Intern Safety Data Specialist

Job Description

The Intern Safety Data Specialist (SDS-Intern) is responsible for processing adverse events (AE) information in the global safety system for investigational products, under the direction and supervision of a GPVCM Manager. The SDS performs triage, analysis and interpretation of AE data following our Company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines. In addition, the SDS-Intern collaborates with other staff within the organization, as well as cross-functionally.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities (may include but are not limited to) 

• Through daily case prioritization activities, completes reports within the established timeframes to ensure compliance with internal, business partner (BP), and regulatory agency reporting requirements worldwide.
• Participates in training and certification activities for GPVCM.

Education And Other Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree or students’ status for the master’s degree, preferably in pharmacy, veterinary, biotechnology, nursing or biological sciences.
• Basic IT skills (Outlook, Excel, browsing tools).

Levels required for Core Competences (Classifications of the levels from the lowest to the highest Learning, Applying, Advanced and Expert) 

• Professional Competencies
• Working Across Boundaries (Learning).
• Strategic Thinking (Learning).
• Project Management (Learning).
• Productive Communication (Learning).
• Problem Solving (Learning).
• Core Functional Competencies
• Data Analysis, Interpretation & Communication (Learning).
• Competitive Decision Making & Execution (Learning).
• Collaboration & Partnering (Learning).
• Business & Operations Management (Learning).
• Regulatory & Compliance Management (Learning).
• Disease Area Knowledge (Sub Competencies) (Learning).

Knowledge of French, Italian or German an asset.

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