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At Gilead were creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years weve tackled diseases such as HIV viral hepatitis COVID-19 and cancer working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
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Job Description
At Gilead were creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years weve tackled diseases such as HIV viral hepatitis COVID-19 and cancer working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gileads team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions and were looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible together.
Job Description
The Gilead Sciences France Affiliate Patient Safety Senior Manager provides support to the Affiliate Head of Patient Safety (AHoPS) and global team to ensure strong engagement within the business ensuring engagement and integration within the affiliate. This position is involved in many aspects of pharmacovigilance coordination and execution at the affiliate and will provide back-up support to the AHoPS as required.
The Senior Manager performs the role of local nominated Pharmacovigilance responsible person for France back up in accordance with local legislative requirements. The role is based 3 days a week in the office.
Key Responsibilities
Patient Centricity: Responsible for bringing local insights to the decision-making process and into local benefit / risk and risk management development.
Local projects:Partner with Program Owners and commercial leaders to implement pro-active efficient and compliant solutions for the management of safety activities. Ensuring that relevant business partnerships have considered the impact to safety. e.g. awareness and input into new product launches and oversight of local solicited programs (Patient Support Programs Market Research Digital Media) providing support and review of contracts to ensure alignment with global standards. Partners to the global Patient Safety Solicited Program and Clinical Trial teams.
Local study strategic insights: Provide strategic input into local post marketing surveillance studies (PMS) local post
approval safety studies local sponsored studies Investigator Sponsored Research (ISRs) and local early Access Programs called Accs Prcoce and Accs compassionnel
Local Subject Matter Expert (SME) for product safety: Provide expertise on product safety knowledge and Patient Safety position on safety matters
Point of contact within the Affiliate for safety related enquiries.
Audits and Inspections: Responsible for both internal PV audits and Regulatory Agency PV inspections in collaboration with Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPO) and local affiliates teams and global Patient Safety team.
Risk Management:Responsible for ensuring the appropriate development and revision of local RMPs and/or Country Specific Annexes in collaboration with global Patient Safety team and local Regulatory as required. Provide oversight & leadership of local risk minimization activities and materials as applicable.
Regulatory Intelligence & Industry Forums: Actively contribute to local industry forums meetings and seminars.
Maintain expert knowledge of local pharmacovigilance regulations.
Provide interpretation and communicate impact of changes in local pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements to global Patient Safety team
Feedback and influence local legislation consultations as appropriate
Communication of Safety Information: Provide leadership and local decision making in collaboration with global Patient Safety on communication of Safety Information to CPO and external & internal stakeholders.
Communicate safety related issues and information that may be of relevance to the identification of potential safety signals to CPO Patient Safety Therapeutic Area (TA) leads / qualified person responsible for pharmacovigilance in the European Union (EU QPPV) and local stakeholders.
Integration into Business: Act as the Patient Safety ambassador delivering proactive PV knowledge & support to the CPO and local Leadership Team
Leadership forecasting and strategy: Build and maintain effective business relationships across the affiliate to support the implementation of Patient Safety standards.
Local Programs and Research: Oversight of local studies and local commercial and medical affairs projects and perform pro-active plausibility assessments.
Safety Monitoring:Maintain overview of medicinal product safety profiles and any emerging safety concerns for company products locally.
Ensuring that local pharmacovigilance activities are conducted such that the Affiliate(s) is in compliance with regulatory and internal company standards as set out within applicable regulations or guidance and global or local Procedural Documents (PDs).
Actively participate to the Quality Committee and annual quality review for Exploitant status
Responsible for local Patient Safety job descriptions curriculum vitae affiliate organisation charts and training records are up to date with local safety activities and personnel.
Maintain and input into local safety-related procedures.
Maintain and input into local vendor Audit requirement through the audit plan oversight in collaboration with applicable local and global compliance teams.
Responsible for ensuring high visibility and communication of Patient Safety within the affiliate.
Training and engagement: Offer engaging internal and external training leveraging technologies and other innovative methods of engagement.
Training Affiliate(s) staff on safety reporting procedures including the timely reporting of safety information to Patient Safety / AHoPS as per French specific requirements e.g. French Charter.
Deviations / Non-Compliance: Investigate and provide input into any local non-compliance corrective action plans related to safety.
Responsible for review of the monthly global compliance reports produced by Patient Safety and taking necessary corrective actions locally as applicable.
Responsible for appropriate safety out of hours process in place and have appropriate oversight. Responsible for ensuring that local pharmacovigilance activities are conducted such that the Affiliate(s) is in compliance with regulatory and internal company standards as set out within applicable regulations or guidance and global or local Procedural Documents (PDs).
Individual Case Safety Reports:
- Perform annual review of Global Submission and Reporting Tool and provide real-time updates as applicable.
- Ensure appropriate visibility of local safety data and where applicable provide local safety data to the global team.
- If received responsible for forwarding ICSRs to the global PS team for processing.
- Ensuring that appropriate ICSRs are submitted to the local Regulatory Authority in a timely manner and in accordance with corporate and regulatory requirements where applicable
- Responsible for performing applicable quality checks and non-compliant use assessment review of France cases recorded in the global safety database review of Regulatory Authority submissions and review.
Management of local literature as applicable.
Business Continuity: In collaboration with global Patient Safety ensure local PV continuity plan in place and is exercised annually and maintained and communicated to global Patient Safety team.
Perform data checks as required to ensure no missed safety reporting within the affiliate for example non-AE checks.
Responsible for ensuring appropriate data retention timeframes in place in collaboration with global Patient Safety and in accordance with national requirements.
Ensure awareness of local data privacy requirements and acts locally/informs global Patient Safety as needed.
Active participation in AHoPS network meetings and sharing best practice
Perform the role of the Local Legal PV Responsible Person as applicable
Act as the safety consultant for CPO and local leadership teams
Local Pharmacovigilance System Master File: Responsible for timely update and oversight in collaboration with global Patient Safety as applicable
Maintain local knowledge in relation to Gilead Pharmacovigilance organization
Maintain expert local knowledge and oversight of:
Specific Education & Experience Requirements:
- 8years pharmacovigilance experience in the pharmaceutical industry (at least several years at affiliate level)
- Local Legal reference document for AHoPS role: Article R.5121-164 of the French Public Health Code and French Good Vigilance Practices (section 4.4)
- Fluent in French and English
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