Associate Director, Global Patient Safety

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking, and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions, and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our office in Barcelona is purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm, and connect on key projects. Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet, and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

Accountabilities:
The role holder is accountable for the effective delivery (on time and budget) of Patient Safety solutions and services to the GPS Cross-TA functions to underpin the delivery of clinical projects to meet the Global Patient Safety Therapeutic Areas (GPS TAs) partner expectations. The GPS Cross TAs include Global Markets, Operations, Technology & Analytics, Patient Safety Risk Management, QPPV and PhV Excellence, Cardiovascular Safety and Specialist Knowledge Groups. The role holder contributes to the effective strategy of the GPS team through liaison and discussion with BPO, procurement, Alliance Management and GPS Executive / Senior Directors. The Associate Director, GPS will use enterprise knowledge and specific Patient Safety knowledge to deliver high standards, with a growing freedom to act without direct supervision. The impact is directly related to the quality of licence to operate solutions developed, the service provided and the degree of influence the role has on others.

What you'll do:
• Supports the overall improvement of enabling activities relating to GPS including owning the clinical safety strategy, post-marketing signal surveillance, automation and innovation; including troubleshooting problems & developing solutions.
• Drives the annual PV Net data collection and submission, identifying PV resources across the GPS team.
• Acts as the interface between AZ and Alexion procurement, to support Alliance Management contracts and able to provide context on Alexion safety cost drivers.
• Acts as the interface between AZ Portfolio & Capacity Management to understand Alexion systems and algorithms.
• Tracks Alexion funded roles and incumbents.
• Supports the planning, execution and tracking of external interactions/publications to demonstrate the impact of GPS.
• Provides specialist project-based support when required.
• Periodic Safety Report scheduling/maintenance.
• Responsible for Patient Safety Document Management (PSDM) support, training, and QC (monthly and quarterly).
• Development of dashboards and analytics to support GP delivery.
• Supports the smooth running of specialist GPS committees and processes, offering advice and prioritising schedules i.e., such as Safety Information Review Committee (SIRC), Specialist Knowledge Groups (SKGs)
• Develops and maintains relevant information assets such as SharePoint site, and tools used by GPS in ways that enable effective sharing, re-use, accessibility, and quality to support above deliverables.
• Responsible for enterprise-wide Revalidation for UK GMC registered Physicians.

Essential Skills/Experience:
• Understanding of Patient Safety and/or Pharmacovigilance Area including its compliance requirements
• 5+ years Biopharmaceutical Experience
• BA degree or equivalent in scientific field of study
• Pharmaceutical/Clinical strategy development experience
• Mastery in use of Microsoft Office products
• Experience in working Cross Functionally
• Proven track record in working and influencing across cultures and different geographical regions
• Good attention to detail
• Organizational skills in planning and driving initiatives with tight timelines
• High level of comfort with learning new technologies and applying them to make work more efficient

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

AstraZeneca is a place built on courage, curiosity, and collaboration. We make bold decisions driven by patient outcomes. Empowered to lead at every level, free to ask questions and take smart risks that write the next chapter for our pipeline and Oncology team. Pioneers of collaborative research, we have built an unrivalled scientific community both internally and externally. Fusing academia and industry, we have united some of the world's foremost medical centres. Working seamlessly and inclusively together, we expedite research in some of the hardest-to-treat cancers. Have the opportunity to build a rewarding and meaningful career as part of the team committed to improving the lives of millions with cancer.

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