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Pharmacovigilance Manager

ICON
2+ years
Not Disclosed
Chennai, India
15 Sept. 10, 2026
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time, Hybrid Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ Life Sciences Skills: ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, mRS and EQ-5D-5L, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Pharmacovigilance Manager

Company: ICON
Job Requisition ID: JR158715
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Mode: Office With Flex
Location: Chennai, India
Posted: 16 days ago

About ICON

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation focused on bringing new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

The organisation is driven by the values of Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership, and Integrity.

Role Overview

As a Pharmacovigilance Manager, you will oversee pharmacovigilance and drug safety activities, ensuring the safety and efficacy of clinical trial products throughout their lifecycle.

The role focuses on PV delivery, team leadership, issue resolution, resource management, regulatory compliance, and team capability development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the pharmacovigilance team in the collection, evaluation, and reporting of adverse events.

  • Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory guidelines and internal quality standards.

  • Develop and implement pharmacovigilance processes and policies.

  • Collaborate with Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and other cross-functional teams.

  • Provide training and guidance on PV regulations, practices, and procedures.

  • Monitor and analyse safety data trends.

  • Prepare risk assessments and present safety findings to relevant stakeholders.

  • Ensure PV activities comply with global regulatory requirements, GVP/GCP requirements, SOPs, and quality systems.

  • Manage team workload, resources, capacity, and project deliverables.

  • Support continuous process improvement and quality initiatives.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in:

    • Life Sciences

    • Pharmacy

    • Medicine

    • Nursing

    • Related healthcare/scientific discipline

Pharmacovigilance Experience

Strong PV experience with exposure to areas such as:

  • Case processing

  • Safety reporting

  • Aggregate reporting

  • PV operations

  • Drug safety activities

  • Global pharmacovigilance regulations

  • GVP/GCP requirements

  • SOPs and quality systems

  • Regulatory compliance

People Management — Mandatory

The role specifically requires line-management experience.

Experience should include:

  • Leading small to medium-sized teams

  • Workload management

  • Coaching and mentoring

  • Staff development

  • Performance reviews

  • Objective setting

  • Performance feedback

  • Employee development plans

  • Succession planning

Project & Resource Management

Preferred experience includes:

  • Project delivery

  • Resource planning

  • Workload forecasting

  • Capacity planning

  • Risk management

  • Stakeholder communication

  • Meeting project timelines and quality requirements

Data & Reporting Skills

Experience with:

  • Metric generation

  • Management reporting

  • Data analysis

  • Trend identification

  • Continuous improvement

  • Dashboards

  • Business updates

Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word is expected, along with reporting/analytics tools.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

The candidate should be able to:

  • Communicate effectively with clients and senior management.

  • Work with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

  • Deliver presentations.

  • Lead meetings.

  • Conduct training sessions.

  • Influence stakeholders at different organisational levels.

Additional Responsibilities

Experience supporting the following is valuable:

  • Recruitment

  • Employee onboarding

  • Employee development

  • Audits and inspections

  • Quality improvement initiatives

  • Regulated-environment operations

Ideal Candidate Profile

This position is best suited for an experienced Pharmacovigilance professional who has moved beyond individual case processing into team leadership and operational management.

The strongest profile would combine:

PV expertise + people management + resource/capacity planning + regulatory knowledge + metrics/reporting + stakeholder management.

Important Eligibility Point

Unlike the Drug Safety Physician position you shared earlier, this ICON role does not require an MBBS or physician license.

B.Pharm/M.Pharm or relevant Life Sciences qualification can meet the educational requirement, provided the candidate has strong PV experience and, importantly, mandatory line-management/team-leadership experience.

For someone from an M.Pharm + Pharmacovigilance background, this is therefore a much more relevant target role than the Drug Safety Physician position.