Global Pharmacovigilance Agreements Manager, AstraZeneca

Job description
Global Pharmacovigilance Agreements Manager

This position will Working with the Pharmacovigilance Processes, Partnerships and Contracts (PV P,P&C) Lead, negotiating optimal safety agreements and contracts for AstraZeneca whilst establishing excellent collaborations and maintaining positive working relationships with third party partners (i.e. Licensing Partners).

Through the use of governance, relationship management, standardization and alignment ensure delivery in the most efficient lowest risk manner.

Job summary:
Negotiate optimal, compliant, Pharmacovigilance (PV) Agreements for AstraZeneca whilst establishing excellent collaborations and maintaining positive working relationships with third party partners (i.e. Licensing Partners)
Provide customers with expert advice, guidance and interpretation of matters pertaining to PV Agreements to demonstrate the value of Patient Safety as a key contributor to AstraZeneca internal and external business
Collaborate with PS CoE, GPPS and Legal providing advice and support for commercial agreements ensuring that optimal and compliant PV obligations are included as required
Collaborate with MC Safety Managers, providing advice and support for the creation and management of local PV Agreements
Provide support to all LP audits as required and ensure remediation of findings.
Coordination and ownership of the lifecycle management of the Licensing Agreements process enabling business continuity and compliance.
Monitor standards and measures of compliance in relation to PV Agreements to support collaborations and continual improvement.


Responsibilities
Day to day duties:
Manage own workload ensuring all tasks assigned are completed on time. Tasks may include but are not limited to:


Negotiation and establishment of new PVAs in timelines agreed.
Review and updates of existing PVAs.
Management of own PVAs – including compliance.
Support any audits or inspections as needed.
Support any other tasks as required.


Qualifications
Required Skills/ Experience/ Education/ Qualifications:
A science/pharmacy/nursing degree, or equivalent experience with at least 5 years relevant experience (pharmaceutical, regulatory, safety and partnership)
Experience in working cross-functionally
Thorough scientific knowledge sufficient to understand all aspects of regulatory/pharmacovigilance and partnership issues
Thorough knowledge of the drug development process
Good attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proven ability to work across cultures
Strong collaboration skills
Strong negotiation, conflict management and interpersonal skills
Relationship builder
Able to work with high degree of autonomy and as a team
Maintains high ethical standards, including a commitment to AstraZeneca values and behaviours
Good time management
Fluent in English
Computer literate


Desirable Skills/ Experience/ Education/ Qualifications:
MSC/PhD in scientific discipline
Knowledge of new and developing regulatory and pharmacovigilance expectations
Knowledge of existing AstraZeneca external alliances and collaborative projects
Experience of working with third party suppliers.
Experience of working in a global organisation, preferably within the pharmaceuticals industry, and of the drug development life cycle and commercial aspects of the industry


Application
Deadline: 2022-01-20 , selection and interviews will be ongoing. The position may be filled before the last day of application, therefore, apply as soon as possible.

For more information, please contact Birgitta Nyström birgitta.nystrom@randstad.se or Veronika Knudsen veronika.knudsen@randstad.se 

About the company
Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many activities.

Randstad Life Sciences specializes in the field of science and is part of Randstad, the world leader in recruitment and consulting with operations in 38 countries. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in life science. Our mission is to help you reach your true potential with your career in focus!