Patient Safety Scientist

Make your mark for patients

We’re here because we want to build the future and transform patients’ lives for the better.

At UCB, our people are our experiences and achievements, our passion and drive. That’s why we’re looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences - not just the best and brightest, but those who care about making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. We promote an environment of diversity, openness, and respect where people can make valuable contributions.

An exciting journey lies ahead. Will you join us in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible?

To strengthen our global Patient Safety and Medical Management (PSMM) group we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of Patient Safety Scientist.

As a Patient Safety Scientist / Physician, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Be one of the safety experts for assigned products
• Contributes to the scientific analysis and review of various sources of safety data (eg, regulatory, clinical, submission, legal, product quality) using knowledge of the regulations
• Manages and oversees the identification of risks and prioritizes the risks and mitigation actions that provide value for patients
• Liaise with local safety officers (LSOs) and other affiliated personnel on responses to local authorities
• Coordinates key activities in safety communication in the scope of regular deliverables involving PSMM (benefit-risk assessment, results of clinical trials, safety signals and similar)
• When applicable, provide safety input and review to aggregate reports and ad hoc safety reports
• When applicable provides input into pharmacovigilance process improvement (eg, assigned member of process workstreams)
• Review and provide safety input for relevant clinical or regulatory documents for assigned products (IB, protocols, RMP, SmPC, US PI, PIL, EMA article 31s, FDA field alerts, and OSS/Recall Medical Assessments, etc)
• Provide support to SL, Benefit Risk Team (BRT) for Global Labelling Committee (GLC), Benefit Risk Board (BRB), and PVS/EBU activities
• Produce accurate and fit-for-purpose signal evaluation documents with clear conclusions in response to internal or regulatory authority requests for safety data
• Uses quantitative and qualitative methods to obtain relevant information about stakeholders’ needs, motivations and behaviors in order to contribute to the generation of insights

About you

You should have:

• PhD or PharmD preferred
• Skilled at operating in cross- cultural team environment
• Able to understand and analyze clinical and medical data
• High level of knowledge of pharmacovigilance and risk management science
• Knowledge and understanding of applicable regulations in pharmacovigilance and clinical development.
• Demonstrates proactivity in maintaining compliance of own actions with PV regulations and PV system.
• Able to effectively utilizes technology for high quality, consistent and efficient safety data capture, processing and analysis.

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work for us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

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UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/colour/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.