Associate Director Patient Safety Systems

Is the interface between technical and business domains in pharmacovigilance an area where you thrive and deliver insights and value? Would you like to apply your expertise in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person.

The vision of our unit, a part of the broader AstraZeneca Patient Safety organisation, is to pursue functional excellence for Patient Safety across the business by providing specialised expertise in Safety Science, Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management, while optimising Safety Processes, Systems, Policy, Compliance and Governance.

What you'll do
We are looking for an Associate Director to join us in the Patient Safety Systems team. We are a global team of experts and project managers who manage and support the technical systems (safety database and associated systems) involved in handling, tracking and analysing adverse events data. If you become one of us, you will work across organisational and geographical borders as both a subject matter expert and as a workstream lead/change manager to support the evolution of our systems based on the business needs.

As an Associate Director Patient Safety Systems, you

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work in the interface between business and technical teams, including vendors, ensuring the systems meet internal and external requirements
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support effective evaluation of safety information by providing knowledge about processes and technical systems
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identify opportunities for innovative solutions and other improvements, including machine-learning and other automation
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ensure documentation relating to system and system releases meets internal standards and procedures
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ensure the quality of business-related content of relevant improvement project proposals and associated documentation

Essential for the role

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At least bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical discipline
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Proven competence, with minimum of 3 years pharmacovigilance or closely-related industry experience
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Broad knowledge of the safety information and analytics tools required to support drug development and marketed brands, including an understanding of clinical trials, regulatory safety obligations and pharmacovigilance practices.
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Experience in data management, data visualisation and reporting tools

Desirable for the role

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Higher degree in a clinical or safety-related discipline
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Significant experience (5+ years) in pharmacovigilance with proven record of supporting tools/solutions to address safety information in conjunction with IT
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Business awareness of wider IT developments within pharmaceutical industry, particularly in relation to the design and deployment of data sources, analytical tools, informatics solutions and systems
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Excellent interpersonal skills to influence/shape your particular area of expertise
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Experience in working across different geographic locations, organisations, and cultures to drive vendor and customer relationship management

Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

So, what's next!
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you. We welcome you with your application, no later than 31th of May, 2022.