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Pharmacovigilance Scientist

Gentilly, France
Lyon, France
Salary Range   EUR 54,400.00 - 72,533.33
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Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.

Job Title: Pharmacovigilance Scientist

  • Location: Gentilly/ Campus Lyon Carteret– France

About the job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate Progress. Join our Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance team as a Pharmacovigilance Scientist (PVS) and you’ll support an international, dynamic, and culturally diverse team dedicated to safety surveillance throughout the product lifecycle of a broad range of products. The PVS is a safety expert who is responsible for performing core pharmacovigilance activities on a product, in partnership with the Global Safety Officer (GSO), to identify safety signals, evaluate, and analyze safety data for both marketed products and products in clinical development.

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manages proactive signal detection and safety management committee activities
  • Coordinates and authors safety evaluations and responses to safety inquiries from internal or external stakeholders (i.e., Health Authorities) in collaboration with the safety team
  • Drives end-to-end signal management process for assigned products in collaboration with the GSO, on the One Rare Disease portfolio
  • Serves as a core member (coordinator) of the Safety Management Team, drives the agenda, produces the necessary data/outputs, prepares slide presentations, facilitates discussions & documents conclusions, and presents complete safety analysis
  • Partners with the Safety Team to manage other safety related activities associated with new drug applications/regulatory filings, benefit-risk assessment and safety risk management and support activities related to risk minimization including development of Risk Management Plans
  • Coordinates and oversees outsourced activities (i.e., signal detection reports, safety evaluation reports)

What we offer

A fixed salary over 12 months, complemented by an individual variable compensation, as well as profit-sharing & incentive schemes based on Sanofi Group results.

Because taking care of our employees is also our mission: 31 days of paid leave + RTT days depending on your status, remote working up to 2 days/week, quality health insurance, public transport coverage up to 80%; maternity leave (18 weeks) and parental welcome leave (14 weeks), Savings & Retirement Plans with employer contributions, employee benefits (CSE), internal and international mobility opportunities, a personalized training offering to support you throughout your career, and many more benefits to discover here.

About you

Experience:

  • Experience in drug safety and risk management with understanding of drug development and regulatory guidelines. Demonstrated ability to evaluate, interpret, and synthesize scientific data. Knowledge of pharmacovigilance practices including US and EU regulatory requirements and signal & risk management throughout the product lifecycle

Technical and Soft Skills:

  • Working knowledge of common data processing software and database systems, medical coding expertise.
  • Strong team player who thrives in cross-functional collaborative environments, able to prioritize and plan effectively.
  • Strategic mindset with problem-solving abilities while keeping patients at the forefront.
  • Ability to present and critically discuss safety data in internal and external settings with strong attention to detail

Education: Bachelor of Science or Health Care Professional degree (Registered Nurse, BSN, Nurse Practitioner, Doctor of Pharmacy, PhD, Master of Health Science, Physician Assistant, Registered Pharmacist, MD/DO, or equivalent)

Languages: Fluent English and French (written and spoken)

Why choose us?

Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you’ll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions

  • Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science.
  • Help improve the lives of millions of people globally by making drug development quicker and more effective.
  • Enjoy opportunities to collaborate beyond your area of expertise, working with diverse teams across science, clinical, and digital fields to spark new ideas and drive breakthroughs.
  • Accelerate your professional development with structured career paths designed for both scientific and leadership advancement. Grow in ways you never imagined through bold moves that stretch your potential, cross moves into other business areas, and short-term gigs that build your scientific expertise.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Le contenu du poste est libellé en anglais car il nécessite de nombreuses interactions avec nos filiales à l'international, l'anglais étant la langue de travail.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com

Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.

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