Description:
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
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The International Team is responsible for robust, compliant and consistent safety management and risk management across all territories BMS operates in, ensuring compliance with global and local regulations and requirements.
- Ensures integrity and compliance of the in-country Worldwide Patient Safety function; Oversees the conduct of pharmacovigilance functions and activities within all countries where BMS operates
- Ensures International regulatory compliance with safety across all International Local Market (LM) offices
- Translates strategy into operational endpoints to build and shape the International Patient Safety function and its capabilities
- Ensures productive and effective integration of International within WWPS Global
- Ensures the efficient and effective deployment of Global programs and initiatives at the Regional / Local level
- Evaluates, optimizes, develops and integrates processes, systems and policies as they relate to International Patient Safety
- Oversees the execution of effective risk management programs
- Partners with General Managers and relevant local staff to support local market needs
- Ensures effective, strong and productive relationships and working interfaces between Patient Safety and other functions
- Ensures effective and consistent communication of issues relating to product safety across all territories
- Ensures excellent and timely support for safety issues & enquiries impacting the international region; oversees the management of responses to International regulatory authority safety enquiries.
- Ensures inspection readiness plans are in place and that any inspection issues/findings are adequately addressed
- Oversees of International Patient Safety budget
- Recruits, hires, and develops staff
- Ensures that appropriate resources are in place within the countries of the region to meet current and future business needs.
- Drives career development of the Local Patient Safety staff to build and maintain a high-performance team. Identifies, recruits and retains talent.
- Ensures staff are trained effectively to perform their roles and
- responsibilities and drives functional excellence
- Is part of WWPS Leadership Team
Degree Requirements
- 10 years minimum of pharmaceutical experience in patient safety
- Preferred: Experience in medical affairs, international regulatory experience