SME - Medical safety, Pharmacovigilance

Cognizant
Full Time
₹4 Lakhs - ₹5.4 Lakhs
Mumbai/Bangalore/Hyderabad
Posted 2d ago

SME - Medical safety, Pharmacovigilance

Cognizant

Job description

Cognizant is looking for a Subject Matter Expert in Medical Safety. The job is available in Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. It provides a hybrid career opportunity. This position is for pharmacy professionals.

Company Description  

Cognizant is an AI builder and technology services provider listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The company helps businesses turn their AI investment into business value by building complete AI solutions, and now it is hiring for an SME - Medical Safety, Pharmacovigilance role. Cognizant’s deep industry, process, and engineering skills help clients stay ahead in a changing world. With more than 350,000 roles, Cognizant offers wide career paths and strong learning support.

 Job Summary  

This job is for a Subject Matter Expert in Medical Safety in a pharmaceutical company. The position is a role with day shifts. The person in this role will use research and development knowledge to help make sure products are safe and work well. The job includes checking risks, looking at safety data, and doing reviews. People applying need 2 to 3 years of experience in pharma R&D safety.

 Key Responsibilities 

  • Use medical safety knowledge to look at data findings and write down new safety signals.

  • Check each case and all the combined case information from trials. After the medicine is on the market, make sure to focus on how bad it is if it's connected to the medicine and if the patient is safe.

  • Give medical safety advice on study plans, informed consent forms, and safety monitoring plans.

  • Improve the safety parts of clinical and regulatory papers like risk management summaries and reports.

  • Help find safety signals by looking at trends in safety data and suggesting actions.

  • Work with the pharmacovigilance team and clinical operations team to get case details and fix any data.

  • Help get ready to answer safety questions from regulators and within the company.

  • Maintain complete records of medical safety decisions and review outcomes so all work is audit-ready.

 Educational Qualification 

  • A medical or pharmacy degree, such as MBBS, MD, BDS, PharmD or M.Pharm, is usually needed for a medical safety role.

  • A pharmacovigilance certification, such as a Pharmacovigilance Professional Certification, is preferred.

 Skills Required 

  • Solid experience in pharma research and development, with 2 to 3 years working on safety aspects of clinical studies or product development.

  • Good understanding of adverse event review, seriousness checks, and causality reasoning.

  • Working knowledge of pharmacovigilance and medical review, including PV medical review work.

  • Clear written and spoken communication for safety summaries and medical narratives.

  • Experience with safety databases and electronic data capture tools.

 Salary Structure 

The average yearly salary for a Subject Matter Expert (SME) or similar safety role at Cognizant in India generally ranges from ₹4 Lakhs to ₹5.4 Lakhs per year.

 Career Development 

This role builds strong skills in SME - medical safety review and signal detection within a global pharmaceutical setting at a large technology services company. It can help you grow into a senior medical safety expert, safety physician, or wider pharmacovigilance leadership role over time.

 How to Apply 

  • Visit our job portal and search for the SME Medical Safety role at Cognizant in Mumbai, Bangalore or Hyderabad.

  • Click the job posting to review all the details.

  • Enter your information and add your resume.

  • Send your application.

Employment Type: Full Time
Industry: Healthcare
Role Category: Non Clinical Jobs
Application: External (Company Site)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Key Skills

Non Clinical JobsPharmacovigilance
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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the process

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