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Pharmacovigilance Trainee (PV Trainee)

Porto Salvo, Portugal
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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.

Pharmacovigilance Trainee (PV Trainee)

  • Location: Porto Salvo, Portugal

  • Start date: December 2025/January 2026

  • Duration: 12 months

About the job

As a Pharmacovigilance Trainee, you will report directly to the Country Safety Head (CSH) for Portugal and support the local safety team in a variety of activities, including case management, implementation of Risk Management Plans at the local level, safety signal detection, and website monitoring. You will be accountable for ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company standards related to the safety management of products registered in Portugal. In addition, you will assist the CSH with safety-related tasks across the Sanofi portfolio, gaining valuable experience in a regulated and impactful environment.

Ready to grow your skills while helping shape the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you’ll be empowered to learn, ask questions, and bring your ideas to life – all while supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams.

Key responsibilities:

  • Adverse Drug Reactions/Adverse Drug Events;

  • Periodic Reports;

  • Risk Management Plans;

  • Product Safety Alerts;

  • Safety questions raised by local Health Authorities and Health Care Professionals;

  • PV requirements in Digital Marketing Projects/Market Research Projects;

  • Local Health Authorities’ website monitoring;

  • Local labeling review (safety sections);

  • Reconciliation of local SDEA and local product lines;

  • Inspection readiness;

  • Completing all assigned training within the required timelines.

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.

About You

To excel in this role you will need to have:

  • Educational background in Pharmacy or Biology;

  • Healthcare professional background (pharmacy, other);

  • Appropriate proficiency in English (written and verbal) and Portuguese;

  • Interpersonal skills of diplomacy and team player dynamics;

  • Knowledge of and respect for cultural differences;

  • Professionalism and arbitration;

  • Ability to work in international and transversal teams;

  • Computer package knowledge;

  • Ability to sign an internship agreement/Educational Cooperation Agreement with your educational institution.

Advanced Spanish language skills will be a plus.

Why choose us?

  • Stretch your skills through apprenticeships, internships, graduate programs, and international experiences that grow with you.

  • Learn from inspiring mentors and collaborative teams while contributing to real projects that shape the future of healthcare.

  • Build your future with access to the latest tools, digital innovation, and continuous learning that keep you ahead of the curve.

  • Explore more with personalized development plans, short-term gigs, and internal mobility across functions and countries.

  • Grow in a purpose-driven company where your voice matters and your work helps improve millions of lives.

  • Thrive in inclusive, flexible workplaces that support your personal and professional well-being.

  • Launch your career with a company that invests in you — and empowers you to reimagine what’s possible.

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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

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