Medical Safety Lead — Pharmacovigilance

The Shoprite Group Of Companies; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking an Associate Medical Safety Director to support sponsor-dedicated pharmacovigilance activities across post-marketing and clinical trial safety. The role involves maintaining PV expertise, reviewing safety signals, and contributing to risk management plans and regulatory responses.

You will lead aggregate safety reviews, oversee signal detection, and assist with safety summaries and documentation for authorities, while collaborating with global teams and internal stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited medical school.
• Approximately three years of clinical practice with two additional years in pharma or related industry.
• Knowledge of global and local clinical research regulations and good pharmacovigilance practices.
• Ability to synthesize data from multiple sources and communicate complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide aggregate safety reviews to oversee product safety profiles.
• Lead signal detection, frequency, timing, and reporting.
• Contribute to regulatory documents: IND Annual Reports, EU PSURs, US safety reports.
• Assist with development risk management plans and risk evaluation.
• Review safety data for trials and post-marketing, and contribute to labeling updates.
• Support safety governance meetings and cross-functional collaboration.
• Represent pharmacovigilance findings in stakeholder discussions.

Skills

Clinical practice

Regulatory knowledge

Signal detection

Safety reporting

Data interpretation

Communication

Education

Medical degree

Job description

IQVIA is seeking an Associate Medical Safety Director to support sponsor-dedicated pharmacovigilance activities across post-marketing and clinical trial safety. The role involves maintaining PV expertise, reviewing safety signals, and contributing to risk management plans and regulatory responses.

You will lead aggregate safety reviews, oversee signal detection, and assist with safety summaries and documentation for authorities, while collaborating with global teams and internal stakeholders to