Pharmacovigilance Specialist

Organon is a Women’s Health Company that believes in a better and healthier every day for every woman We are a passionate, global community of thousands dedicated to redefining the future of women’s health. Our mission is to deliver impactful medicines and solutions for a healthier every day. But what really makes it work at Organon is our people.

We are looking for real, passionate team players, curious innovators, and forward thinkers, empowered by the idea of shaping their career, and ready to bring their fire to embrace change and the opportunities it brings for progress. At Organon, you will get to enjoy the best of both worlds: the open, agile, collaborative culture of a start-up, and operating at the scale of a fortune 500 company with an international footprint that serves people in more than 140 markets.

It is going to be an exciting future—come be a part of it

**About the role**

**The** **Pharmacovigilance Specialist** is responsible for all PV activities and collaborates with colleagues to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations, including backing up colleagues and adjusting schedules such that there is no gap in adverse event reporting and drug safety oversight. The PV Specialist is also responsible for other activities (as delegated/assigned by their manager) which may include but are not limited to: a review of local PV agreements, local due diligence activities, participation in audits and inspections and related readiness activities, review of local initiatives for compliance with PV requirements, authoring/reviewing SOPs, training, communication of safety issues, developing product registration plans and strategies.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Responsible for day-to-day adverse events case management including case intake and follow-up activities in accordance with Global Pharmacovigilance procedures and country regulations.
- Responsible for the intake of cases received from the designated point of contact, Vendors, and Business Partners for Individual case safety reports (ICSRs) including tracking and translation to English and forwarding of information to the Data Management Center. He/she also performs ICSR acknowledgements and reconciliation activities.
- Responsible for execution of local PV processes and activities in alignment with PV systems and their associated Quality Management System, following department SOPs, company Policies and Procedures and country legislation.
- Performs reconciliation activities for PV cases received from local operating units (e.g., Designated Point of Contact, Medical Information, etc.) and contractual partners (as applicable) and processes the reports in accordance with local procedures/ PV legislations.
- Provides support for Patient Support Programs (PSP) and/or Market Research vendor(s) related activities, as applicable.
- Files, stores and archives safety-related and regulatory data and documentation in accordance with department and company policies and local requirements.
- Acts in full compliance with global and local SOPs and reports any deviations or compliance concerns immediately and assists in preparing necessary corrective actions and preventative actions (CAPAs) locally for non-compliance issues.
- Supports local PV audits and inspections including readiness activities and supports other audits/inspections including the development of CAPAs in response to findings/observations.
- Participates in and supports audits of contractual partners/vendors as necessary.
- May be trained and assigned responsibility to conduct qualification and ongoing audits of vendors and perform due diligence activities for local country licensing agreements.
- Assists in developing local procedures (in compliance with regional and global standards) for the department, to ensure quality PV data and evaluates processes for potential improvement in efficiency and effectiveness.
- Proactively identifies procedural gaps and challenges and implements solutions in collaboration with all affected stakeholders.
- Supports training of the local company staff, distributors, vendors, and business partners including training documentation.
- May be assigned responsibility for ensuring PV language is included in local agreements and ensuring maintenance of BDLM with respect to local and regional contracts.
- May be assigned responsibility for ensuring appropriate implementation and oversight of local Risk Minimization Measures and ARMMs Liaises with the local business units to keep them apprised of safety activities and provide input on strategic decisions (i.e., new clinical trials, product launches, etc.) with Management oversight.

**Qualification, Skills & Experience**
- You have a health, life science, or medical science degree or equivalent by education /experience and be fluent in English (written and spoken) while proficient the n the local language.
- You have a minimum of 1 year of industry experience in pharmacovigilance and/or regulatory