Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Posted Date: Nov 11 2024

Are you looking for a high-profile safety role that ensures the accuracy of critical safety data world-wid? If so, this Safety Evaluation and Risk Management (SERM), Principal Scientist role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.

As a SERM Principal Scientist, assist in the safety evaluation and risk management activities for a GSK product in clinical development and/or the post-marketing setting. Ensure scientifically sound review and interpretation of data and management of safety issues and escalates safety issues identified through the safety review process to senior management and safety governance as appropriate. Makes recommendations for the further characterization, management, and communication of safety risks. Focus on efficiency and effectiveness to meet the needs of our Patients and HCPs. Supporting the pharmacovigilance and benefit-risk management of the assigned portfolio of GSK global assets to ensure Patient Safety globally.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Assist in signal detection and evaluation activities for assigned products.
Ensures that accurate and fit-for-purpose evaluation documents with clear conclusions are provided in response to internal or regulatory authority requests for safety data.
Assists in the production of Risk Management Plans (RMPs)/Risk Tables for designated products, in consultation with senior personnel.
Completes any post audit/inspection activities within the required timeline
Uses a range of sources and methods to gather information, identifies and proposes potential solutions for addressing issues/problems, and makes decisions with consultation of SERM physician.
Shows commitment to the task and effective time management to meet multiple deadlines successfully and with attention to detail and quality. Able to prioritise own workload with minimal guidance.
Builds effective working relationships and responds to the needs of line functions in the matrix in relation to safety issues.
Able to deal with ambiguity and resilient, focused, and optimistic under pressure.
Demonstrated effectiveness in both oral and written communication. Able to effectively express ideas and incorporate feedback into deliverables to create a quality output.
Keeps manager/supervisor informed of progress and activities; escalates issues as appropriate.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Bachelor level degree in a biological science or related field
Minimum of 3 months experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry (including internships)

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

Strong collaboration, planning, execution, and communication skills
Ability to work across a highly-matrixed team

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
Sustaining energy and well-being
Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
Budgeting and cost-consciousness

The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $126,157 to $170,683 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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