Senior Specialist Surveillance

Remote assignment at AstraZeneca for 1 year

Hays Life Science is now looking for a Senior Specialist Surveillance for a 1 year consulting assignment at AstraZeneca. This is a remote assignment so you can be located at any destination. You will report to Hiring Manager located in the US. If you find the role interesting send your application asap, no later than Oct 15th.


Day-to-Day Duties
* Manage surveillance systems and methodologies to ensure existing processes and systems fully address the business needs
* Support the business utilization of surveillance systems including troubleshooting problems and developing solutions
* Support system testing and documentation* Responsible for system administration
* Support data analysis requests


Required Skills
* 3+ years of experience with validated pharmaceutical systems
* Proficient with JIRA and AGILE methodologies including use cases and user stories / sprints
* Strong analytical / problem solving skills with awareness of issue escalation and resolution
* Good knowledge of signal and risk management tools
* Strong time management and organizational skills
* Customer focused
* Change management skills


Desirable Skills
* Preferably previous experience of working within AZ environment
* Bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical / technology field
* Experience of data analysis and visualization
* Knowledge of pharmacovigilance area* Experience of delivering training and developing training materials

Technical Proficiencies
* Excel
* ALM
* JIRA
* Spotfire (desired)