Pharmacovigilance Manager
Impact: Patient outcomes and public health
Oversee the pharmacovigilance system, ensuring the safety profile of pharmaceutical products, managing adverse event monitoring, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Lead teams in case processing, signal detection, and risk management activities to safeguard public health.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- 70% Team / 30% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours/week
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $128,000
- Entry-level
- $90,000 - $110,000
- Senior
- $170,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 8% (faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- Moderate
- Salary growth potential
- High to 80-120% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $40,000 - $80,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Pharmacovigilance Regulations
- Signal Detection
- Risk Management
- Safety Databases (Argus
- ArisG)
- Medical Terminology
- Data Analysis
- SOP Development
Soft skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Regulatory Acumen
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Master's Degree
- Licensing
- Varies by State
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 6-10 years
- Career switching
- Hard
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Drug Safety Associate
- Senior Drug Safety Associate
- Pharmacovigilance Manager
- Director of Pharmacovigilance
- VP/Head of Pharmacovigilance
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 20% to low risk
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.8/10
- Meaning
- 4.2/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.2/10
- Prestige
- 7.8/10
- Social perception
- High