Associate Safety Data Management Specialist
- India - Chennai
Use Your Power for Purpose
At Pfizer, our Worldwide Medical and Safety colleagues are pivotal in bridging evidence-based medical decision support with stakeholders to enhance health and treatment outcomes. Whether you are developing frameworks to ensure our evidence is scientifically robust, offering unbiased and medically essential expertise, or exploring ways to address data gaps, our mission remains clear: to empower healthcare decisions regarding the safe and appropriate use of medicines for patients.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
Monitor the company's drug, biologics, and medical devices surveillance program.
Intake, evaluate, and process adverse reports for both clinical trials and post-marketing activities.
Make decisions within limited options to resolve problems, under the supervisor's direction.
Work in a structured environment, following established procedures.
Ensure work is regularly reviewed for technical judgment, completeness, and accuracy.
Provide expertise on regulatory requirements and corporate policies for regulatory submissions to project teams.
Support Worldwide Strategy and Regulatory teams by analyzing post-marketing safety data, reviewing medical literature, and related activities.
Determine the appropriate workflow for case processing by reviewing case criteria.
In this pharmacovigilance role, you will carry out processing activities of Individual Case Safety Reports (both clinical trials and post-marketing sources) in the ARGUS Safety database.
Processing activities include assessing case validity, undertaking duplicate checks, creating cases in the database, prioritizing cases as per company guidance, updating cases with information provided in XML source documents, identifying adverse events, confirming their seriousness, coding products, undertaking causality and listedness assessments, drafting narratives, determining appropriate case follow-up, reviewing processed cases to verify technical judgment, accuracy, and compliance with company requirements, etc.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements):
Education = B. Pharm, M. Pharm, or Pharm. D only.
Experience = 0 to 2 years ONLY, please!
Keen attention to detail.
Solid analytical skills.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Collaborative skills.
Continuous Learning.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):
Course completion and/or certification in Pharmacovigilance or good knowledge of medical terminology and global regulatory requirements for drug safety.
Publications in peer reviewed journals.
Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity. Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
MedicalBreakthroughs that change patients’ lives
Research confirms what intuition tells us: that purpose-driven companies perform better, are more innovative, attract and retain the best people, and know how to unleash the power of those people. Pfizer’s purpose—Breakthroughs that change patients' lives—fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.
Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:
“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.
“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.
“Patients’ lives” - We consider not only patients, but everyone they touch—including their families, caregivers, and friends—and everything they love to do. It’s an intentionally holistic view.
Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.
Our Values
To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose, we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.
The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.
Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.
Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.
Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.
Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.
Pfizer Research & Development
Pfizer Research & Development serves as the beating heart of Pfizer's trailblazing product pipeline, the essence of our mission to bring life-changing medicines to the world.
With an unwavering commitment to innovation, we use a multidisciplinary approach that blends scientific expertise, cutting-edge technologies, and strategic collaborations, igniting a powerful engine that propels groundbreaking discoveries into life-saving treatments for patients in need.
Through our relentless pursuit of progress, we envision a future where cutting-edge medicines pave the way to healthier, happier lives worldwide.
Benefits at Pfizer
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.
Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:
- Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
- Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
- Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
- And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.
For U.S. based jobs, view an overview of Pfizer’s U.S. benefits program (opens in a new window)