Pharmacovigilance Intern

Pharmacovigilance (PV), Intern

8-week Engagement May 2026 - July 2026

Location: Morristown, NJ

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally. 

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.

About the Job

We're looking for the best candidates out there who want to make a difference in consumers’ lives. Candidates who have a zest for learning and are ready to make an impact within the pharmaceutical Industry. This person will gather experience by working with US/Canada affiliates on multiple interactions and projects with other business functions. They will also get an opportunity to interact with other Country Safety Heads and QPPV offices to learn about their roles.

Main Responsibilities:

• The intern will work with the safety data management team. This team is responsible for supporting Consumer Healthcare’s safety reporting globally by providing high quality and timely safety data outputs and ongoing business configuration of safety systems.

• Support sorting and clearing data dump from Sanofi Healthcare for worldwide exposure data to be used in PBRERs

• Support the preparation of certain PV audits scheduled in the 2nd half of the year:.

• Support PSMF update for the new PV organizational structural change.

• Support Signal lead to ensure legacy data from Sanofi for signals is validated in the signal tool.

• Support Risk Management lead in Risk Management SOP reduction work.

• Candidates must be available 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday during standard business hours in EST.

• Candidates must be available to participate in a 8-week engagement May – July 2026.

About You:

• Currently pursuing Bachelor’s degree with focus on healthcare related career (PharmD, B.S/M.S in Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical Sciences  etc.)

• Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment.

• Demonstrate ability to think creatively to solve complex problems.

• Exhibits eagerness to learn and ability to learn quickly.

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, and attention to detail

• Able to multitask, be a self-starter, and collaborate closely with cross functional teams.

• Intuitive understanding of today's digital and social culture, with fluency in platform usage.

• Team player with a can-do attitude where no task is too big or small.

• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks to meet deadlines.

• Deadline-driven, quick to move and able to develop executional plans in real time.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

www.opella.com/en/careers