life Science | Pharmacovigilance, Drug Safety & Clinical Operations Specialist
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. This opportunity offers work across departments, with growth and development in a dynamic, collaborative environment. We offer a variety of competitive benefits, services, and programs to support employees professionally and personally.
Position Purpose
In this role, you will collaborate with global process leads and process owners within Patient Safety to help develop a quality and compliance framework that ensures processes remain robust and inspection-ready. You will provide oversight of pharmacovigilance (PV) processes through monitoring, analysis, and continuous improvement, ensuring alignment with GVP guidelines, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
Responsibilities
Quality & Compliance Oversight
- Develop and execute quality and compliance monitoring activities for Patient Safety processes.
- Ensure a strong and compliant GVP Quality Management System is in place.
- Gather and analyse data from multiple stakeholders, identifying trends and system health indicators.
- Provide insights that support proactive risk mitigation and process improvement.
- Create clear, actionable reports and dashboards for stakeholders.
- Translate complex data into meaningful insights to guide decision-making.
- Work closely with functional leads, process owners, and senior leaders to drive continuous quality improvement.
- Share findings and reinforce process expectations through regular communication.
Strategy & Process Improvement
- Evaluate effectiveness of quality monitoring programs, recommending updates as needed.
- Partner with stakeholders to enhance processes and overall system efficiency.
Stakeholder Management
- Ensure effective oversight of internal and outsourced PV activities.
- Escalate compliance concerns and coordinate remediation actions when required.
Inspections & Audits
- Support inspection and audit preparation, execution, and follow-up.
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance teams to implement continuous improvements.
- Define business requirements for compliance-related tools and partner with IT to deliver enhancements.
- Contribute to development of data-driven solutions that provide holistic oversight of PV systems.
- Critical and strategic thinking, with the ability to evaluate evidence and form sound judgments.
- Strong data management and analysis skills, with an eye for identifying trends and anomalies.
- Effective decision-making using data summaries and clear guidelines.
- Proficiency with digital and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI); experience with AI/ML approaches is a plus.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing, or a related field.
- 8+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including pharmacovigilance, clinical development, drug development, or regulatory affairs.
- Deep knowledge of global PV regulations and compliance requirements.
- Proven ability to analyze complex datasets and translate findings into actionable insights.
- Experience in quality and compliance roles within PV or drug safety.
- Track record of advising senior management on regulatory/compliance matters.
- Ability to navigate complex environments and drive accountability.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in advancing patient safety and shaping the future of pharmacovigilance. You will work in a dynamic, collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact patients’ lives — while developing your own career in meaningful new ways.
Location
Hybrid role, based in either the wider London area (UK) or in Nordics (Sweden, Norway, Denmark or Finland).
Job Details
- Seniority level: Director
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Health Care Provider
- Industries: Biotechnology Research and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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- Location:
- England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £80,000 - £100,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Bio & Pharmacology & Health