Associate Medical Safety Director

IQVIA; Bogotá; On-site; COP 180,000,000 - 300,000,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking an Associate Medical Safety Director to provide medical expertise on pharmacovigilance services across trials and safety projects. The role includes medical review of AEs/ADRs, creating AOSEs, and oversight of safety data with management support.

You will collaborate with pharmacovigilance teams, contribute to regulatory deliverables, and participate in client meetings to ensure compliant safety reporting and risk management across global studies.

Qualifications

• Medical degree from accredited medical school.
• 7+ years of clinical practice in pharmacovigilance activities.
• 9+ years in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Knowledge of federal/local regulations for clinical research, safety, and GCP.
• Knowledge of clinical trials and pharmaceutical research process.
• Ability to set priorities, deadlines, and objectives.
• Strong consultation and advisory skills with initiative and flexibility.
• Ability to collaborate with coworkers, managers and clients.
• Valid medical license for the country/region of practice.

Responsibilities

• Perform medical review and clarification of trial-related AEs and ADRs, including narrative content, coding, seriousness and causality.
• Compose and review AOSEs for expedited cases per regulatory requirements.
• Serve as internal consultant to PV case processing teams.
• Provide aggregate safety data reviews and oversight of product safety profile.
• Provide medical data coding review for AEs, medical history and medications.
• Present safety findings during client meetings.
• Review and edit regulatory safety reports (US/EU) and risk management plans.
• Oversee label development and medical content in regulatory documents.
• Attend Data Safety Monitoring Board and Safety Monitoring Committee meetings.
• Contribute to Integrated Safety Summary and Common Technical Document.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Regulatory affairs

Clinical trial analysis

Client communication

Team collaboration

Education

Medical degree from accredited school

Tools

Pharmacovigilance systems

Job description

São Paulo, Brazil

Mexico City, Mexico

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bogota, Colombia

Full time

R1534920

Job Overview

Provide medical expertise on pharmacovigilance services to divisions as requested. The Associate Medical Safety Director participates in all aspects of Medical Safety’s involvement on assigned trials and stand alone safety projects with appropriate oversight from management or more senior medical safety directors.

Essential Functions

• Perform medical review and clarification of trial-related Adverse Events (AEs) and post-marketing adverse drug reactions (ADRs) including narrative content, queries, coding, expectedness, seriousness, causality and company summary
• Compose, edit and medically review Analyses of Similar Events (AOSE) for expedited cases as appropriate based on regulatory requirements
• Serve as an internal consultant to pharmacovigilance case processing teams on projects being supported
• Provide aggregate reviews of safety information, including clinical data, to maintain oversight of a product’s safety profile
• Provide coding review of AEs, Past medical history, Concomitant medications or other medical data listings to verify and medically vet clinical data
• Represent safety and clinical data review findings during client meetings
• Provide medical review and edits to IND Annual Reports, EU Periodic Benefit Risk Evaluation Reports, EU Periodic Safety Update Reports, EU Development Safety Update Reports, US Periodic Reports
• Provide medical review and edits of Development Risk Management Plans, EU Risk Management Plans or US Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies
• Provide medical oversight for label development, review and change
• Provide medical support and attendance at Data Safety Monitoring Board Meetings
• Attends and contributes medical safety evaluation on Safety Monitoring Committees
• Provide medical safety contributions to the Integrated Safety Summary or Common Technical Document
• Provide medical review and edits to Drug Safety Reports or other benefit-risk assessments
• Review and sign off on both the Project Safety Plan and the Medical Monitoring Plan per medical safety scope agreed in contract
• Perform Medical Safety review of the protocol, Investigative Drug Brochure (IDB), and/or Case Report Forms (CRFs) for appropriate safety content and data capture.
• Act as Global Safety Physician or Assistant or Back-up on projects as assigned
• Attend project meetings, medical safety team meetings, and client meetings as requested
• Ensure coverage for all medical safety deliverables within regulatory or contracted timelines
• Provide medical escalation support for medical information projects
• Provide medical escalation support for EU Qualified Persons for Pharmacovigilance projects
• 24 hour medical support as required on assigned projects
• Maintain awareness of medical-safety-regulatory industry developments

Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited and internationally recognized medical school (Bachelor's Degree in Medicine necessary).
• 7+ years of clinical practice experience: Signal management activities, review clinical trial documents, creation, analysis, and presentation of reports (aggregate reports), client facing activities, risk management.
• 9+ additional years in the pharmaceutical or associated industry.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and local regulations and guidelines pertaining to clinical research including knowledge of regulations and guidelines pertaining to safety and good clinical practice
• Knowledge of clinical trials and pharmaceutical research process
• Ability to establish and meet priorities, deadlines, and objectives.
• Skills in providing consultation and advice on multiple assignments required, as well as initiative and flexibility
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients
• A valid medical license, or equivalent, from the country or region in which he/she resides and works

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.

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