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Senior Safety Specialist

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Remote, Serbia · Global

Regulatory Affairs
Remote
Not yet analysed
Demand70
Career growth62
Healthcare fit72
Remote potential55
5-year outlook
Pharmacovigilance pay typically starts modest for case-processing roles and rises with experience in signal management, aggregate reporting, or safety lead positions. Senior-level safety roles generally offer stable, mid-to-upper pharma-services compensation, though exact figures vary by location and are not stated here.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
moderate
Seniority
senior
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-10-21

Intelligence details

Why this is worth applying to

Worth considering if you already have pharmacovigilance or clinical safety exposure and want a stable pharma-services career; clinicians without PV experience will likely find the 'Senior' bar hard to clear without a stepping-stone role.

Who should apply

Pharmacists with PV case-processing or medical information experience, nurses or doctors who have worked in drug safety, clinical trial safety, or medical affairs, and IMGs with prior CRO/pharma safety exposure.

CV angle

Reframe real clinical experience into safety language: adverse drug reaction recognition and reporting, medication reconciliation, patient narrative summarisation, triage and prioritisation under time pressure, and familiarity with MedDRA-style coding concepts. Highlight any SOP-driven documentation, regulatory or audit exposure, and quality/CAPA work — do not claim PV systems experience you do not have.

Skills to highlight

  • Adverse event / ADR identification and reporting
  • Clinical narrative summarisation and case documentation
  • Medication and pharmacology knowledge
  • Regulatory and SOP compliance
  • Attention to detail and data accuracy
  • Triage and prioritisation under caseload pressure
  • Cross-functional communication with medical and quality teams

Role summary

A senior pharmacovigilance/drug safety position at a large pharma services organisation, likely involving review and processing of adverse event reports, safety documentation, regulatory-compliant reporting timelines, and possibly signal support or mentoring of junior safety staff.

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