Local Case Intake Advisor, GBS Patient Safety (GBS-PS) – Supporting Egypt / One-Year Fixed Term Contract

Job Title: Local Case Intake Advisor, GBS Patient Safety (GBS-PS) – Supporting Egypt / One-Year Fixed Term Contract

Introduction to role: Are you ready to use your pharmacovigilance expertise to turn safety data into timely, compliant action that protects patients? Do you see yourself coordinating across medical, regulatory, and commercial teams to resolve safety issues with speed and precision? In this one-year fixed term role, you will be the local point of contact guiding how individual case safety reports are captured, processed, and submitted to health authorities. You will connect frontline insights with global standards so our medicines remain safe and available, partnering closely with local teams and regional experts to uphold rigorous compliance. You will work under the guidance of experienced leaders while independently delivering day-to-day outcomes. Your judgment, follow-through, and collaboration will directly influence regulatory confidence, brand performance, and—most importantly—patient safety.

Accountabilities:

• ICSR Intake and Processing: Manage end-to-end intake, assessment, and processing of safety data from clinical and post-marketed sources, including literature, to deliver accurate, timely submissions.
• Regulatory Engagement: Provide prompt support for responses to health authority queries; ensure on-time submission of ICSRs, follow-up cases, SUSARs, PBRERs, DSURs, signals, safety notifications, and local risk management plans.
• Quality Management System: Contribute to local implementation of the pharmacovigilance QMS, including procedural document management, training roll-out, quality incident reporting, audit and inspection readiness, and execution of corrective and preventative actions.
• Cross-Functional Liaison: Act as the primary interface between local business teams and Patient Safety; provide safety expertise to Marketing, Sales, Regulatory Affairs, and Medical Affairs; support organised data collection programmes, digital and social media activities, and arrangements with external parties such as license partners and research collaborators.
• Product Quality and Security: Identify product quality complaints and product security issues; collect necessary information for adverse event complaint reporting.
• Data Integrity and Reconciliation: Lead reconciliations to maintain accuracy of transferred and received PV data; periodically screen regulatory databases for adverse events; perform literature searches as required.
• Follow-up and Communication: Conduct manual follow-up with healthcare professionals using approved resources; file and archive patient safety documents; complete TFUQ when required.
• Systems and Training: Operate and maintain proficiency in global Patient Safety systems (e.g., Argus, VQV, ERV, ECMS); complete all required training and obtain necessary system access.
• Audit and Inspection Support: Support local Patient Safety activities during internal audits and regulatory inspections; maintain audit-ready documentation and processes.
• Leadership Contribution: Serve as backup for the Egypt Patient Safety Associate Director when required; contribute to significant local or multi-country decisions and projects that shape how we deliver patient safety at scale.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Degree qualified – Pharmacy, Medical, or Science
• Pharmacovigilance knowledge excellence
• Knowledge of health authority regulations
• Cross functional collaborative approach
• Effective and lateral thinking
• Problem solving
• Vendor management
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Influencing, and Conflict Resolution skills
• Fluency in English and Arabic

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Medical knowledge in relevant therapeutic areas
• Project management
• Successful participation in above-market projects
• Audit and inspection experience
• Hands-on experience with global patient safety systems such as Argus, VQV, ERV, and ECMS

Why AstraZeneca: Join a science-led company where diverse teams work side by side to solve complex challenges that matter to patients. You will collaborate with experts across medicine, regulatory, digital, and data—often bringing unexpected perspectives into the same room to unlock bold solutions. We back smart risks with the right tools, resources, and coaching, pairing ambition with kindness so people can do their best work. Here, your decisions will be felt beyond your desk, accelerating safer therapies and shaping how we deliver care to communities worldwide.

Call to Action: Own the flow of safety intelligence that protects patients and strengthens our medicines—submit your application today and turn your expertise into measurable impact.

Date Posted

29-يونيو-2026

Closing Date

02-يوليو-2026

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.