AstraZeneca
Medical Director, Senior Patient Safety Physician
$250K–$375K
US - Cambridge Kendall SQ - MA · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- Years not specified; clinical practice experience following medical qualification and significant industry experience required.
- Education
- Medical Degree (MD, MBBS, or equivalent).
About the job
Provides medical leadership for clinical safety strategy, safety surveillance, benefit-risk assessment, and regulatory safety activities across assigned products and development programs.
What you'll do
- Lead safety strategy, medical evaluation of safety data, and benefit-risk assessments.
- Oversee signal detection, safety surveillance, and risk management, including risk minimization strategies.
- Lead or review regulatory safety deliverables and represent Patient Safety in project teams and governance forums.
What they ask for
- Medical Degree (MD, MBBS, or equivalent) and clinical practice experience following qualification.
- Significant Clinical Safety/Pharmacovigilance experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
- Strong knowledge of benefit-risk assessment, risk management, signal detection, and global pharmacovigilance regulations.
- Experience preparing or reviewing global regulatory safety documents and submissions; ability to influence and lead in a matrix environment.
Nice to have
- Advanced training in Pharmaceutical Medicine or a related discipline.
- Experience across multiple therapeutic areas and product-development stages; mentoring or leading safety professionals.
Pay
$249,827 - $374,740 USD (base pay)
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