Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Manager

Virbac•Westlake, TX

10d

About The Position

The Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Manager leads pharmacovigilance operations and supports Virbac initiatives involving regulatory compliance, vendor management, medical review of materials, special projects, and departmental onboarding. The role oversees team training and development, ensures adverse-event information is collected and securely maintained, supports timely reporting of information relevant to product benefit-risk assessments, and helps maintain compliance with local and global pharmacovigilance requirements. It also oversees the Pharmacovigilance operations budget and communicates budget needs to management as requested. The manager provides pharmacovigilance consultation and support for marketed products and R&D or Business Development projects. This includes consulting with Pharmacovigilance Reporting, R&D, Business Development, and Quality Assurance teams; assessing cases; preparing health hazard assessments for potential field alerts, recalls, or withdrawals; and performing or delegating project-related tasks. The role maintains vendor agreements and helps ensure vendors, manufacturers, and redistributors follow procedures and agreements needed for regulatory compliance. It also champions the creation, maintenance, and delivery of PV training for internal and external audiences, working with leaders across Sales, Marketing, Technical Services, Regulatory, and other functions. As directed by company leadership, the manager leads or supports special projects. The position is based in Westlake, Texas, but may be remote.

Requirements

Currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the United States; a current Texas license is a plus.
At least 5 years of clinical veterinary practice, with significant emphasis on companion-animal internal medicine, parasitology, dermatology, and dental care.
Advanced education in an animal-science-related field focused on medicine, pharmacology, or regulatory areas, or in-depth pharmacovigilance and customer-service experience in the veterinary or animal health industry.
Demonstrate drive and results orientation.
Analyze problems and situations.
Demonstrate the ability to anticipate and plan.
Communicate effectively.
Demonstrate teamwork and cross-functional cooperation.
Demonstrate the ability to adapt and develop personal skills.
Demonstrate customer focus.
Previous supervisory or management experience and P&L responsibility.

Nice To Haves

Current license to practice in Texas.
Food Animal experience.
Interest and experience with exotic pets and/or industry experience.

Responsibilities

Lead onboarding of new Pharmacovigilance employees and foster individual development, teamwork, and cross-department collaboration.
Ensure PV team members complete and apply training for applicable SOPs and Work Instructions.
Ensure adverse-event information reported to Virbac personnel is collected, securely collated, and accessible.
Ensure new information relevant to a product’s benefit-risk balance is reported to regulatory authorities in a timely manner.
Support Virbac’s product responsibilities in the markets and maintain communications that build trust with regulatory authorities.
Comply with local and global pharmacovigilance legal requirements and oversee the PV operations budget, communicating budget needs to management as requested.
Consult with Pharmacovigilance Reporting, R&D, Business Development, and Quality Assurance teams on medical and non-medical aspects of PV cases.
Assess cases as required by SOPs, Work Instructions, or special requests.
Provide health hazard assessments for potential 3-Day Field Alerts, recalls, or withdrawals.
Perform or delegate PV tasks related to R&D and business development projects, such as adverse-event review for product labeling and contract negotiations.
Maintain agreements with vendors providing services to the department and ensure vendors comply with procedures affecting pharmacovigilance compliance.
Interact with manufacturers and redistributors through agreements and other communications to maintain required pharmacovigilance compliance.
Champion the creation, maintenance, and delivery of PV training for internal audiences, including office veterinary personnel and sales team members.
Collaborate on adapting PV training for external audiences, including distributor representatives, veterinary customers, and consumers.
Coordinate with Sales, Marketing, Technical Services, Regulatory, and other leaders to align PV training with Commercial Operations goals and compliance standards.
Lead or support special projects as directed and agreed with company leadership.