Work as Team Lead in Global Safety at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 89 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. The company also has leading positions within Haemophilia care, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 33,300 employees in 75 countries, and markets its products in more than 190 countries Novo Nordisk’s B shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (Novo-B).

Post : Team Lead in Global Safety

Job Description:
About the department
Global Safety Global Service Centre (GS-GSC) was set up in 2010 as one of the hub for safety case processing. At GS-GSC, we handle case processing from different sources including spontaneous, literature, solicited and clinical trials. Apart from complete case processing and medical review, GS-GSC is also engaged in safety report submission, training, LearnIt administration, quality control of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSR), Argus configuration and maintenance, information technology quality assurance, training co-ordination and literature surveillance activities, including medical literature monitoring.

The position
The key responsibilities will be to ensure management of department, including coaching/mentoring/training/support of direct reports, 3P and development plan process, driving continuous improvements, contribute to setting the direction for GS GSC, ensuring that the business targets for the department are met. As a lead you will take up resource planning and prioritisation of department tasks to ensure optimal and flexible use of resources and monitoring and reporting of department performance. You will ensure efficient, open and frequent interaction and communication with functional managers of employees responsible for customer complaints, business configuration and quality control to ensure an aligned overview of employee tasks and activities. This allows fast follow up, tracking and risk/issue identification of allocated tasks and activities.

Moreover, you need to contribute to the build-up of a strong team, which can work professionally in the operational handling of adverse events in close collaboration with affiliates and other partners and maintain a network of safety contacts within HQ and affiliates. The tasks demand self-dependence and competence in making decisions, as well as flexibility, a good comprehensive view and a many-functioned, often international, co-operation.

Candidate Profile
• Graduation and/or post-graduation in Life Sciences
• Working knowledge of MS Windows applications including MS Office tools
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Solid Novo Nordisk organisational or pharmaceutical company understanding
• Basic knowledge of Novo Nordisk products, including mechanism of action, safety profile, patient population, etc.
• Extensive knowledge of medicinal terminology and clinical pharmacology
• Knowledge of basic and advanced Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Knowledge of basic and advanced Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
• Solid knowledge of pharmacovigilance principles and international regulatory requirements regarding drug safety

Additional Information
Qualification : M.Sc, B.Sc
Location : Bangalore, Karnataka
Industry Type : Pharma/ Healthcare/ Clinical research
Functional Area : Clinical Development & Medical
End Date : 30th August, 2019