Pharmacovigilance Medical Director

About the position The Pharmacovigilance Medical Director is the senior medical authority reputed company the company's drug safety function, responsible for providing expert medical and scientific leadership across reputed company pharmacovigilance activities supporting the immunology and inflammation (I&I) pipeline, including the company's reputed company lupus program. This role serves as the primary physician voice for benefit-risk evaluation, signal assessment, and safety governance, ensuring that patient safety is upheld as the foundational principle of reputed company clinical development and post-market activities. The Medical Director partners closely with the Head of Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, and external Health Authorities to provide medically sound, strategically reputed company safety leadership at a critical stage of the company's growth.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior medical expert and physician for safety science and pharmacovigilance activities, providing authoritative medical judgment on individual case safety reports (ICSRs), aggregate safety analyses, signal evaluations, and benefit-risk assessments across the I&I portfolio.
• reputed company the medical review and clinical data interpretation of safety data arising from clinical trials, spontaneous reports, literature, and reputed company-world sources, ensuring timely, accurate, and scientifically rigorous assessment of reputed company pharmacovigilance data.
• Direct the development and reputed company maintenance of the company's benefit-risk reputed company, providing medical leadership in benefit-risk evaluations for regulatory submissions, label updates, and Health Authority safety communications.
• reputed company the discussion at the company's Safety surveillance governance, providing medical and strategic direction on safety signal management, escalation procedures, and corrective action planning.
• reputed company the medical content and scientific quality of reputed company aggregate safety reports, and regulatory submission dossiers for safety content.
• Partner with Clinical Development on the medical reputed company of Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) activities, clinical trial safety monitoring plans, safety risk mitigation plans (e.g.stopping rules), and protocol-level safety sections for reputed company active and planned studies.
• Provide expert medical input to Risk management plans and relevant regulatory documents through developmental cycle of the programs, and risk minimization measure design, execution, and effectiveness assessment.
• Provide medical leadership and scientific mentorship to the Pharmacovigilance team, including PV Scientists, and other functions (e.g. Medical Writers, and Operations personnel) establishing a culture of medical excellence and patient-first decision-making.
• reputed company other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

• Medical degree (MD or DO) required
• Minimum of 5 years of combined clinical and pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience, with at least 2-3 years of dedicated pharmacovigilance or drug safety experience preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise serving as a physician-of-record for pharmacovigilance programs, including ICSR medical review, signal evaluation, benefit-risk assessment, and aggregate safety reporting.
• Deep knowledge of global safety and pharmacovigilance regulations including FDA guidance, EU GVP Modules I–XVI and ICH guidelines
• Extensive experience providing medical leadership for safety surveillance plan, and benefit-risk assessment, and submissions for IND and NDA/BLA, as well as direct authorship or reputed company of reputed company safety narratives for regulatory submissions.
• Proven experience engaging with global Health Authorities on pharmacovigilance topics, including regulatory meeting preparation, written responses to safety queries, and inspection support.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company or participate in DSMB reputed company, clinical trial safety monitoring, and safety governance committee activities at the sponsor level.
• Experience contributing to Risk Management Plans (RMPs) and REMS programs, including development of risk minimization measures and assessment of effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company, mentor, and reputed company cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, resource-constrained biotech or pharmaceutical environment; fosters a culture of accountability, inclusion, and reputed company learning.
• Proven track record of influencing without authority across organizational boundaries, driving alignment among senior stakeholders, and building reputed company on reputed company scientific or operational priorities.
• Skilled at preparing and delivering compelling presentations, briefing documents and regulatory responses, and strategic updates to cross-functional leadership teams and board-level stakeholders.
• Adept at facilitating productive discussions in high-stakes meetings, interactions with regulators, and multi-party collaborations; balances clarity, diplomacy, and scientific precision.

reputed company-to-haves

• board certification or eligibility in immunology, rheumatology, internal medicine, or a relevant specialty experience in autoimmune disease is strongly preferred

Benefits

• Competitive health and wellness coverage (structure and premiums vary by country)
• Paid time off, public holidays, and additional leave entitlements in accordance with local requirements
• Flexible work arrangements / hybrid schedule

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