Associate Director, PV Document Management Oversight

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Bengaluru invites an Associate Director of PV Document Management Oversight to lead global aggregate safety reporting, ensure high-quality PSURs, and drive compliance with regulatory requirements across regions.

You will mentor regional teams, manage budgets, coordinate with GSTs and cross-functional partners, oversee vendor relationships, and contribute to CAPA, audits, and process improvements in a dynamic, matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific/medical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years in pharmaceutical or health care industry.
• Minimum 7 years in pharmacovigilance with exposure to periodic aggregate safety reports and risk management plans.
• Proven people-management experience and teambuilding skills.
• Expert knowledge of clinical trial and pharmacovigilance methodologies.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• In-depth understanding of global regulatory requirements.
• Experience in vendor management for outsourced activities.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with competing priorities.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional aggregate reporting team including training, mentoring, development, and appraisals.
• Assists in management of departmental budgets.
• Ensures aggregate reporting processes and procedures are complete and compliant with current regulations globally.
• Interacts and communicates effectively internally and cross-functionally in a highly matrix environment.
• Responsible for the implementation and management of effective structure, procedures, and tools to ensure aggregate report and other deliverables are completed with high quality.
• Responsible for global leadership and strategic oversight of aggregate safety reports for investigational and marketed products.
• Collaborates with Global Safety Teams (GSTs) and with functional areas contributing to aggregate safety reports.
• Manages distribution of assignments and prioritization of tasks within the Pharmacovigilance operations aggregate reporting team.
• Manages resource planning and ensures adequate support from internal team and vendor team to deliver all scheduled safety reports.
• Manages commitments with license partners to ensure both meet aggregate reporting requirements as per the PV Agreement between companies.
• Provides strategic and financial oversight of Vendor and manages both quality and compliance of assignments.
• Oversee functional specifications of any data requirements for aggregate deliverables from the Global safety database and analytics team.
• Responsible for maintaining compliance metrics and contributes to implementation of CAPA for non-compliance findings.
• Support continuous improvement/quality system initiatives.
• Assist in preparation and support of audits and inspections.
• Liaises with Regulatory Affairs to coordinate synchronization of aggregate reports.
• Establishes and chairs document working groups comprised of authors and SMEs from the project or product teams.

Skills

Pharmacovigilance

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Safety reporting

Clinical trial understanding

Attention to deadlines

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in scientific/medical field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Job Description

The Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance (PV) Document Management Oversight, is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of robust procedures for the planning, preparation and submission of high-quality aggregate safety reports, in compliance with requisite global and local regulations and requirements.

Accountabilities include:

• Provides leadership to regional aggregate reporting team including training, mentoring, development, and appraisals
• Assists in management of departmental budgets
• Ensures aggregate reporting processes and procedures are complete and compliant with current regulations globally
• Interacts and communicates effectively internally and cross-functionally in a highly matrix environment.
• Responsible for the implementation and management of effective structure, procedures, and tools to ensure aggregate report and other functional deliverables are completed with high quality
• Responsible for global leadership and strategic oversight of aggregate safety reports for investigational and marketed products
• Collaborates with Global Safety Teams (GSTs) and with functional areas (Epidemiology, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, Safety Statistics, etc.) contributing to aggregate safety reports
• Manages distribution of assignments and prioritization of tasks within the Pharmacovigilance operations aggregate reporting team
• Manages resource planning and ensures adequate support from internal team and vendor team to deliver all scheduled safety reports.
• Manages commitments with license partners to ensure both meet aggregate reporting requirements as per the PV Agreement between companies.
• Provides strategic and financial oversight of Vendor and manages both quality and compliance of assignments, including training and mentoring when appropriate
• Oversee functional specifications of any data requirements for aggregate deliverables from the Global safety database and analytics team
• Responsible for maintaining compliance metrics and contributes to implementation of Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA) for non-compliance findings
• Support continuous improvement/quality system initiatives
• Assist in preparation and support of audits and inspections
• Liaises with Regulatory Affairs to coordinate synchronization of aggregate reports
• Establishes and chairs document working groups comprised of authors and subject matter experts (SMEs) from the project or product teams, as necessary

Education & Competencies include:

• Bachelors required. Degree in scientific/medical field or advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 10 years pharmaceutical or health care related industry experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience in pharmacovigilance with high level of exposure in preparation and submission of periodic aggregate safety reports and risk management plans
• Demonstrated experience in people management and well-developed skills in teambuilding, motivating and developing people
• Expert knowledge of clinical trial and Pharmacovigilance methodologies including safety profile and risk/benefit analysis
• Excellent organization skills and ability to prioritize individual and teamwork loads
• Expert knowledge of Global regulatory requirements
• Experience in vendor management for outsourced activities
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and manage competing priorities
• Understand safety data capture in clinical trials and post marketing settings
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under strict deadlines and changing priorities with minimal supervision
• Excellent negotiation, conflict resolution, decision making, problem solving and
• critical thinking skills
• Experience with and demonstrated success in working on cross-functional diverse teams required
• Ability to interpret, analyze and clearly present scientific and technical data
• Scientific / medical writing (including word processing and data presentation packages (i.e., Word, Excel)
• Ability to thrive in a global matrix environment
• Experience with aggregate analysis and writing PSUR's & NOA Periodic
• Knowledge of case processing and aggregate reporting requirements
• Demonstrated proficiency with computer applications and understanding of safety data
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical business, including drug development and regulatory aspects
• Knowledge of US, EU and international regulatory/safety regulations and
• guidelines
• Fluency in oral and written English

Locations

IND - Bengaluru - Research and Development

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time