Sr Medical Safety Advisor (Fixed term)

The Senior Medical Advisor provides seniorlevel medical and scientific leadership with a strong focus on pharmacovigilance and medical safety while supporting broader medical affairs and evidence activities. The role is responsible for medical review and oversight of safety data across clinical and postmarketing sources ensuring accurate assessment of serious adverse events and maintaining oversight of assigned products safety profiles in compliance with global regulatory requirements and IQVIA standards.

This position acts as a senior technical leader partnering with crossfunctional and matrix teams supporting clients locally and regionally and representing medical safety findings in client and internal forums.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform medical review of clinical trial and postmarketing AEs/SAEs/ADRs including narratives causality seriousness expectedness coding and queries.
• Provide medical oversight for safety surveillance activities for assigned products.
• Prepare review and contribute to aggregate safety reports (e.g. DSURs PBRERs RMPs adhoc regulatory reports).
• Author and medically review analyses of similar events (AOSE) and support signal detection activities.
• Review protocols Investigator Brochures and CRFs for safety content and data capture.
• Serve as a medical expert and internal consultant to pharmacovigilance RWE and project teams.
• Represent medical safety findings in project and client meetings; support audits and inspections.
• Act as Lead Safety Physician or senior backup on assigned projects including escalation support when required.
• Mentor junior medical and safety team members and support training transitions and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure quality compliance and timely delivery of medical safety services.
• Maintain awareness of evolving pharmacovigilance and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Medical Degree (MD) - Required
• 3 years clinical practice experience postdegree.
• 2 years experience in pharmaceutical industry CRO or pharmacovigilance preferred.
• Strong knowledge of pharmacovigilance (ICSRs aggregate reports) GCP ICH guidelines and safety databases.
• Advanced English required.
• Strong scientific judgment communication and stakeholder management skills.

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