[UAE] Senior Consultant – Pharmacovigilance SME

About This Role

Company Description Sia is a specialist Management Consulting firm born in Paris, France in 1999 and has grown into a global firm with over 3,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $500m. Our culture is strongly oriented towards high-quality expertise and delivering excellent results and outcomes for our clients, which include a wide range of multinational companies. Testament to its success, Sia has shown double-digit growth every year since inception.

Sia is a pioneer of Consulting 4.0, putting us at the forefront of the technology revolution, deploying augmented Consultants capable of leveraging emerging digital technology to enhance and improve their cognitive reasoning, analysis and planning. Supported by Augmented & Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Data Science we empower our clients to make the right decisions at the right time for the right reasons.

With our consultants representing 41 different nationalities, we are a highly diverse team spread across 48 offices in 19 countries. However, using innovative technologies such as our own in-house apps, social networks, and digital tools, we provide a truly integrated global service.

Sia is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity, inclusion, and employee well-being. Our diversity and inclusion networks (local and global) contribute to a pipeline of initiatives to enhance employee quality of life and foster a caring environment to work in.

Employees are encouraged to contribute to these initiatives and drive positive change in the organisation across 5 pillars: Women@Sia, Multi-Ethnic, Well-being, and Environment.

In the Middle East, Sia provides expert advisory services on strategy & execution, innovation, operational performance & cost reduction, cyber & data security, efficient organisation, transformation & change management, HR performance, and IT performance. In addition to these services, Sia Institute, Sia Partners’ world-class international training arm, provides a wide range of learning programs and workshops with modules successfully delivered across various locations and sectors, particularly in the Middle East.

Why join the Sia Village?

Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing

These are the six core values that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people.

Job Description

At Sia, we are looking for a highly experienced and motivated Senior Consultant – Pharmacovigilance SME to support the delivery of strategic pharmacovigilance and regulatory transformation engagements across the healthcare and life sciences sector.

The role requires a strong blend of pharmacovigilance subject matter expertise, regulatory and healthcare-sector knowledge, consulting-style project delivery capability, and stakeholder management. The successful candidate will be able to translate complex pharmacovigilance and regulatory expectations into practical frameworks, processes, documentation, tools, training materials, and client-ready deliverables.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience in pharmacovigilance, drug safety, regulatory compliance, safety reporting, PV quality systems, risk management, and PV operating model design or improvement. They will be comfortable working with clients, regulators, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare organizations, and cross-functional project teams.

The Pharmacovigilance Manager will play a central role in ensuring that PV-related content, assessment logic, stakeholder materials, training outputs, and project deliverables are technically robust, practical, and aligned with the client’s expectations.

Critical Capabilities

• Strong understanding of pharmacovigilance principles, regulatory expectations, and operational best practices.
• Knowledge of adverse event intake, ICSR management, seriousness assessment, follow-up, reconciliation, MedDRA coding, quality control, and regulatory reporting considerations.
• Understanding of signal detection, signal validation, risk management, risk minimisation, periodic safety reporting, literature monitoring, safety governance, and PV system documentation.
• Familiarity with PV quality systems, SOPs, training, deviation management, CAPA, audits, vendor oversight, document control, inspection readiness, data integrity, and records retention.
• Ability to interpret and translate complex regulatory, operational, and healthcare requirements into practical assessment criteria, guidance, templates, and client-facing outputs.
• Strong consulting-style problem solving, with the ability to structure ambiguous issues and convert them into clear workplans, deliverables, and decisions.
• Experience supporting regulatory implementation, compliance assessment, maturity modelling, gap analysis, operating model design, or process improvement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills, including the ability to work with public-sector, regulatory, pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology, and quality stakeholders.
• Ability to produce high-quality written outputs, including reports, frameworks, process documentation, guidance materials, training content, executive presentations, and decision papers.
• Strong project management discipline, including planning, action tracking, risk management, issue escalation, and delivery against timelines.
• Ability to work in a multi-stakeholder, cross-functional project environment involving PV, regulatory, quality, digital, data, and client teams.
• Cultural awareness and ability to operate effectively in UAE, GCC, or international healthcare and regulatory environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, medicine, life sciences, biomedical sciences, public health, healthcare management, regulatory affairs, or a related field.
• Significant professional experience in pharmacovigilance, drug safety, regulatory affairs, clinical safety, healthcare quality, life sciences compliance, or related healthcare disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience supporting pharmacovigilance systems, PV operations, PV compliance, PV quality systems, safety reporting, or regulatory readiness activities.
• Strong understanding of global pharmacovigilance standards and recognised international PV guidance and best practices.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or implementing PV policies, SOPs, process maps, guidance documents, assessment tools, quality documentation, or training materials.
• Experience working with or for health regulators, ministries of health, public health authorities, pharmaceutical companies, CROs, hospitals, healthcare consulting firms, or life sciences organisations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce client-ready deliverables, technical summaries, executive presentations, training materials, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience working in the UAE, GCC, or broader Middle East healthcare or life sciences environment.
• Familiarity with healthcare regulatory environments and public-sector healthcare transformation programmes.
• Experience supporting public-sector healthcare, regulatory authority, or national health-system strengthening projects.
• Relevant professional certifications in pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs, quality, clinical research, project management, or related disciplines are desirable but not mandatory.
• Arabic language capability is advantageous but not required, unless specified by client or project requirements.

Professional Competencies

• Strategic thinker with the ability to connect pharmacovigilance requirements to broader healthcare system, regulatory, operational, and sector development objectives.
• Structured problem solver who can break down complex regulatory and operational topics into practical components, clear recommendations, and actionable deliverables.
• Client-service oriented, with strong judgment, responsiveness, and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for the client and project stakeholders.
• Delivery-focused and accountable, with a proactive approach to identifying risks, resolving issues, and maintaining momentum.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced consulting or project environment with evolving requirements and stakeholder needs.

AI Fluency

• Demonstrated AI fluency and comfort using AI-enabled tools to improve regulatory research, pharmacovigilance analysis, documentation, synthesis, presentation development, project delivery, and internal operations.
• Ability to assess how AI, data analytics, automation, and digital tools can support pharmacovigilance compliance assessment, regulatory requirement mapping, gap analysis, dashboarding, reporting, and knowledge management.
• Comfort working with data, dashboards, reporting outputs, technology-enabled workflows, and digital assessment tools.

Work Authorization / Location Preference

• Preference will be given to candidates already or willing to be based in the Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Candidates must have, or be eligible to obtain, the appropriate work authorization for the UAE.
• Ability to travel as needed for client meetings, workshops, stakeholder engagement sessions, training activities, testing, and project delivery.
• Flexibility to work across remote and in-person delivery models, with regular availability for client and stakeholder engagement.

Additional Information

Joining Sia means integrating into a globally recognized firm that fosters personal growth through our unique Sia Village concept, which promotes a community-driven culture reinforced by values of Excellence, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Teamwork, Care & Support, and Employee Wellbeing, ensuring a fulfilling career path.

What a career at Sia offer you?

• Competitive compensation: an competitive salary and benefits package, benchmarked against the market to ensure the most competitive offers.
• Entrepreneurial spirit: Join us on an entrepreneurial journey that not only fosters innovation but also empowers you to drive your own success. Dive into a culture where your ideas shape the future.
• Tailored career advocacy program: Receive dedicated support designed to help you achieve your professional aspirations. Our program pairs you with mentors who provide actionable feedback, ensuring continuous progress and success in your career path.
• Continuous growth: Engage with ongoing opportunities for learning and development, particularly in new and emerging topics. Stay ahead of the curve by continually advancing your knowledge and skills.

Our Commitment to Diversity

At Sia, we believe in fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees and partners are valued and thrive in a sense of belonging. We are committed to recruiting and developing a diverse network of employees and investing in their growth by providing unique opportunities for professional and cultural immersion. Our commitment toward inclusion motivates dynamic collaboration with our clients, building trust by creating an inclusive environment of curiosity and learning which affects lasting impact.

We are guided by the pursuit of understanding and take pride in being able to provide meaningful solutions to our clients’ unique challenges. We bring our whole selves to work and strive to listen, observe, understand and be understood.

To learn more about our mission, values, and business sectors, please visit our website.

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.