Clinical Safety Senior Specialist

About the Role

As a Senior Clinical Safety Specialist, you will be a trusted technical expert within our Global Drug Safety team, helping to ensure the highest standards of patient safety while supporting the successful delivery of complex global client programmes.

This is an opportunity for an experienced pharmacovigilance professional who enjoys combining deep technical expertise with leadership, collaboration, and project oversight. You will play a key role in guiding safety activities across multiple projects, supporting operational excellence, and acting as a technical partner to clients and internal stakeholders.

Beyond project delivery, you will help shape how we work by driving process improvements, mentoring colleagues, supporting audit readiness, and contributing to the continued growth and development of our Global Drug Safety function.

If you are looking for a role where you can influence outcomes, share your expertise, and make a meaningful contribution to patient safety on a global scale, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

What You Will Be Doing

In this role, you will:

• Lead and oversee a broad range of clinical safety and pharmacovigilance activities across client projects.
  
• Act as a technical lead, ensuring project deliverables are completed to the highest standards of quality, compliance, and accuracy.
  
• Provide technical guidance and support to project teams, helping to resolve complex challenges and drive successful outcomes.
  
• Support project managers with delivery oversight, risk identification, mitigation planning, and escalation management.
  
• Build trusted partnerships with clients, vendors, and cross-functional teams across Quality & Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Commercial, and other functions.
  
• Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives and process optimisation.
  
• Act as a subject matter expert for assigned Global Drug Safety processes.
  
• Mentor and develop junior colleagues, supporting capability building across the wider team.
  
• Contribute to client meetings, proposal support activities, audits, inspections, and business growth initiatives.
  

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related discipline.
  
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Clinical Safety, Pharmacovigilance, or Global Drug Safety.
  
• Strong knowledge of global Drug Safety regulations, processes, and guidelines (ICH, GVP, GCP, CIOMS).
  
• Experience managing Clinical Safety activities, including case processing oversight, literature monitoring, safety documentation, and regulatory compliance.
  
• Experience supporting complex projects, managing priorities, timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
  
• Knowledge of audits, inspections, CAPA management, and quality systems.
  
• Experience working cross-functionally with clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
  
• Experience mentoring, training, or providing technical support to colleagues.
  
• Strong communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
  
• Fluent written and spoken English.
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with Veeva Vault Safety.
  
• Experience across both clinical trial and post-marketing environments.
  
• Experience within a consultancy, CRO, or outsourced services environment.
  
• Experience supporting proposals, client presentations, or business development activities.
  

• Flexible working arrangements.
  
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
  
• Exposure to international clients and diverse project portfolios.
  
• A collaborative and supportive culture built on knowledge-sharing and teamwork.
  
• The opportunity to work alongside leading pharmacovigilance and regulatory experts.
  
• Meaningful work that directly contributes to patient safety and public health.
  
• Recognition for your expertise, contributions, and achievements.
  

Equal Opportunities

Arriello is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where everyone is valued and treated with dignity. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process where required.