Hybrid Director or Senior Director, Safety Science

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About the role

  • Develop and maintain an understanding of the safety profile of assigned product(s) and relevant strategic context
  • Provide Safety Science leadership for clinical development programs and program teams and integrate safety science strategy with clinical development plans
  • Provide medical review of cases inclusive of case narratives and causality assessments of AE/SAE reports
  • Contribute to drafting safety assessments and drug safety reports for individual cases or aggregate data and respond to Regulatory Authority requests
  • Responsible for signal detection and management activities including ISMP maintenance
  • Prepare and maintain safety sections of the ISMP, DSUR, IND Annual reports and/or Reference Safety Information in the IB
  • Contribute to regulatory authority submissions and provide medical-scientific input to regulatory documents
  • Represent Medical Drug Safety in communication with health and regulatory authorities and at Data Safety Monitoring Committee meetings
  • Evaluate risk minimization strategies and take accountability for medical-scientific content in Risk Management Plans, including REMS as relevant
  • Review clinical protocols, study reports, Investigator's Brochure, informed consent forms and related documents to ensure alignment with safety strategy
  • Present important safety issues to program teams for internal and external review
  • Serve as safety science representative for clinical trial team meetings or investigator/site meetings
  • Support non-molecule projects, due diligence evaluations, and other projects as needed
  • Coordinate and collaborate with vendors servicing Safety Science
  • Accountable for safety components of study reports, publications, aggregate reports, and high-level regulatory documents
  • Perform duties in keeping with company core values, policies, and applicable regulations

Requirements

  • Healthcare professional degree required (MD or PharmD highly preferred; other relevant clinical degrees may be considered)
  • 6 or more years of drug development experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry
  • At least 4 years in drug safety for oncology clinical development
  • Broad understanding of safety science and pharmacovigilance (including GVP, GCP) and clinical/patient risk management
  • Expert knowledge of regulations governing pharmacovigilance
  • Exposure to Safety Operations; experience with drug safety databases (e.g., Oracle Argus) a plus
  • In-depth knowledge of clinical research, FDA and international regulations, clinical study design; exposure to early clinical development preferred
  • Experience interacting with regulatory authorities (e.g., FDA, EMA) at type C, B, pre-BLA/MAA meetings, Advisory Committee meetings; filing experience highly preferred
  • Strong presentation skills; demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines
  • Strong learning orientation, curiosity, and commitment to science and patients

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off
  • Holiday and Sick Leave
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Basic and Voluntary Life/AD&D Coverage
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA, HSA, and Commute)
  • Critical Illness and Accident Coverage
  • Pet Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) Plan with Erasca contribution
  • Annual bonus and an equity grant at hire and annually (option to purchase stock)
  • Hybrid or fully remote work options within the United States

Job title

Director or Senior Director, Safety Science

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$230,000 - $320,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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