Manager, Medical Information - Toronto, Canada - Sanis

Sanis

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Toronto, Canada

5 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Location:

243 Consumers Road, Toronto, Ontario, M2J 4W8

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Why this role is important?

Manager, Medical Information and Pharmacovigilance (Mat-Leave)

Sanis Health Inc:

Reporting to the Director, Quality Assurance, the Manager, Medical Information and Pharmacovigilance is responsible for managing pharmacovigilance, drug safety and medical information of Sanis products.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Manager will work with manufacturing partners and internal stakeholders to ensure that all Health Canada pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements and GVPs are understood and met.

This position has 1-3 direct reports. Leader provides coaching and support to team and other peer and management team members.

The scope of the role encompasses broad functions such as preparation of Annual Summary Reports, Canada Vigilance Database Screening, Data Entry, Medical review, and submission to Health Canada of Individual Case Safety Reports for the Canadian Market.

Develop and implement strategy for completing required pharmacovigilance activities in compliance with Health Canada pharmacovigilance requirements and GVPs
Provide high quality and timely information to requests for medical information
Maintain a log of the Medical Information requests and responses
Ensure product complaints are triaged and forwarded to the Quality Department
Ensure Adverse Events are processed and reported as required
Ensure Annual Summary Reports are prepared in a timely manner
Ensure Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) are processed in a timely manner and entered in the electronic database
Ensure ICSR reconciliation is completed
Ensure Canada Vigilance Screening is completed as required
Ensure screening of local scientific & medical publications for ICSRs and aggregate safety reports
Maintain and update pharmacovigilance SOPs as required.
Maintain and update pharmacovigilance agreements as required.
Coordinate Vendor audits as required.
Perform all work in accordance with established Health Canada pharmacovigilance requirements, GVPs and Sanis Health Inc. internal procedures
Assigned pharmacovigilance tasks to department team members as required.

Skills and Experience:

This position requires an advanced level of initiative and judgment to organize and prioritize tasks, workload, and projects.

A strong ability to influence while maintaining courtesy, tact and diplomacy is required in dealing with colleagues in every day working relationships.

Minimum 5+ years working in GVP/GMP pharmaceutical industry in Pharmacovigilance
Must have a Bachelor of Science (or Canadian Equivalent); Preferred
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
Fully Bilingual (French/English), oral and written.
Superior attention to accuracy, detail, and deadlines.
Ability to work under strict deadlines and changing priorities with limited supervision
Understanding of existing regulations and guidance.
Strong understanding and sound interpretation of Health Canada GVP/GMP and other related guidelines.
Experience with working with PV Databases
Excellent command of MS office tools
Pharmacovigilance Auditor Certification and audit experience
Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain and Logistics experience, is an asset
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
Riskbased approach decision making and business acumen

Additional Skills and Experience:

Requires specialized interpersonal skills to resolve situations with colleagues where there may be some level of conflict, stress, or uncertainty.
Provides solutions by using imaginative approaches where constructive and critical thinking and innovation are required.
Utilizes decision making skills to achieve specific organizational objectives with consideration given to their impact on other work groups.
Adaptable to set and prioritize work with varying exceptions. Able to work with diverse personalities and styles.
Advanced understanding of Pharmacovigilance policies and procedures
Ability to handle sensitive issues requiring timely completion of documentation
Strong knowledge of pharmacovigilance compliance and regulatory components, auditing skills, and quality systems
Interpret Health Canada GVPs, GMPs and other guidelines and regulations, corporate policies/standards to determine enterprise