Senior Manager, Kite Safety and Pharmacovigilance

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Job Description

The Senior Manager, Kite Safety and Pharmacovigilance provides scientific and strategic leadership for pharmacovigilance activities supporting Kite’s investigational and marketed products. This role serves as a senior pharmacovigilance science expert, leading complex safety analyses, regulatory deliverables, and cross-functional safety strategy execution.

 

Key Responsibilities

Aggregate Reporting and Medical Writing

• Serve as lead author for complex aggregate safety reports, including PSURs, PBRERs, and DSURs, synthesizing global safety data and clinical context

• Author and review high-impact safety documents supporting regulatory submissions and lifecycle management

Safety Analysis and Signal Management

• Lead safety reviews, including design of search strategies, data evaluation methodologies, and scientific interpretation of individual and aggregate safety data

• Review individual case safety reports to identify and assess potential safety signals and support signal detection and management activities in accordance with procedural documents

Regulatory and Health Authority Engagement

• Prepare and lead responses to safety-related requests from global health authorities, including responses to questions, filing support, and Data and Safety Monitoring Board requests

• Support development and maintenance of product labeling, including CCDS, USPI, SmPC, and Investigator’s Brochure

Cross-Functional Leadership and Compliance

• Serve as Pharmacovigilance Science Safety Lead for products in development, partnering closely with Clinical, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and other stakeholders

• Provide safety content for clinical protocols, clinical study reports, informed consent forms, and other development and post-marketing documents

• Ensure compliance with global regulations and internal procedures; support audits and inspections and contribute to inspection readiness activities

 

Basic Qualifications:

MD with 0+ years of relevant experience

OR

Doctorate with 2+ years of relevant experience

OR

Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience

 

Preferred Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:

• 5+ years of direct pharmacovigilance experience performing aggregate reporting, safety analysis, and regulatory support activities

• Strong knowledge of FDA, EMA, and ICH safety reporting regulations and GVP guidelines

• Experience working with safety databases and tools, including Argus, Rave, MedDRA, and WHO Drug

• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex safety deliverables and make sound scientific judgments

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong medical writing capability

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across functions and cultures and to lead within matrixed project teams

The salary range for this position is:

Bay Area: $169,320.00 - $219,120.00.

 

Other US Locations: $153,935.00 - $199,210.00.

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