Elanco

Team Leader - Pharmacovigilance

IN - Bangalore Full time

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Team Leader - Pharmacovigilance

  • The Team Lead – PV case processing is responsible for managing the Case Processing Team within Elanco Innovation and Alliance Center for India (EIACI).

  • The responsibility includes coordination, collaboration, and leadership for GPV activities, as well as oversight and guidelines for adverse event and product complaint case processing/management Team.

  • The team leader supports and drives business and operational projects important to the overall GPV organization.

Your Responsibilities:

1. Leadership and People Management of the Case Processing Team

  • Lead, motivate and work with the Case Processing team members to provide them with appropriate objectives/personal development plans/career opportunities

  • Support recruitment process to select appropriate candidates to meet business needs

  • Liaise with colleague(s) in GPV (Global Pharmacovigilance) to ensure a coordinated approach and consistent case processing standards throughout the GPV organization

  • Active engagement in the GPV team meetings

2. Global Product Expertise and Accountability

  • Active engagement in the GPV team meetings

3. Quality and Compliance Management

  • Ensure quality and consistency of pharmacovigilance case data

  • Ensure timely processing of cases to enable regulatory compliance with global adverse event reporting requirements

  • Ensure that staff are appropriately qualified and trained for tasks that they are required to perform

  • Monitor quality, compliance and productivity metrics for personnel and rectify any shortfalls with assistance of GPV support function

  • Ensure adverse event data is available for thorough analysis, proper monitoring, and safety evaluation for all Elanco products

  • Lead or contribute to business process improvement initiatives

  • Promote quality improvements and recommendation of process changes as needed

  • Ensure improvement in productivity and quality of the work by the team by collaboration with other GPV leaders

4. Company Presence/Influence (Inside and Outside GPV) and External Presence

  • Build working relationships with management in relevant areas

  • Actively seek out information on the needs of internal and external customers

  • Identify issues, propose solutions and communicate them to appropriate governance

  • Build working relationships with pharmacovigilance and other regulatory personnel, call center personnel and quality personnel, etc. in appropriate affiliate offices to develop and broaden view of clinical development/commercialization

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

Veterinarian (equivalent to US DVM degree) or Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences related field and a minimum of 6 years total pharmacovigilance experience (at least 2 years in animal health pharmacovigilance) required.

Additional Preferences:

  • Minimum of 2 years Team Management/leadership experience preferred.

  • Build technical expertise within case Processing team through recruitment, development, retention, and management of talented staff and manage resources to meet business objectives

  • Ensure adherence to quality systems and procedures are in place, and ensure sound pharmacovigilance and technical knowledge is utilized to provide valuable quality data

Additional Information:

  • Travel: 0%

  • Location: IN, Bangalore - Hybrid Work Environment

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status