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Kailera Therapeutics · 10 hours ago

Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance Scientist

Greater Boston

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$160K/yr - $200K/yr

10+ years exp

Kailera Therapeutics is committed to developing innovative therapies for obesity and related conditions. The Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance Scientist will lead safety surveillance activities and benefit-risk assessments for Kailera products, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure compliance and patient well-being.

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Responsibilities

Perform and coordinate complex benefit-risk assessment and safety surveillance activities

Serve as a critical contributor to the safety governance framework, prepare safety data for review, coordinate and attend Safety Management Team and Medical Safety Board meetings

Coordinate and support strategies for safety assessments in collaboration with the safety physician and medical development as applicable

Lead and contribute to the management of aggregate safety reports (e.g., DSURs, PBRERs, PADERs, periodic line listings) including scheduling, planning, and authoring assigned sections

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to regularly review emerging safety data for the purposes of trend analysis and/or signal detection as applicable

Contribute to the preparation of queries in the safety database, retrieve and present data for regular and ad-hoc safety reviews

Perform safety signal management activities; conduct signal detection, author signal validation/evaluation reports, track and communicate findings

Collaborate cross functionally to access and utilize data visualization and analysis tools for regular and ad-hoc safety reviews

Lead or assist with the preparation of Risk Management Plans (RMPs)

Contribute to responses to drug safety related health authority requests

Provide input into the safety sections of clinical trial documents (e.g., IB, Protocols, ICFs, CSRs) as needed

Contribute to the preparation of the safety sections of regulatory submission modules

Represents DSPV on audits/inspections and contributes to safety responses as needed

Contribute to responses to deviations and CAPAs as related to pharmacovigilance

Lead and actively contribute to the preparation and implementation of procedural documents as applicable to pharmacovigilance

Contribute as needed to the Global DSPV Business Continuity Plan

Provide content for pharmacovigilance training as needed

Contribute to the implementation of innovative technical or procedural solutions to improve DSPV safety surveillance capabilities

Other responsibilities as assigned

Qualification

Global pharmacovigilanceSafety data analysisSignal managementBenefit-risk evaluationSafety databasesAggregate safety reportsRegulatory requirementsSOP managementMultitaskingFluency in EnglishCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

A minimum of 10+ years of experience in global pharmacovigilance in pharmaceutical, biotech, or CRO setting with a Bachelors degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree

Experience in safety data analysis, signal management, and benefit-risk evaluation

Knowledge of safety databases (Argus, ArisG/LifeSphere Safety, Veeva or similar), ICSR workflows, and MedDRA coding

Experience with authoring or contributing to aggregate safety reports, signal assessment reports

Working knowledge of relevant local and global regulatory requirements and guidance documents

Experience in creating or managing SOPs or Work Instructions

Strong ability to proactively identify signals, trends, risks, and initiate/manage risk minimization activities

Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively with internal and external partners in a demanding environment

Ability to prioritize, multitask, and deliver quality results that meet tight timelines

Fluency in written and spoken English with strong ability to communicate complex issues clearly

Bachelors degree in life sciences

Advanced degree (PharmD, MS, NP, RN) or equivalent in pharmacy, nursing, health care or other related life sciences field is required. MD or Ph.D. degree is a strong plus