Job description

Job title: Pharmacovigilance Specialist

• Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Work Style: On-site

About the job

As Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance within our (PSPV) team, you'll ensure that local PV activities in Saudi Arabia are performed in full compliance with global PSPV policies, regional, and local PV regulations — safeguarding the safe and appropriate use of Sanofi products on the market. Ready to get started?

Join our Corporate Functions team and play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. You'll help establish and maintain a robust, efficient local PV system that protects patients and upholds Sanofi's commitment to safety and compliance excellence.

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.

Main responsibilities:

• Ensure local PV activities are performed in compliance with GPV policies and global, regional, and local PV regulations to warrant safe and appropriate use of Sanofi products in Saudi Arabia.
• Support the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the local Pharmacovigilance System, ensuring inspection and audit readiness.
• Continuously monitor incoming communications to ensure timely detection and appropriate management of incoming PV data (ICSRs and other safety-related information), reporting them to Global PSPV entities and external stakeholders such as Health Authorities and partners.
• Support PV requirements for local activities including Patient Support Programs, Market Research, Managed Access Programs, and company-sponsored digital media.
• Ensure periodic reports are submitted on time, including PSRs and periodic reviews.
• Follow the local business continuity plan and after-hours emergency calls process, remaining fully aware of escalation protocols.
• Support Global Safety Officers (GSOs) in local safety surveillance activities, handling and escalating product safety alerts in a timely manner.
• Support risk management activities and additional risk minimization measures in Saudi Arabia, coordinating with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Complete assigned PV Liaison role trainings in a timely manner and maintain compliance with the internal Code of Ethics and Sanofi HSE standards.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Pharmacovigilance, drug safety, or a related regulatory/medical field.
• Strong understanding of local PV regulations, safety reporting requirements, and risk management frameworks.
• Cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working alongside Quality, Regulatory, and medical teams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage time-sensitive safety reporting obligations.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for effective coordination with Health Authorities and service providers.
• Proficiency in English is mandatory; Arabic is highly preferred.
• Self-motivated with strong ethical judgment and a commitment to patient safety.

Why choose us?

• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet.
• Play a critical role in safeguarding patient safety, ensuring every Sanofi product on the Saudi market meets the highest standards of pharmacovigilance excellence.
• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems and enabling innovation at speed, all in service of the patients who rely on us.
• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what's next.

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.

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

No experience required

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma