Pharmacovigilance Agreements Principal

Pharmacovigilance Processes, Partnerships and Contracts (PV PP&C) area

Hays Specialist Recruitment is now looking to recruit a Pharmacovigilance Agreements Principal to join the Pharmacovigilance Processes, Partnerships and Contracts (PV PP&C) area for a 1-year contract assignment at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg.

Headline
Principal, Pharmacovigilance Agreements, Pharmacovigilance Processes, Partnerships and Contracts, Patient Safety Centre of Excellence

Introduction
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 PS CoE is a centralized group of niche experts driving excellence across PS. We establish standards, provide scientific solutions and lead innovation.

What You Will Do
This role will work in the Pharmacovigilance Processes, Partnerships and Contracts (PV PP&C) area, 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). Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Negotiating optimal, compliant, Pharmacovigilance (PV) Agreements for AstraZeneca whilst establishing excellent collaborations and maintaining positive working relationships with third party partners (i.e. Licensing Partners)
* Providing 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

Essentials For The Role

* A science/pharmacy/nursing degree, with at least 5 years relevant experience (pharmaceutical, regulatory, safety and partnership)
* Experience in working cross-functionally and proven ability to work across cultures
* Leadership skills, including proven leadership of project teams experience
* Thorough scientific knowledge sufficient to understand all aspects of regulatory/pharmacovigilance and partnership issues and thorough knowledge of the drug development process
* Strong collaboration, negotiation, conflict management and interpersonal skills
* Ability to influence whilst maintaining an independent and objective view

Desirable for the role

* MSC/PhD in scientific discipline
* Knowledge of new and developing regulatory and pharmacovigilance expectations
* Knowledge of existing AstraZeneca external alliances and collaborative projects
* Knowledge of PS operating model
* 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