ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SAFETY PHYSICIAN

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Our purpose is simple: to transform patients’ lives by addressing real needs. We work with care, act with courage, keep things simple and focus our innovation where it makes a difference.

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MISSION

The Associate Director, Safety Physician provides medical leadership for patient safety across clinical development and post-marketing for assigned products. The role oversees medical review, signal detection/management, aggregate reporting, and benefit–risk assessment in compliance with global regulations and GVP. The incumbent partners with Clinical, Regulatory, Epidemiology, and Medical Affairs to ensure proactive risk management, timely safety communications, and inspection readiness; and engages with health authorities as needed.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead medical review of individual and aggregate safety data; chair or contribute to safety review meetings.

• Oversee signal detection/evaluation and benefit–risk assessments; recommend risk minimization actions.

• Author/review DSURs, PBRER/PSURs, RMPs, and labeling updates; contribute to regulatory responses.

• Advise on protocol safety design, stopping rules, and DMC interactions; support FIH and pivotal studies.

• Ensure PV compliance and audit/inspection readiness with vendors and affiliates.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• MD (Doctor of Medicine) degree required.

• 8–10+ years of experience in pharmacovigilance.

• Knowledge of ICH,GVP, and global safety regulations.

• Fluency in English.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Experience across both clinical development and post-market safety.

• Authority interactions and inspection experience.

• Strong clinical judgment, communication, and cross-functional leadership.