Director Safety Surveillance & Risk Management (12 months fix term contract)

Viatris is a global healthcare company in a unique position to bridge the traditional gap between generics and brands, combining the best of both to address healthcare needs worldwide. With the mission to empower people globally to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients each year.

Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach, and better access to treatment.

For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work; this is a place to make a difference in the world.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference. The Director, Safety Surveillance and Risk Management will assist in the global pharmacovigilance activities within global PSRM for Viatris in accordance with Company, international standards, and regulatory requirements, as assigned.

Here’s how the Director, Safety Surveillance & Risk Management role will make an impact:

• Act as Medical Safety Expert for the assigned Viatris medicinal products.
• Responsible for co-ordinating Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSUR) and Addendum to Clinical Overview (ACO) related activities.
• Responsible for co-ordinating Risk Management Plans (RMP) related activities.
• Responsible for Signal Management related activity.
• Assists in preparing or prepares responses to Regulatory Authority questions related to safety issues.
• Provides safety input into Medical Risk Assessments (MRAs).
• Reviews and provides medical/safety inputs in the Product Information and labelling issues.
• Liaises with internal and external stakeholders in performance of the above mentioned tasks.
• Assists in any other Pharmacovigilance department projects, as necessary.
• Provides medical safety expertise and training to other personnel, as necessary.
• Keeps current with professional and pharmacovigilance regulations and knowledge.
• Writing & update of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Assists or oversees any other project where PSRM SST is involved, as deemed necessary.

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• M.B.B.S/MD/BDS or equivalent medical degree.
• Extensive years of experience within pharmacovigilance as a drug safety physician is preferential.
• Excellent time management skills and must be able to work to tight timelines.
• Ability to manage own workload and interact well in a team environment.

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include:

• Top Employer Accreditation, demonstrating that we provide excellent people policies and practices.
• Competitive compensation package inclusive of annual bonus.
• Focus on career progression with growth and development opportunities.
• Hybrid working.
• Emphasis on Health & Wellness programmes.
• 100% paid medical insurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Life cover.
• Excellent employer-matched pension scheme with Viatris contributing up to 11%.
• 2 paid volunteer days per year.

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be.

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life.