Safety Surveillance Specialist for Signal Management & Digital health

• Clinical Development and Medical
• Bagsværd

Do you like to be a driving force in devising and implementing the safety signal management and digital health strategy for one of the most skilled and advanced pharmacovigilance functions in Denmark? If you are motivated to be part of bringing innovation in proactive pharmacovigilance by improving signal detection and management methodologies, then you may be our new colleague.

About the department

Safety Surveillance Biopharm, Diabetes - Insulin & Devices department is a part of Safety Surveillance in Global Safety, and is situated in Bagsværd, Denmark. In Safety Surveillance we are more than 80 highly skilled pharmacovigilance experts with an educational background primarily within life sciences. Safety Surveillance has the global responsibility for signal detection, evaluation, reporting and monitoring of safety concerns for all Novo Nordisk’s products (including medical devices and digital health products) that are currently marketed or under clinical development.

The position

You will play an important role in supporting the organization in building, implementing and maintaining the overall signal management strategy as well as devising optimal methodologies for safety data monitoring from digital health initiatives. You will primarily be responsible for continuous improvement of methods/processes for identification and evaluation of safety signals including implementation of data analysis methodologies. You will also be responsible to making training plans and training on signal management to the new colleagues in Safety Surveillance.

You will liaise with internal stakeholders in Novo Nordisk, participate in cross functional study groups and the Medical & Science Team for digital health activities, and be responsible for providing the input for safety surveillance strategy and support thereof. You will also be responsible for providing input to signal management using external databases and optimize the utilization of external safety databases for safety surveillance support.

Qualifications

You must have a university degree in life sciences preferably supplemented with documented scientific training (e.g. PhD) and you hold solid experience (more than 5 years) within pharmacovigilance and signal management and good understanding of advance data analytics and data evaluation.

Prior experience of working with signal management and data analysis tools as well as external safety databases (e.g. FDA FEARS, EU Eudravigilance, WHO Vigibase etc.) will be an advantage.

We emphasise accountability and reaching goals through a collaborative effort, thus it is essential that you possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills to achieve results together with others. Excellent oral and written communication competence in English (company language) is a must.

As a person you must have high ethical standards, you are responsible and organised with an ability to adapt and drive constant change for continuous improvement. You are able to work under pressure when needed and can make independent decisions. You thrive in a multicultural environment of continuous development and you are good at establishing contact, collaborating and communicating with stakeholders.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk your skills, commitment and ambition help us change lives for patients living with serious chronic diseases for the better. In exchange, we offer you a chance to work with extraordinary talent and to develop professionally and personally.

About Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 90 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.

Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 42,200 people in 80 countries and markets its products in more than 170 countries.

Contact

For further information, please contact Wasim Anwar at +45 3079 6766 or Betina Østergaard Eriksen at +45 3079 2818.

Deadline

15 January 2020

Millions rely on us
To work for Novo Nordisk you will need the skills, dedication and ambition to change lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronical diseases. In exchange, we offer the chance to be part of a truly global workplace, where passion and engagement are met with opportunities for professional and personal development.