Director, Medical Safety - Sponsor-Dedicated
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IQVIAPharmacovigilance, clinical research
Source API remote eligibility restrictions: United KingdomFull-TimeDirector
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementPeople Management
Requirements
- Hold a medical degree (MD or equivalent) from an accredited institution.
- Have substantial clinical practice experience and/or pharmaceutical physician experience.
- Have significant experience in medical safety, pharmacovigilance, or medical monitoring within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, or healthcare industry.
- Maintain current medical licensure or equivalent professional registration in the country of practice.
- Bring strong knowledge of global pharmacovigilance, clinical research, safety reporting, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Understand clinical development, pharmaceutical research, and medical safety and monitoring activities.
- Demonstrate leadership capability in people management, project oversight, financial accountability, and strategic decision-making.
- Manage multiple priorities and deadlines while delivering high-quality outcomes in a complex environment.
- Demonstrate consulting, communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence clients and cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Conduct medical review of clinical trial and post-marketing safety data, including adverse events, causality, expectedness, seriousness, and benefit-risk assessments.
- Review safety documentation, including narratives, aggregate and periodic safety reports, risk management plans, regulatory submissions, labeling, protocols, investigator brochures, and case report forms.
- Support safety governance activities, including Data Safety Monitoring Boards, Safety Monitoring Committees, medical information escalations, and pharmacovigilance oversight.
- Serve as Global Safety Physician, project lead, or medical safety advisor, overseeing quality, compliance, operational delivery, training, and timely deliverables.
- Present safety findings and provide medical consultation to clients, internal teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Lead and develop medical safety teams through people management, workload planning, performance management, mentoring, training, and resource allocation.
- Oversee financial, operational, and quality performance of assigned projects and ensure appropriate resourcing and regulatory compliance.
- Contribute to proposals, budgeting, bid defenses, client presentations, strategic planning, and service-line growth initiatives.
- Maintain stakeholder relationships and drive continuous improvement based on industry, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance developments.
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