IQVIA

Senior Medical Safety Advisor

IQVIA  •  Buenos Aires, AR (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

The Senior Medical Advisor provides senior‑level medical and scientific leadership with a strong focus on pharmacovigilance and medical safety, while supporting broader medical affairs and evidence activities. The role is responsible for medical review and oversight of safety data across clinical and post‑marketing sources, ensuring accurate assessment of serious adverse events and maintaining oversight of assigned products’ safety profiles in compliance with global regulatory requirements, and IQVIA standards.

This position acts as a senior technical leader, partnering with cross‑functional and matrix teams, supporting clients locally and regionally, and representing medical safety findings in client and internal forums.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform medical review of clinical trial and post‑marketing AEs/SAEs/ADRs, including narratives, causality, seriousness, expectedness, coding, and queries.

  • Provide medical oversight for safety surveillance activities for assigned products.

  • Prepare, review, and contribute to aggregate safety reports (e.g., DSURs, PBRERs, RMPs, ad‑hoc regulatory reports).

  • Author and medically review analyses of similar events (AOSE) and support signal detection activities.

  • Review protocols, Investigator Brochures, and CRFs for safety content and data capture.

  • Serve as a medical expert and internal consultant to pharmacovigilance, RWE, and project teams.

  • Represent medical safety findings in project and client meetings; support audits and inspections.

  • Act as Lead Safety Physician or senior backup on assigned projects, including escalation support when required.

  • Mentor junior medical and safety team members and support training, transitions, and knowledge sharing.

  • Ensure quality, compliance, and timely delivery of medical safety services.

  • Maintain awareness of evolving pharmacovigilance and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

  • Medical Degree (MD) - Required

  • 3+ years clinical practice experience post‑degree.

  • 2+ years experience in pharmaceutical industry, CRO, or pharmacovigilance preferred.

  • Strong knowledge of pharmacovigilance (ICSRs, aggregate reports), GCP, ICH guidelines, and safety databases.

  • A dvanced English required.

  • Strong scientific judgment, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

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About IQVIA

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. IQVIA’s portfolio of solutions are powered by IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ to deliver actionable insights and services built on high-quality health data, Healthcare-grade AI™, advanced analytics, the latest technologies and extensive domain expertise. With approximately 88,000 employees in over 100 countries, including experts in healthcare, life sciences, data science, technology and operational excellence, IQVIA is dedicated to accelerating the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

IQVIA is a global leader in protecting individual patient privacy. The company uses a wide variety of privacy-enhancing technologies and safeguards to protect individual privacy while generating and analyzing information on a scale that helps healthcare stakeholders identify disease patterns and correlate with the precise treatment path and therapy needed for better outcomes. IQVIA’s insights and execution capabilities help biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, government agencies, payers and other healthcare stakeholders tap into a deeper understanding of diseases, human behaviors and scientific progress, in an effort to advance healthcare. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Durham, North Carolina
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
iqvia.com
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