Job Description
Purpose :
Manages other Associate Medical Directors, Medical Directors, Senior Medical Directors. Leading
Product Safety Teams (PST) and PST leads (and could support one large product as the PST Lead) and ensuring safety of late stage and post marketing hematology-oncology portfolio (e.
g. surveillance, signal detection, validation and assessment). Interpreting regulations related to pharmacovigilance supporting all patient safety activities.
Experts on hematology-oncology late stage group of assets with similar mechanism of action (overarching across assets)
Responsibilities :
Connectors within R&D particularly with key functions (Reg, ASL, Risk Mgt, etc)
Asset strategy lead safety representatives for larger programs (late stage)
Understand MOA in close collaboration with preclinical, clinical pharmacy, clinical development, and discovery
Works closely with Executive Medical Director to establish safety strategy for each indication and across assets with similar MOA
Leads and guide the safety physicians on data review (clinical and beyond) and interpretations across assets with similar MOA
Proactively seeks to understand WHY a safety concern or risk emerge and How to mitigate it
Understanding and application of the pharmacology, chemistry and non-clinical toxicology to effectively conduct safety surveillance
Responsible for safety surveillance for pharmaceutical / biological / drug device combined products
Lead and set the strategy for key pharmacovigilance documents, including but not limited to, medical safety assessments, regulatory responses and risk management plans
Apply current regulatory guidance as appropriate for safety surveillance and authorship of PV documents
Analyze and interpret aggregate safety data and communicate these analysis and interpretation to cross-functional teams
Effectively write, review and provide input on technical documents independently
Oversight and responsibility for leading the strategy for periodic reports (PSUR’s, PADER’s etc.)
Oversight of safety surveillance and pharmacovigilance activities for products in clinical trials and post marketing
Responsible for implementing risk management strategies for assigned products
Proactively engaging, inspiring, coaching and mentoring team and colleagues
Manages other Associate Medical Directors, Medical Directors, Senior Medical Directors : performance and talent management, coaching and development.
Assumes responsibility for coordinating and overseeing safety related activities at a product level across multiple indications or multiple related products for the same indication.
Is responsible for assessing product safety strategy across the entire program and for overseeing approval related activities.