Pharmacovigilance - Team Lead

Cognizant; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 106,019,000 - 151,455,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant invites applications for a hybrid day-shift TL Pharmacovigilance role, overseeing end-to-end safety activities across pharma R&D. Coordinate PV data management and case processing to ensure regulatory compliance and timely reporting.

Requires 4–6 years of experience and strong leadership to drive patient safety and innovation. Responsibilities include mentoring the team, tracking metrics, maintaining training and documentation, and ensuring audit readiness in collaboration with the

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience handling teams.
• Minimum 3 years of total experience in PV or pharma/clinical field.
• Graduate/Postgraduate/Doctorate in Life Sciences, Science, Healthcare, Pharmacy, Medical Sciences, or equivalent.
• Fluency in English and strong communication skills.
• Proven leadership and people-management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day team management and workflow tracking.
• Monitor activities daily and report project metrics.
• Maintain SLAs and KPIs per contract.
• Mentor and coach team members and new hires.
• Ensure audit readiness and adherence to procedures.
• Lead process-improvement initiatives with client alignment.
• Communicate resource status and escalations to supervision.

Skills

Leadership

People management

English fluency

Effective communication

Time management

Metric management

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Life Sciences/Healthcare/Pharmacy

Job description

Job Summary

This hybrid day shift role for TL Pharmacovigilance focuses on end-to- end safety oversight across pharma research and development activities, coordinating PV data management and case processing to ensure accurate reporting, regulatory compliance, and continuous risk evaluation. The role demands 4 to 6 years of experience and enables impactful contributions to patient safety and innovation.

Job Summary

This hybrid day shift role for TL Pharmacovigilance focuses on end-to- end safety oversight across pharma research and development activities, coordinating PV data management and case processing to ensure accurate reporting, regulatory compliance, and continuous risk evaluation. The role demands 4 to 6 years of experience and enables impactful contributions to patient safety and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for day-to-day work.
• Tracking of activities daily for the project.
• Timely reporting of metrics and updating related quality tools/trackers for deliverables. Setting performance goals for the team.
• Maintenance of case tracking sheets for billing and deliverables.
• Ensure appropriate distribution of work among direct reports.
• Ensure proper communication with client (as applicable).
• Ensure completion of training plan and mentoring documentation archival for all direct reports.
• Mentoring and coaching of the team as well as the new hires on a regular basis or as required.
• Ensure that SLAs and KPIs are maintained as per contractual agreement.
• Perform annual performance appraisals of direct reports and provide regular feedback to the team.
• Reporting to their supervisor on performance, status, and any escalations for the team.
• Responsible for motivation and retention of the team.
• Communication of resource issues/resignations/absconder to supervisor.
• Managing assessment and development of team members.
• Ensure audit readiness at all times.
• Ensure adherence to internal and client procedures for self and team.
• Ensuring training compliance and proper documentation is maintained.
• Lead/guide associates in process improvement initiatives in agreement with client.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum1 year of experience handling teams
• Minimum 3 years of total experience in PV and/or the pharmaceutical/clinical field.
• Graduate/Postgraduate/Doctorate degree in Life Sciences, Science, Healthcare, Pharmacy, Medical Sciences, or equivalent degree.
• Fluency in English.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to perform tasks accurately and in a timely manner.
• Leadership and people management skills.
• Self and team motivation.
• Result-oriented.
• Metric management.

Certifications Required

• Preferred certification in pharmacovigilance or drug safety, such as DSRM or equivalent industry-recognized PV credential.