Associate Director. ICSR

Ergomed

$110K — $130K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in life sciences, pharmacy, nursing, or relevant healthcare experience
  • 6-7 years in pharmacovigilance; 2-3 years in a managerial capacity
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Exceptional organization and multitasking abilities
  • Proficient management skills, including delegation and issue resolution
  • Technical expertise in pharmacovigilance processes
  • Strong team collaboration skills
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Responsibilities

  • Manage the ICSR Management Unit efficiently
  • Ensure optimal resource allocation for project teams
  • Set and review productivity targets for projects
  • Analyze resource needs and coordinate reallocation
  • Oversee ICSR Leads to maximize employee productivity
  • Request additional resources as needed for projects
  • Propose process improvements for ICSR project teams
  • Implement best practices to enhance productivity
  • Mentor and train ICSR Line Managers and senior staff
  • Prepare reports and data analyses
  • Collaborate with Business/Commercial teams on contracts
  • Support Operations and Project Analytics teams as needed
  • Assist HR with recruitment and employee evaluations
  • Approve Critical CAPAs for the ICSR Management Unit
  • Address Quality department requests regarding ICSR processes
  • Update operating procedures for PrimeVigilance
  • Act as Local Contact Person for Pharmacovigilance and support RA & PV Network

Benefits

  • Training and career development opportunities
  • Focus on personal and professional growth
  • Supportive and friendly working environment
  • Global collaboration opportunities with English as the corporate language
Full Job Description
Job Description
  • Managing the assigned ICSR Management Unit effectively
  • Ensuring adequate resources within the ICSR project teams to achieve the maximum level of productivity and utilisation
  • Setting productivity targets for ongoing projects and reviewing proposed target updates as required
  • Based on reports and analyses, defining the appropriate reallocation of resources in ICSR Management Unit, or working with the resourcing unit for reallocation to and from other units and departments
  • Managing ICSR Leads/Line Managers to ensure all employees are adequately utilised and productive and reallocating employees to other ICSR Leads/teams as necessary
  • Notifying the Resourcing department about the need for additional resources for assigned project teams if resources cannot be managed internally and officially opening the requests upon approval and budget confirmations
  • Proposing the necessary changes within the project team processes to ICSR leadership
  • Finding solutions and introducing best practices to increase productivity and utilization within the ICSR Management Unit
  • Training and mentoring of ICSR Line Managers and senior staff.
  • Preparing various analyses and reports
  • Reviewing budgets and resource allocations for all new projects and new scope of work for existing projects and supporting Directors of Projects, as applicable
  • Supporting the Business/Commercial team during development of contracts and proposals, as applicable
  • Supporting the Operations and Project Analytics team, as applicable
  • Assisting HR in employee recruitment, performance evaluation, promotion, retention and termination activities
  • Reviewing and approving all Critical CAPAs from the ICSR Management Unit
  • Reviewing and addressing any requests from Quality department regarding ICSR Management Unit
  • Reviewing and updating PrimeVigilance operating procedures and guidelines, as applicable
  • Supporting the RA & PV Network Department as needed, including acting as the LCPPV (Local Contact Person for Pharmacovigilance) for the specified country and taking on the role of PRLS (Person Responsible for Local Screening) for the designated language, as agreed with the line manager


Qualifications

We expect:
  • Life science graduate, pharmacy, nursing, other healthcare related qualification or experience in pharmacovigilance
  • 6-7 years of work experience in pharmacovigilance within which 2-3 years of work experience in line manager role
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills
  • Excellent organization skills, including attention to details and multitasking
  • Excellent management skills, including delegation skills, time and issue management
  • Technical skills
  • Team working
  • English - fluent (spoken, written)


Additional Information

We prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion by creating an equal opportunities workplace and a human-centric environment where people of all cultural backgrounds, genders and ages can contribute and grow.

To succeed we must work together with a human first approach. Why? because our people are our greatest strength leading to our continued success on improving the lives of those around us.

We offer:
  • Training and career development opportunities internally
  • Strong emphasis on personal and professional growth
  • Friendly, supportive working environment
  • Opportunity to work with colleagues based all over the world, with English as the company language

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