Senior Associate - Pharmacovigilance Data Science

Why This Role Matters
The Senior Associate – Data Sciences in Global Market Vigilance plays a key role in monitoring product safety and post-market surveillance data across global markets. The position focuses on safety analytics, signal detection, and regulatory compliance to ensure that adverse event trends are identified early and managed effectively, supporting consumer safety and regulatory requirements.

Job Description
Unilever is hiring a Senior Associate – Data Sciences within the Global Market Vigilance (GMV) team at its R&D center in Bengaluru. The role focuses on pharmacovigilance data analytics, adverse event case management, and signal detection activities while ensuring compliance with global regulatory standards and maintaining inspection readiness.

Key Features of the Role
• Opportunity to work in global pharmacovigilance and safety data analytics
• Exposure to post-market surveillance and safety monitoring processes
• Hands-on work with safety databases and advanced analytics tools
• Collaboration with regulatory affairs, R&D, and quality teams
• Involvement in global adverse event trending and signal detection activities

Responsibilities

Case Management and Compliance
• Lead or perform adverse event intake, triage, and documentation using safety systems such as Veeva Vault Safety
• Conduct duplicate checks and ensure high-quality safety data for analysis
• Perform seriousness, causality, and expectedness assessments with proper documentation
• Ensure compliance with MedDRA coding standards, SOPs, and global adverse event reporting requirements

Safety Data Analytics, Trending and Signal Detection
• Perform quantitative and qualitative safety data analysis across brands and markets
• Develop dashboards, KPIs, and safety scorecards for monitoring trends
• Conduct global adverse event trending, signal detection, and safety pattern analysis
• Validate potential safety signals through case series evaluation and confounder assessments
• Support automation initiatives across the pharmacovigilance lifecycle

System and Process Optimization
• Support configuration, testing, and validation of pharmacovigilance safety databases
• Perform safety data audits, reconciliation, and root cause investigations
• Implement process improvements to enhance data integrity and analytics readiness

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Leadership
• Act as the analytics and safety contact for regulatory affairs, R&D, quality teams, and customer support groups
• Present safety trends, risks, and signals to stakeholders and governance forums
• Mentor junior associates in pharmacovigilance analytics and documentation standards
• Drive corrective and preventive actions related to safety data issues

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or a related field

Experience and Skills
• 5–8 years of experience in pharmacovigilance, safety analytics, or global market vigilance
• Hands-on experience with pharmacovigilance systems such as Veeva Vault Safety or similar platforms
• Strong knowledge of safety data trending, signal detection, and pharmacovigilance analytics
• Experience with analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or advanced Excel
• Familiarity with automation or AI-enabled pharmacovigilance workflows
• Strong understanding of audit readiness, quality management systems, and vendor oversight

]Salary Insights
Salary details were not specified in the job posting and are expected to be offered as per company standards and experience.

Company Overview
Unilever is a global consumer goods company known for its wide portfolio of health, beauty, and wellbeing products. The company invests heavily in research and development to ensure product safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across international markets.

FAQs

• What qualification is required for this role?
Candidates should have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in life sciences, pharmacy, or a related discipline.

• How much experience is required?
Applicants should have approximately 5–8 years of experience in pharmacovigilance, safety analytics, or post-market surveillance.

• Where is the job located?
The role is based at the Unilever R&D center in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

• What type of work will the candidate perform?
The role involves pharmacovigilance data analytics, adverse event case management, signal detection, and safety trend monitoring.

Application Tips
• Highlight experience in pharmacovigilance systems and safety data analysis
• Mention knowledge of MedDRA coding and adverse event processing
• Include experience with analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or SQL
• Showcase expertise in signal detection and pharmacovigilance compliance
• Demonstrate strong documentation and regulatory compliance skills