Organon - South Africa - Specialist Pv & Ra

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**Position Purpose**

The Specialist is responsible for all PV and RA submission requirements and PV activities for their assigned product portfolio as applicable. The Specialist collaborates with colleagues to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations, including backing up colleagues and adjusting schedules such that there is no gap in adverse event reporting and drug safety oversight.

The Specialist is also responsible for other activities (as delegated/assigned by their manager) which may include but are not limited to: review of local PV and RA agreements, local due diligence activities, participation in audits and inspections and related readiness activities, review of local initiatives for compliance with PV requirements, authoring/reviewing SOPs, training, communication of safety issues, developing product registration plans and strategies

**Primary Responsibilities**

Primary Activities:
1. Responsible for day-to-day adverse events case management including case intake and follow-up activities in accordance with Global Pharmacovigilance procedures and country regulations.

2. Responsible for the intake of cases received from the designated point of contact, Vendors, and Business Partners for Individual case safety reports (ICSRs) including tracking and translation to English and forwarding of information to the Data Management Center. He/she also performing ICSR acknowledgments and reconciliation activities.

3. Responsible for execution of local PV and RA processes and activities in alignment with PV and RA systems and their associated Quality Management System, following department SOPs, company Policies and Procedures and country legislation

4. Assist in development of product registration plans & strategies and working cross-functionally to review & communicate the registration strategy with management oversight

6. Performs reconciliation activities for PV cases received from local operating units (e.g., Designated Point of Contact, Medical Information, etc.) and contractual partners (as applicable) and processes the reports in accordance to local procedures/ PV legislations

7. Provides support for Patient Support Programs (PSP) and/or Market Research vendor(s) related activities, as applicable

8. Files, stores and archives safety-related and regulatory data and documentation in accordance with department and company policies and local requirements.

9. Acts in full compliance with global and local SOPs and reports any deviations or compliance concerns immediately and assists in preparing necessary corrective actions and preventative actions (CAPAs) locally for non compliance issues.

10. Supports local PV audits and inspections including readiness activities and supports other audits/inspections including the development of CAPAs in response to findings/observations.

11. Participates in and supports audits of contractual partners/vendors as necessary.

12. May be trained and assigned responsibility to conduct qualification and ongoing audits of vendors and perform due diligence activities for local country licensing agreements.

13. Assists in developing local procedures (in compliance with regional and global standards) for the department, to ensure quality PV and RA data and evaluates processes for potential improvement in efficiency and effectiveness. 14. Proactively identifies procedural gaps and challenges and implements solutions in collaboration with all affected stakeholders.

15. Supports training of the local company staff, distributors, vendors, business partners including training documentation.

16. May be assigned responsible for ensuring PV language is included in local agreements and ensuring maintenance of BDLM with respect to local and regional contracts.

17. Contributes in the maintenance of regulatory licenses including, but not limited to, import, distribution, Medical Device.

18. May be assigned to support drug shortage management and regulatory requirements for reporting including collaborating with Head Quality Assurance to avoid supply constraints and ensure constant audit-read