Drug Safety Officer (m/f/d)

Drug Safety Officer (m/f/d)

Working time: Permanent position, Full-time (38 hours)

Octapharma specializes in the development of highly pure pharmaceuticals made of human blood plasma. As part of a family-owned enterprise, Octapharma in Vienna is not only the largest production site, but also a successful research location of the Octapharma Group. Since our company continues to grow, we are now hiring for our team:

Your new challenges which will inspire you:

• Processing of post-marketing, literature and clinical safety information
• Entering of adverse drug reaction reports in the drug safety database
• Requesting further information, initiate product investigations, writing narratives
• Reviewing and submitting safety reports to authorities
• Maintaining the global drug safety DB, continuously updating safety report files
• Liaising with pharmacovigilance personnel (local & worldwide), with other departments and authorities
• Participating in local and international quality improvement activities

Your profile that will convince us:

• Completed academic degree, ideally in a medical or healthcare discipline
• Pharmacovigilance knowledge and experience in processing/reporting case safety reports would be an advantage
• Very good verbal and written English skills as well as communication and presentation skills
• Team player with a strong focus on timelines
• Good level of computer literacy, in particular in the use of databases
• High degree of accuracy with attention to detail
• Excellent critical, analytical and problem solving skills

Our attractive benefits for you:

• Wide range of tasks in an international setting, flexibility and personal responsibility
• Reliable employer with generous employee benefits and a salary customary in the market.
• Familiar setting of a family-owned enterprise with benefits such as Do & Co staff restaurant, extraordinary staff events and many more:

Additional information:

The minimum gross salary according to the collective agreement (chemical industry) for your new job is EUR 3.307,50. We strive to adapt your salary to your range of tasks and to your profile, which is why we are ready to pay salaries higher than collectively agreed.

Your contact:

T:+43 1 610 321 301

About Octapharma

Headquartered in Lachen, Switzerland, Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing human proteins from human plasma and human cell lines.

Octapharma employs around 10,000 people worldwide to support the treatment of patients in 118 countries with products across three therapeutic areas: Hematology, Immunotherapy and Critical Care.

Octapharma has seven R&D sites and five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Austria, France, Germany and Sweden, and operates more than 180 plasma donation centers across Europe and the US.

Fore more information, please visit www.octapharma.com.