Sr. Pharmacovigilance (PV) Clinical Scientist

247Hire; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Genentech is seeking a dedicated PV Specialist to lead adverse event processing, data entry, and quality review of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) in accordance with FDA/ICH guidelines and Roche SOPs. You will triage reports, assess seriousness, causality, and data integrity, and drive timely follow-up communications with internal and vendor partners.

The role requires strong medical knowledge, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to work across cross-functional teams in a

Qualifications

• Ability to comprehend medical information and summarize key considerations.
• Ability to own and lead quality improvements and SOP updates.
• Experience with ICSR processing, QA, and trend analysis.

Responsibilities

• Complete AE safety monitoring and data entry in Roche Genentech SOP-aligned system.
• Lead ICSR quality reviews and semicontinuous improvements.
• Triage, seriousness, causality assessment and follow-up for reports.
• Coordinate with internal teams and vendors for PV activities.
• Prepare executive summaries on quality trends quarterly.
• Ensure HA submissions meet local regulations.

Skills

Medical reading

Quality leadership

Data entry

Communication

Project management

Travel readiness

Education

Healthcare Professional degree

FDA/ICH regulatory knowledge

Tools

Global Safety Database

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Completes drug safety monitoring and tracking in a timely, thorough and accurate manner in accordance with pharmacovigilance (PV) and related standards, regulations and Genentech/Roche Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Reviews, evaluates, and verifies potential AE information during triage to determine required action per internal policies and procedures and perform data entry of adverse events by timely completion of the case via Roche global safety database. Performs seriousness / validity/causality and conducts quality review of all cases (as applicable) based on their medical assessment
  • Performs labeling assessment for AE(s) received using clinical knowledge and conducted follow up for all reported cases (as applicable)
• Responsible for leading efforts to ensure quality of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) is at par with company standards
• Responsible for maintaining thorough knowledge of ICSR requirements for assigned Therapeutic Areas (TA)
• Performs trend analysis of vendor case processing issues for assigned TA and escalates to vendor, TA Leads and USPS management as applicable
• Update and create SOPs; lead process improvement initiatives
• Responsible for developing executive summary on the quality trends observed on a quarterly basis
• Ensures quality of Health Authority (HA) submissions is at par with local regulations
• Responsible for Clinical Review of cases processed in-house and by vendors
• Understands case processing data to evaluate error rates and potential compliance impact
• Responsible for training internal USPS and/or vendors staff or team and ensure PV compliance
• Collaborate with departments and partners on drug safety data exchange
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate data correction in the safety database for identified issues or errors
• Responsible for maintaining follow-up templates, ensuring successful transmission of all follow-up attempts performed by PV Compliance Team Scientist /Vendor staff via the correspondence module
  • Accountable for training internal and external staff members on using correspondence module
  • Performs reconciliation of outgoing communications
• Maintains robust knowledge of Technical Product Complaints (TPC) & Medical Product Complaint (MPC) for all company products including combination products
  • Responsible for ensuring all product complaints are reported to the appropriate stakeholders within defined timelines
• Ensures appropriate due diligence to obtain missing and/or additional information for Adverse Events (AEs) is performed in accordance with company SOPs / local and global regulations
  • Escalates any issues pertaining to follow up activities and provide strategic resolution to USPS management
  • Assists USPS management in maintaining oversight for GVP vendors
  • Identifies the risks and gaps pertaining to case processing for GVP Vendors
  • Continuously monitors feedback to inform quality improvements and updates
• Responsible for performing impact assessment for any new / updated company SOPs or Health Authority requirements pertaining to ICSR processing and implements any process changes required based on the identified impact
• Responsible for identifying and developing training documents (i.e., SOPs) for the targeted audience (as needed)
• Assists in AE reconciliation activities and/or Case Transmission Verification (CTV) (as applicable)
• Acts as single point of contact with key stakeholders for safety-related activities, identifies potential business gaps, and assists in the development and implementation of process solutions, and leads projects as assigned and under the direction of the US Patient Safety PV Clinical management
• Responsible for the preparation and development of Patient Safety presentations and participates in the education offer internal /external stakeholders/vendors as applicable
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for safety-related activities within Global Safety Database per Genentech/Roche SOPs
• Provide support during audits and inspections
• Collaborates with other patient safety teams as needed

Required Skills:

• Demonstrates capability to comprehend medical information
• Demonstrates ownership, initiative and accountability
• Sound decision-making abilities as demonstrated by systematic gathering of information, appropriately assessing the complexity of issues, and prioritization of tasks in a timely manner within the scope of responsibility
• Demonstrates strong, dynamic leadership skills
• Works well independent or within teams and is effective in collaborating with others internally and externally Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance
• Ability to work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Communication and presentation skills; highly effective at summarizing and presenting key considerations and decision-points
• Ability to flex and thrive in an agile and fast-changing environment
• Strong attention-to-detail
• Strong attention-to-detail in establishing priorities and meeting deadlines
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as per business needs
• Health Care Professional degree (e.g., RN/BSN/MSN, NP, RPh/B Pharm/Pharm D, or MD)
• Writing experience; science/medical writing
• Computer proficiency and Data entry experience
• Project Management

Preferred Skills:

• Minimum 5 - 7 years of experience in a biopharma company with Pharmacovigilance responsibilities; OR equivalent clinical experience with thorough understanding of FDA safety regulations and submissions, ICH guidelines, and other applicable regulatory guidance documents, global PV regulatory environment, EMA regulations