Executive Director, Head of Pharmacovigilance - Safety Science

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The Executive Director, Head of Pharmacovigilance - Safety Science, is responsible for overseeing all aspects of product safety across clinical development and post-marketing surveillance. This key leadership role ensures that pharmacovigilance (PV) activities align with regulatory requirements and company standards, and drives the strategy and execution of safety science to protect patient health and optimize product benefit-risk profiles. The ED works cross-functionally with clinical, regulatory, medical affairs, quality, and commercial teams to support the safe use of products globally.

Job Responsibilities

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

• Pharmacovigilance Strategy and Oversight

• Develop and lead the global pharmacovigilance strategy to ensure proactive risk management and compliance with local and international PV regulations (e.g., FDA, EMA, ICH).

• Oversee safety operations team members and vendors in managing end-to-end PV activities, including case processing, safety surveillance, risk management, aggregate reporting and signal detection and assessment.

• Establish and maintain robust safety governance structures and standard operating procedures, ensuring alignment with company objectives and industry best practices.

• Ensure collaboration with BMS safety and clinical development leadership

• Safety Science and Risk Management

• Direct safety evaluation and risk management for clinical development and post-marketing products, including benefit-risk assessments and product safety strategy.

• Lead the detection, evaluation, and management of safety signals, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement risk minimization strategies and communicate potential safety concerns.

• Represent safety science for health authority interactions and drive safety related content of regulatory submissions, periodic safety reports (e.g., DSURs, PSURs, RMPs), and responses to regulatory inquiries.

• Contribute to understanding and managing the AE profile of products in development and ensure protocols ensure appropriate safety management in all phases of clinical trials

• Lead the strategy and review of safety modules and risk management plans in regulatory filings

• Contribute to the development of risk/benefit analyses in regulatory filings and HTA submissions

• Cross-Functional Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with clinical, regulatory, and medical affairs teams to integrate safety insights into product development, clinical trial design, and labeling strategies.

• Act as the key PV representative for interactions with global regulatory authorities and stakeholders, advocating for patient safety.

• Engage with external experts, scientific bodies, and industry groups to stay updated on evolving PV practices and enhance the organization’s safety profile.

• Team Leadership and Development

• Lead and mentor a high-performing pharmacovigilance