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Pharmacovigilance Specialist
Location: Gatwick, United Kingdom
Your work will directly safeguard patients by ensuring the safety of medicines that millions of people depend on every day. In this role, you will be at the intersection of science, regulation, and patient care – playing a critical part in how Novo Nordisk monitors, evaluates, and acts on safety data across our growing portfolio.
Your New Role
As a Pharmacovigilance Specialist based in the UK, you will be responsible for ensuring that safety information about Novo Nordisk products is collected, assessed, and reported in compliance with local and global regulatory requirements, supporting and overseeing our case processing vendor. You will work in a dynamic environment where the portfolio is expanding rapidly, and your expertise directly protects patients.
Your Key Responsibilities Will Include
- Providing the UK Affiliate with pharmacovigilance (PV) and product quality complaints (PQC) process
- Ensuring compliance with UK and EU PV requirements
- Monitoring of Safety Mailboxes
- Ensuring oversight and Compliance monitoring of the external PV Case Processing Vendor and Customer Engagement Programme Vendors
- Participation in safety-related and product quality complaint-related projects
As a Person
You thrive in diverse environments where collaboration is key to success. You are adaptable and able to manage complex tasks in a changing environment while maintaining patient focus and the highest level of integrity.
Your New Department
The UK Patient Safety & Medical Information team plays a vital role in safeguarding patients through rigorous pharmacovigilance processes. You will join a collaborative team that works cross-functionally with regulatory, commercial, and global patient safety colleagues to ensure safety remains at the heart of everything we do.
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Your Skills & Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have the following:
- Graduate degree in Life Science (essential)
- Proven track record of relevant industry experience specifically within pharmacovigilance (minimum 3 years, essential)
- In-depth knowledge of UK and EU pharmacovigilance and regulatory systems, government guidelines, and the ability to understand and interpret new legislation to assess business impact
- Sound understanding and experience of Pharmacovigilance Agreement lifecycles
- High level of computer literacy, including MS Office
- Good attention to detail and problem-solving ability
- Demonstrable proficiency in written and oral English
- Excellent communication skills and ability to engage effectively with all levels within the organisation; strong collaborator with proven customer and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to independently prioritise and manage workload to meet deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
- Ability to manage operational PV tasks while contributing to the business strategy
- Ability to review and simplify operational activities to find efficiencies
Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity, and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose, and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.
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What We Offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
- Salary: Details available on application. The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.
- Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area, and relevant market benchmarks.
Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.
Deadline
Apply before 4 September. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line managers before applying.
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