Senior Director, Global Oncology Therapeutic Area Safety Physician

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Job Description
 

• Serves as a senior scientific and clinical expert for safety profile of products in therapeutic areas

• Defines global product safety strategy and routinely manages and leads functional and cross-functional projects

• Works under consultative direction towards long-term GLPS goals and objectives; assignments are self-initiated with almost no direct supervision

• Serves on senior-level cross-functional teams

• Communicates to highest levels of senior management key pharmacovigilance findings

• Provides global medical leadership for product-focused safety activities

• Provides global strategic input to the organization to mitigate pharmacovigilance-related risk

• Executes process changes and initiatives based on deep understanding of good pharmacovigilance practices (GVP) and other regulatory guidance

• Participates in standard operating procedure (SOP) updates, audits, data analysis, and other ad hoc activities

• Collaborates with Medical Safety Science- Global TA Safety Scientists in proactive identification and assessment of safety signals and trends, and supports management of any potential safety issues

Essential Duties:

• Oversees clinical development and medical safety support for all project related activities for multiple products.

• Provides medical strategy and input into key regulatory decisions pertaining to the safety of multiple products, including representing the GLPS Department at advisory panels and meetings with regulators or other internal and external stakeholders.

• Establishes the direction of pharmacovigilance activities for assigned products and provides global medical leadership and input into all aspects of safety of assigned molecules within the Oncology TA including surveillance programs, aggregate review, and risk management planning.

• Leads a portion of BLA submission activities.

Requirements:

• MD/ DO / Pharm D degree or equivalent. Completion of an accredited medical or surgical residency program is required. Board certification is preferred.

• 6+ years (with MD or PharmD) in pharmacovigilance, drug development or applicable role in the pharmaceutical industry with significant knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and substantial knowledge of drug safety including previous experience in a leadership role in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience in Hematology/ Oncology / Immunology is preferred.

• Experience in a basic science laboratory and/or proficiency in translational research is preferred.

• Experience in submission of BLA/NDA i