Senior Manager, Pharmacovigilance, Middle East, Africa & Central Asia

Are you passionate about patient safety? Do you have the expertise to lead Pharmacovigilance strategy and activities across diverse regions? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Lead for Pharmacovigilance at Novo Nordisk.

Join us by applying for the role and become part of a patient-centric global pharmaceutical company whose aim is to change patients’ lives. 

The Position
As a Senior Manager, Pharmacovigilance, you will lead pharmacovigilance strategy and activities across Middle East, Central Asia& Africa. You will provide strategic leadership and expert advice on matters related to pharmacovigilance to the Leadership teams and Affiliates.

Your other responsibilities will be:

• Drive pharmacovigilance audit and inspection readiness by preparing countries for upcoming audits and Health Authority Inspections. Represent Novo Nordisk within pharmaceutical associations and Health Authorities. Lead the Business Area Pharmacovigilance forums, internal trainings, and educational initiatives to heighten awareness and shared responsibility for patient safety by all employees
• Act as the strategic lead & coordinator for the Pharmacovigilance On Track (PVOT) Safety Case Handling Centre of Excellence.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to coordinate Patient Safety activities and initiatives and set up the annual strategy for the region.
• Lead and manage outsourced Pharmacovigilance team responsible for logging of cases in Business Areas Middle East, Central Asia& Africa and ensure process optimization and audit readiness
• Surveillance of Pharmacovigilance regulatory environment at respective regional level

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate the following:

• Master or BSc in pharmaceutical/medical/chemistry or life science
• 3+ years experience in Pharmacovigilance within multinational pharmaceutical industry;  multinational experience
• Managerial experience - people management experience is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Middle East, Africa PV regulatory environment is an advantage.
• Based in Istanbul, Turkey
• Fluent English
• Strong strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to prepare for and manage PV audits and inspections.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

As a Senior Manager Pharmacovigilance, you are able to build and maintain good relations with our stakeholders, learn from others, and you anticipate and adapt to changing conditions. You espect, value diversity and treat everyone with respect. You are curious and innovate for the benefit of patients and society at large, pursuit of innovation to improve the effectiveness of our business begins with curiosity, compassion and reflection, you contribute to have healthy and engaging work environment.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact
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We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.