Senior Pharmacovigilance Professional

Do you want to unlock the potential of quality oversight in Pharmacovigilance with Novo Nordisk? Do you want to harness your expertise to drive Pharmacovigilance vendor oversight, and to ensure top-grade standards throughout our global operations? then this is your chance so let's redefine quality and together, transform lives.

Apply now for a life-changing career!

The Position

This position primarily involves the development and maintenance of a global framework for Pharmacovigilance (PV) quality oversight of our external vendors/Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) used in safety organizations around the world.

The role demands a solid understanding of Pharmacovigilance and quality KPIs in collaboration with vendors. 

Other responsibilities will include:

• Establishing quality framework with escalation pathways for onboarded vendors and actively engaging with vendors and internal stakeholders in the Global Safety and International Operation organizations

• Serving as a crucial element in the department's success
• Detecting important signals, enhancing and fine-tuning operational processes, monitoring project progression, and generating timely reports
• The role requires proactive identification of new stakeholder needs and priorities, and adjusting work focus to meet these requirements effectively
• A crucial aspect of this position involves efficiently nurturing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and key opinion leaders

Qualifications

The job requires highly motivated individuals with a creative mindset, good knowledge of pharmacovigilance, and stakeholder management skills.

 The qualified candidate is expected to have:

• Master’s degree in Life Science, Biotechnology, Human Biology, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Medical/Pharmaceutical Science, or a related field
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of pertinent experience in the PV area
• Prior experience working with CROs or vendors from a sponsor perspective, or hands-on experience within a CRO, is highly advantageous
• Knowledge of PV system performance metrics and KPIs
• Experience with regulatory authority inspections is preferred

As a person, you should have the ability to work efficiently and collaboratively, in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with individuals at all levels, with proven consistent performance during previous tenure, and strong communication and interpersonal skills.

About the Department

The Global Safety QC Analysis department is part of the QPPV Office within Global Safety in Novo Nordisk Development. Global Safety is globally responsible for monitoring product safety in Novo Nordisk.

The primary responsibility of the QC Analysis department is monitoring the quality of Novo Nordisk product safety information to ensure high data quality to fulfil expectations from regulatory authorities worldwide. We perform trending and analysis based on quality data to identify business needs for procedure updates, and we work closely with case management departments, affiliates, and vendors to align and optimise case management processes and procedures across Global Safety.

Our department is digital-first, leveraging an array of advanced digital tools and automation robots to support our many processes. Our dedicated colleagues, based across Denmark and India, work together to achieve our shared goals.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear, and balancing what is important at different stages of our careers is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 50,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life-changing.

Contact

For further information, please contact Bob Chenying Zhang on +45 3077 5786.

Deadline

18 April 2024.

We interview candidates on an ongoing basis and therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible to be considered for the position.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.