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Bristol Myers Squibb

Makes drugs for cancer, blood and immune diseases

Senior Manager - Safety Ops/Safety Scientist

Regulatory & Quality (Life Sciences)Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePrinceton, NJ, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A BS/BA degree in a related discipline and at least 10 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • At least 8 years of experience in pharmacovigilance operations, including drug safety and pharmacovigilance experience.
  • Working knowledge of and experience with international regulatory adverse event reporting requirements.
  • Proven experience guiding pharmacovigilance vendor staff.
  • Extensive knowledge of biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector drivers and practices.
  • Excellent knowledge of relevant United States and international regulations, guidance, and initiatives governing clinical trial and post-marketing safety environments.
  • Advanced skill in gathering, sorting, and applying key information to solve problems.
  • Strong organizational and planning capabilities, including managing time, workload, and resources of a function.
  • Ability to lead and manage a functional area within a department and execute team functional objectives.
  • High standards of verbal and written communication, including providing timely information updates, speaking confidently in one-to-one situations, and presenting effectively to internal and external audiences.
  • Ability to foster collaboration among team members and engage internal and external stakeholders to build relationships.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to resolve challenges by developing agreed-upon resolutions.
  • Ability to develop procedures, tasks, and tools.
  • Ability to train and mentor staff on departmental products, tools, and data sources, and develop and maintain knowledge of cross-functional products, tools, and data sources.
  • Ability to assess workload, trends, tasks, and priorities proactively for cross-functional activity.
  • Ability to plan and execute multiple projects or activities, considering alternative methods and contingency plans.
  • Ability to design and implement solutions to cross-functional project-level challenges while considering broader impacts.
  • Ability to engage, influence, and collaborate with stakeholders on cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead global individual case safety report activities to comply with global regulations.
  • Manage and lead assigned programs supporting pharmacovigilance operations, from study start-up preparations through closure, working with stakeholders.
  • Oversee processes, training, and compliance of external case management vendors, including corrective and preventive action development.
  • Oversee and ensure submission compliance with business partners, contract research organizations, and global regulatory authorities.
  • Support inspection readiness and activities during inspections.
  • Support general data outputs and information requests.
  • Ensure reconciliation of safety and clinical databases for serious adverse events.
  • Use metrics to assess productivity, identify workflow and quality improvement opportunities, and measure the effectiveness of change initiatives.
  • Work with pharmacovigilance management and cross-functional team members to ensure compliance and inspection readiness.
  • Support data readiness for producing and submitting aggregate reports, including Development Safety Update Reports and Independent Data Monitoring Committee listings.
  • Collaborate with internal and external functions to align case management, aggregate reporting, and signal detection activities.
  • Collaborate with clinical teams to prepare and update safety-related study documents, including protocols, informed consent forms, safety management plans, pharmacovigilance agreements or safety data exchange agreements, data management plans, early clinical committee plans, serious adverse event reconciliation plans, data transfer agreement plans, and monthly data reviews.
  • Collaborate with Quality Management to develop or update Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions for pharmacovigilance and safety.
  • Interact cross-functionally with Clinical Data Management, Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, and Quality Assurance.

Desired Qualifications

  • Mentor junior team members.
  • Contribute to performance reviews and professional development plans of team members.

About the Company

Bristol Myers Squibb

Makes drugs for cancer, blood and immune diseases

Bristol Myers Squibb discovers, develops and sells prescription medicines for serious illnesses, including cancer, blood disorders, immune diseases and heart disease, for patients treated by doctors and hospitals around the world. Its best-known drug is Opdivo, an immunotherapy that helps the body's own immune system find and attack many kinds of cancer. Researchers develop drug candidates in its labs or bring them in through acquisitions and partnerships, then test them in clinical trials to win regulatory approval. The company makes and markets the approved medicines and earns its revenue from sales of patent-protected drugs. Its roots go back to a business founded in 1887, and it is based in Lawrence Township, New Jersey.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Lawrence Township, NJ
Founded
1887

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