Regional Pharmacovigilance Lead (US)

Join us as we transform immunology and deliver medicines that help autoimmune patients get their lives back. argenx is preparing for multi-dimensional expansion to reach more patients through a rich pipeline of differentiated assets, led by VYVGART, our first-in-class neonatal Fc receptor blocker approved for the treatment of gMG, and with the potential to treat patients across dozens of severe autoimmune diseases.

We are building a new kind of biotech company, one that maintains its roots as a science-based start-up and pushes our commitment to innovate across all corners of our business. We strive to inspire and grow our company, our partnerships, our science, and our people, because when we do, we deliver more for patients. 

• Serve as scientific expert and pharmacovigilance resource to external and internal partners within the country/region.

• Assess current processes to ensure adherence to local/regional safety regulatory requirements and, where needed, enhance and/or develop new processes while assuring consistency with global standards. 

• Act as point of contact for pharmacovigilance in the assigned country/region.

• Serve as the main contact point to support the local pharmacovigilance responsible person (LPVRP) in the assigned region, where applicable

• Support the Head of Regional PV in the harmonization of processes across the regions

• Support the Head of Regional PV in the management of innovation projects for increasing Regional Team efficiency.

• Support the Head of Regional PV in due diligence and integration activities as needed, when potential business partnerships or collaborations may take place

• Establish and maintain the applicable pharmacovigilance system specific to the country/region

• Promote increased awareness of and ensure compliance with pharmacovigilance obligations for the country/region.

• Provide support to responses to local pharmacovigilance related regulatory requests.

• Communicate global procedures and practices and monitor implementation.

• Lead the preparation of Pharmacovigilance Agreements (PVA) in collaboration with other departments

• In collaboration with the Regional PV Head, the GPS Ops and GPS QM Teams review the documentation related to the concerned outsourced activities.

• Lead the PSMF data collection in the country/region when needed.

• Review documents pertinent to Non interventional studies and other organised data collection (Patient support programs and Market researches included), where applicable.

• Manage activities related to the proper intake and monitoring of unsolicited sources of safety information (eg, medical enquires, quality complaints, legal claims, social media posts) in the assigned country/region.

• Increase the visibility of the GPS team/function throughout argenx with focus on region.

• Participate in health authority interactions throughout the product life-cycle as needed.

• Closely collaborate with other functions including regulatory, medical, marketing, commercial, communications, quality, legal, as well as other teams as needed. 

• Progress understanding and education of safety requirements for pharmacovigilance and other relevant regulations cross-functionally to ensure patient safety and compliance with local and global requirements.

• Develop relationships with cross functional teams and with business partners as it relates to adverse event reporting and other pharmacovigilance activities.

• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of local regulations, expectations and perform activities related to the interpretation and review of existing and evolving safety requirements.

• Identify, assess and communicate both internally and externally to GPS, all pharmacovigilance legislations updates that can impact the global GPS function and/or the Company overall (Pharmacovigilance intelligence).

• Actively participate in GPS audit and inspection readiness, support, and management together with the GPS Quality Management team and the Quality team.

• Contribute to GPS issue management, recommend and implement action plans for mitigation.

• Identify opportunities to align PV standards globally.

• Maintain knowledge of the Company product portfolio and disease areas for marketed drugs and drugs in development.

• Contribute to the development and evaluation of Key Performance Indicators as related to pharmacovigilance in the country/region.

• Transparently communicate and/or escalate issues to GPS leadership as appropriate.

• Drive Continuous Improvement initiatives as needed.

• May perform other tasks as appropriate.

• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly

• Excellent planning and organizational skills with ability to manage competing priorities

• Demonstrated experience using digital tools and automation to improve efficiency, visibility, and oversight across regional pharmacovigilance activitiesExcellent oral and written communication skills

• Strong ability to motivate, influence, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams

• Ability to identify inefficiencies and redundancies and translate them into practical workflow improvements and automation opportunities Ability to work independently and in a global environment

• Understanding of safety business processes and systems for the collections of adverse events

• Problem solving, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills

• Demonstrated ability to author or contribute to complex documents

• Competence in supporting implementation of compliant digital solutions and process changes in alignment with quality, validation, and regulatory requirements.

• Experience with automation and dashboard tools (such as Power Automate, Power BI) and BPM tools (e.g., Visio, Signavio) or AI-enabled workflows is an advantage.

• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Master’s degree in pharmacy, nursing, healthcare or other life-science or technical field (PharmD or MD is a plus)

• At least 10-15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry or at the regulatory authorities with at least 7 years in pharmacovigilance/drug safety

• Working knowledge of pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements and GVP guidance documents

• Knowledge of the drug development process, GXP quality and compliance requirements

• Candidates must be located in the EST time zone to be considered for this role.

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This job is eligible to participate in our short-term and long-term incentives program.

The hiring range displayed above is the range of possible base pay compensation that argenx believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting. The hiring range is based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range depends on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, prior education and experience, job-related knowledge and demonstrated skills. argenx may pay more or less than the posted range and this range may be modified in the future.

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