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Director, Medical Safety Physician Product Lead (m/f/d)
Otsuka Pharma GmbH
About This Role
As Medical Safety Physician Product Lead (Director), you will play a key role in ensuring the safety of our products across their entire lifecycle. You will combine medical expertise with strategic leadership to drive global pharmacovigilance activities, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and shape robust safety and risk management strategies. This position offers broad exposure to international stakeholders and the opportunity to directly contribute to patient safety and regulatory excellence.
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Lead medical safety strategy for assigned products across the full lifecycle (Phase 1-4)
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Have special focus on Early Development programs and regulatory filing experience, ensuring robust safety strategies are integrated from first-in-human studies through proof-of-concept and supporting timely, high-quality safety deliverables for global submissions (IND, NDA, MAA)
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Oversee safety profile, benefit-risk evaluation, and signal detection activities
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Drive and chair Safety Management Team (SMT) meetings
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Ensure execution of global pharmacovigilance (PV) activities and governance processes
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Provide safety leadership in cross-functional global teams (e.g. Regulatory, Clinical, Quality)
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Act as key contact for Health Authorities (e.g. EMA, FDA) on safety matters
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Lead preparation and review of safety documents (e.g. PSURs, DSURs, Risk Management Plans, SmPC)
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Ensure scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance of safety-related submissions
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Support global regulatory filings and safety-related responses (e.g. NDA, MAA)
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Contribute to clinical trial activities as PV representative
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Coach and support team members on safety strategy and deliverables
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Act as subject matter expert for audits, inspections, and process improvements
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Medical Doctor with clinical experience
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Multiple years of experience in pharmacovigilance / medical safety
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Strong knowledge of global PV regulations (EU GVP, FDA requirements)
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Experience with global development programs and regulatory submissions
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Solid understanding of benefit-risk evaluation and safety science
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Strong analytical thinking and structured working style
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Excellent communication skills and ability to work in international teams
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Fluency in English and willingness to travel / collaborate across time zones
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