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Sr Director, Medical & Safety

Cambridge, MA 02139

Posted: 03/11/2025 Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm Job Category: Pharmacovigilance Job Number: 618007 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Title: Senior Director Medical and Safety

Position Overview:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
 
  • Broad remit across risk management, signal detection and periodic reporting consistent with relevant regulations, legislation and guidelines
  • Leads internal safety meetings and ensures prompt response to requests for further information or queries received from Regulatory Agencies
  • Maintains and optimizes PV procedures, including vendor oversight, compliance and quality checks
  • Contributes to the preparation of PV related documents [DSUR, SMP, CCDS, IB, ICF) for internal and external purposes
  • Participates in audits and inspections and contributes to the development of corrective and preventative actions, as necessary
  • Contributes to briefing packages for regulatory meetings and responses to questions and participates in Regulatory meetings
  • Provides input on clinical trial strategy and contributes to the development of clinical protocols and associated documents
  • Provides medical monitoring activities including responding to medical questions from clinical trial sites and participating in investigator meetings, site initiation visits and safety committees
  • Participates in medical and safety review of study specific and aggregated data in ongoing trials, e.g., safety and statistical outputs
  • Supports development of Clinical Study Reports (CSRs)
  • Supports Med Affairs in KOL management, preparation of publications and advisory boards

Educational Qualifications:
 
  • Medical Degree, board certification or equivalent preferred
  • Experience in both, pharmacovigilance and medical monitoring preferred
  • At least 5 years of experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry with experience working with cross-functional teams
  • Broad clinical expertise preferred

Additional Qualifications:
 
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) for interactions across functional areas and with external parties
  • Collaborative, proactive and hands-on approach
  • Good attention to detail and strong analytical skills
  • Willingness to establish, manage and supervise processes as needed with the necessary authority while also allowing for flexibility where appropriate
  • Ability to execute and manage multiple simultaneous projects and deadlines with shifting priorities and resources in a fast-paced working environment
  • Scientific curiosity and willingness to learn and understand

 
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