Johnson & Johnson is hiring for the position of Senior Intake Operations Scientist for its Product Safety and Pharmacovigilance function in Hyderabad and Bangalore.
This is a senior pharmacovigilance opportunity for professionals with experience in adverse event intake, case receipt, safety reporting, literature surveillance, product quality complaints, vendor oversight, compliance management, audits, CAPA, and global drug safety operations.
The Senior Intake Operations Scientist will support Johnson & Johnson’s Global Medical Safety operations by ensuring that adverse events, product quality complaints, and other safety information are received, processed, followed up, and managed accurately and in accordance with applicable pharmacovigilance requirements.
Candidates with a bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, life sciences, or related discipline and typically 5+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience, particularly in safety-related activities, may be suitable for this position.
J&J Senior Intake Operations Scientist โ Job Overview
The Senior Intake Operations Scientist plays an important role within Johnson & Johnson’s global pharmacovigilance operations.
The successful candidate will provide operational leadership across case receipt and safety intake processes while working with internal teams and external service providers.
The role also involves supporting compliance activities, regulatory inspections, process improvements, vendor performance, due diligence and follow-up activities, and implementation of pharmacovigilance technologies.
Professionals experienced in individual case safety reports (ICSRs), aggregate safety reports, adverse event intake, pharmacovigilance compliance, safety databases, audits, CAPA and vendor management should find this opportunity particularly relevant.
Key Responsibilities
As a Senior Intake Operations Scientist at Johnson & Johnson, your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and oversee case receipt and adverse event intake activities.
- Manage due diligence and pharmacovigilance follow-up requests.
- Support literature surveillance processes.
- Oversee product complaint and complaint-management activities.
- Support business-partner safety reconciliation processes.
- Provide operational oversight of external pharmacovigilance service providers and vendors.
- Monitor vendor performance and help resolve operational issues.
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for safety intake operations and due diligence/follow-up processes.
- Collaborate with Global Medical Safety, Product Quality Vigilance, Commercial, Legal, Regulatory, Technology and regional safety organizations.
- Identify opportunities for pharmacovigilance process optimization and automation.
- Use data analysis and system enhancements to improve operational efficiency and compliance.
- Support regulatory inspections, pharmacovigilance audits and health authority inquiries.
- Assist with inspection preparation, interviews and responses.
- Investigate pharmacovigilance compliance issues.
- Support the development and implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Evaluate and verify CAPA effectiveness.
- Lead or participate in cross-functional pharmacovigilance projects.
- Support process standardization and operational excellence initiatives.
- Contribute to implementation and improvement of technologies including SafetyVerse, EZ Reporter and literature surveillance systems.
Qualification Requirements
Candidates interested in the Johnson & Johnson Senior Intake Operations Scientist vacancy should meet the following requirements:
Educational Qualification
A Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, life sciences, or related discipline is required.
Depending on the relevance of the academic program and professional experience, suitable backgrounds may include life-science and healthcare disciplines aligned with pharmaceutical safety operations.
Applicants should rely on Johnson & Johnson’s official eligibility requirements when determining whether their specific degree is acceptable.
Experience Required
Johnson & Johnson states that candidates should have previous industry and/or clinical experience focused on pharmaceutical safety-related areas, including individual and aggregate reports.
This is typically demonstrated by a minimum of 5+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience.
Therefore, this vacancy should be considered an experienced/senior-level pharmacovigilance opportunity rather than a fresher position.
Pharmacovigilance Skills Required
Candidates should have knowledge or experience in several of the following areas:
- Pharmacovigilance and drug safety
- Adverse event intake
- Case receipt operations
- Individual safety reports
- Aggregate safety reports
- Serious Adverse Event reporting
- Safety databases and workflow systems
- Global pharmacovigilance regulations
- Safety reporting requirements
- Literature surveillance
- Product quality complaints
- Due diligence and follow-up
- Vendor and service-provider oversight
- Regulatory inspection readiness
- Pharmacovigilance audits
- Compliance investigations
- CAPA management
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Quality Management Systems (QMS)
- Process optimization
- Quality control
- Regulatory affairs management
- Cross-functional project leadership
- Data analysis and performance measurement
Experience with safety technologies such as Local Safety Multi-Vigilance, literature surveillance platforms, SafetyVerse, EZ Reporter, or related pharmacovigilance systems can also be relevant.
Preferred Skills
Johnson & Johnson lists preferred competencies including:
Clinical Operations | Coaching | Critical Thinking | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Health Intelligence | Performance Measurement | Pharmacovigilance | Process Optimization | Quality Control | QMS | Regulatory Affairs Management | Report Writing | Root Cause Analysis | Safety Investigations | Serious Adverse Event Reporting | Technology Skills
Strong written communication, verbal communication and presentation capabilities are also important because the position interacts with multiple global and cross-functional stakeholders.
Who Should Apply?
This Johnson & Johnson pharmacovigilance job in Hyderabad and Bangalore may be particularly suitable for professionals currently working in roles such as:
- Senior Drug Safety Associate
- Senior Pharmacovigilance Associate
- Safety Scientist
- PV Operations Specialist
- Safety Operations Specialist
- Intake Operations Specialist
- ICSR Specialist
- Pharmacovigilance Quality Specialist
- Safety Compliance Specialist
- PV Vendor Oversight Specialist
Candidates who have handled case intake, ICSR operations, aggregate reporting, literature surveillance, audits, inspections, CAPA, vendor oversight or global safety systems may have especially relevant experience.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
The position provides exposure to multiple components of global pharmacovigilance operations rather than focusing exclusively on routine case processing.
Potential professional advantages include:
- Exposure to global pharmacovigilance operations
- Experience with safety intake and case receipt governance
- Cross-functional collaboration with Global Medical Safety and other functions
- Vendor and external service-provider oversight
- Regulatory inspection and audit exposure
- CAPA and compliance investigation experience
- Process improvement and automation initiatives
- Exposure to pharmacovigilance technology implementation
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Opportunity to contribute to global operational excellence initiatives
Actual employee benefits, compensation and working arrangements should be confirmed directly through Johnson & Johnson during the recruitment process.
Estimated Salary
Johnson & Johnson has not provided a salary range in the supplied job posting.
For editorial/job-search guidance, a senior pharmacovigilance position requiring approximately 5+ years of relevant experience in Hyderabad or Bangalore could potentially fall around:
Estimated Salary: โน12,00,000 โ โน22,00,000 per year
This is a Pharmabharat editorial estimate only and is not an official Johnson & Johnson salary disclosure. Actual compensation may differ substantially depending on experience, skills, location, internal job level and company compensation policies.
Job Location
The Indian openings listed for this position are:
Hyderabad, India
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
The position is listed under a Hybrid Work arrangement.
The overall global posting also identifies locations in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, but candidates seeking the India opportunity should select the appropriate Hyderabad or Bangalore location during application.
How to Apply
