.At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.Patient Safety at AstraZeneca is now looking for Heads of Multiprogram Pharmacovigilance (PV) Oncology to join our teams.The core purpose of AstraZeneca Patient Safety is to add value to AstraZeneca products, provide clear science based guidance for investigators and prescribers to safeguard patients as well as the success of our business. Patient Safety covers the entire clinical life cycle of a drug from first time into man to withdrawal of a product from the market.Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our offices are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.What you'll doThe PV Head is a global role providing strategic PS input for TA and/or Disease Areas and quality and compliance oversight to a family of drug development and post-marketing programs across life-cycle of substances and products. This includes dTPPs, patient populations, scientific understanding of toxicity-related mechanisms, risk management commitments, risk mitigation and communication.The PV Head recruits and manages a global team of safety physicians and scientists, or recruit and manage a global team of group leaders and scientists and physicians, in order to support major PS programs and key initiatives.Your main accountabilities / responsibilities:In the role as the Head of Multiprogram PV Oncology, you will:Recruit and manage team of safety physicians and scientists supporting major programs, or recruit and manage team of group physician and scientist leaders.Drive staff development in support of AstraZeneca productsContribute to ensure that an adequate number of qualified physicians and staff is available for Patient Safety to satisfy AstraZeneca's objectives in the Patient Safety areaEnsure that own work and work of team is compliant with Good Clinical and Pharmacovigilance Practice, Safety Health and Environment (SHE) standards and all other relevant internal and external regulations and standards.Use expertise and knowledge of global issues to develop strategic Physicians and Scientists objectives for inclusion into business objectivesProvide TA Disease Area strategic PS input to a family of drug development and post-marketing programs across life-cycle of substances and products – e.G to dTPPs, patient populations, scientific understanding of toxicity-related mechanisms, ensure risk management commitments, risk mitigation and communication
