Summary
This role is responsible for developing and maintaining IT solutions to meet the evolving needs of Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance, ensuring business performance and regulatory compliance. The individual will interpret complex requirements, manage technical changes, support daily operations and audits, and collaborate with internal and external partners to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
About the Role
Your Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Collaborate with PS&PV colleagues to propose new projects, take ownership of business case formation, process assessment, and requirement articulation.
- Lead and own the execution of projects or workstreams, defining scope, goals, and objectives, and ensuring successful completion of business-related tasks.
- Facilitate in-depth solutioning conversations and analyze business processes to model and guide future improvements.
- Act as the Product Owner or Business System Owner for PV systems, overseeing their validation, configuration, maintenance, evolution, and establishing appropriate support systems.
- Support audits and inspections for PV systems in scope
- Lead the implementation and maintenance of system configuration changes, ensure quality management, and resolve any discrepancies, while coaching, training, and mentoring new Experts or Managers in System Management.
What You'll Bring To the Role:
- Degree in life science or computing subject
- Fluent in spoken and written English. Understanding of another major European language (French, German, Spanish) preferred
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in drug development, with at least 5 years in safety data management, and expertise in Pharmacovigilance systems and databases
- Proficient in working with ORACLE databases and highly competent with SQL.
- Comprehensive understanding of regulatory requirements for pharmacovigilance and extensive knowledge of drug safety business processes
- Strong communication, collaboration, mentoring, and coaching skills, with a demonstrated ability to lead and deliver initiatives while aligning IT solutions with business needs
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Division
Development
Business Unit
Innovative Medicines
Location
Spain
Site
Barcelona Gran Vía
Company / Legal Entity
ES06 (FCRS = ES006) Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A.
Alternative Location 1
Hyderabad (Office), India
Functional Area
Research & Development
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.