Director* Pharmacovigilance Safety Risk Management
Open for hire at one of the following locations – Mainz Goldgrube, Cambridge Erie Street, Gaithersburg. - Job ID: 4367
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Director* Pharmacovigilance Safety Risk Management
The Director* Risk Management act as safety lead for assigned BioNTech products in the infectious disease portfolio and oversees safety monitoring, signal and risk management activities as well as lifecycle management activities to ensure patient safety and compliance with global regulatory and quality standards in alignment with company policies.
Your main responsibilities are:
• To oversee signal and safety risk management activities for assigned BioNTech products and their development lifecycle management activities to ensure compliance with global regulatory and quality standards for BioNTech marketed products.
• To oversee safety strategy and provide safety oversight of ongoing clinical development programs with next generation COVID-19 vaccines or COVID-19 vaccine in combination with other vaccines.
• Act as safety lead for overall benefit risk strategy of the assigned product and as a team lead for MSPv colleagues such as safety physicians and safety managers
• To provide input to the safety signal management of the Comirnaty product concerning BioNTech territories, input to safety-related global labeling changes and the safety-related contributions to responses to regulatory authority inquiries concerning the Comirnaty product, in particular those concerning BioNTech territories
• To provide or oversee the safety input to regulatory and clinical documents, including safety reports (e.g., DSURs, PSURs), RMPs, study protocols and reports, responses to regulatory authorities, and submissions packages for marketed products not covered by a MSPv Safety Strategy Lead
• To participate in medical governance committees as appropriate
• To represent MSPv in the Product Labelling Committee for the medical aspects of post-marketing safety commitments
What you have to offer.
• Medical degree, in addition, PhD and/or post-graduate training in relevant discipline, e.g., Pharmacovigilance preferred
• several years of leadership experience in pharmacovigilance and/or medical safety experience in clinical trials in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry
• experience as a (sub-)investigator for clinical trials meeting, GCP requirements would be a plus
• Expert knowledge of global pharmacovigilance regulations and processes
• Experience as safety physician or similar roles in clinical development, preferably surveillance of safety of vaccine development
• Knowledge of risk minimization measures, risk management, and set-up and management of post-authorization safety studies
• Expertise in structured benefit risk assessments
• Expertise in the methods of signal detection and evaluation in a post-marketing environment
• Competence in the interpretation of results from clinical studies as well as real world data sources
• Good communication skills; is able to express complex matters in concise, clear language
• Excellent English skills
Benefits for you
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Note: The availability, eligibility and design of the listed benefits may vary depending on the location. The final requirements for the individual use of our benefits are based on the company's internal policies and applicable law.
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