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IQVIA

Runs drug trials and sells health data to pharma

Operations Specialist 1

Regulatory & Quality (Life Sciences)Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent in a scientific, healthcare, or allied life sciences discipline is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in life sciences or a related field and up to 3 years of relevant experience, including up to 1 year of pharmacovigilance experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Good knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Working knowledge of applicable safety databases and internal or client applications.
  • Knowledge of applicable global, regional, and local clinical research regulatory requirements.
  • Maintain high quality standards and ensure quality of deliverables according to agreed terms.
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and web-based applications.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to follow instructions and guidelines, use initiative, work independently, multitask, meet strict deadlines, and manage competing priorities and changing demands.
  • Ability to delegate to less experienced team members and to be flexible and receptive to changing process demands.
  • Willingness and aptitude to learn new skills across safety service lines.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers, and clients.
  • Ability to contribute to team goals and work as a team member.
  • Extensive keyboard use requiring repetitive finger motion; extensive telephone and face-to-face communication requiring accurate speech perception; and regular sitting for extended periods.
  • Flexibility to work shifts.

Responsibilities

  • Prioritize and complete assigned training on time, acknowledge required company and customer standard operating procedures, document training, and keep the individual training plan and transcript reconcilable.
  • Process safety data according to applicable regulations, guidelines, standard operating procedures, and project requirements.
  • Perform pharmacovigilance activities as required by the project, including collecting and tracking adverse events and endpoint information; determining initial or update status; database entry; coding adverse events and products; writing narratives; and conducting literature-related activities within project timelines.
  • Meet project quality, productivity, delivery, compliance, and process standards.
  • Create, maintain, and track cases according to the project plan.
  • Identify quality problems and bring them to a senior team member's attention.
  • Liaise with project management, clinical, and data management team members, and with healthcare professionals including investigators, medical monitors, site coordinators, and designees to address project issues.
  • Liaise with clients regarding day-to-day case-processing activities as needed.
  • Mentor new team members when assigned by the manager.
  • Attend project team meetings and provide feedback to the operations manager on challenges, issues, and successes.
  • Lead or support department initiatives and comply with people practices and processes.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

About the Company

IQVIA

Runs drug trials and sells health data to pharma

IQVIA runs clinical trials for drug, biotech and medical device companies and sells them the health data, software and analytics they use to develop and market treatments. Its research arm designs studies, recruits trial sites and patients, and manages trials through to regulatory filing. Its commercial arm sells market data, consulting and software that pharma sales and marketing teams use to plan product launches. Clients pay through multi-year service contracts and data and software subscriptions. IQVIA was formed in 2016 when clinical research firm Quintiles merged with health data company IMS Health, and it is based in Durham, North Carolina.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Durham, NC
Founded
1998

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