Sanofi

Global Safety Officer, I&I

Sanofi • $178K — $297K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.D. Degree or equivalent; board certification preferred.
  • Minimum of 3 years in international pharmacovigilance or relevant clinical development experience.
  • Proven excellence in prior roles may substitute for experience requirement.
  • Strong understanding of international safety regulations and guidelines.
  • Excellent clinical judgment and data analysis capabilities.
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

  • Provide pharmacovigilance and risk management expertise to team members and clients.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of products and safety literature.
  • Lead cross-functional safety management and analysis teams.
  • Assess safety status of products and manage safety alerts.
  • Perform proactive risk assessment and develop risk management strategies.
  • Document periodic safety reports and ensure quality in submissions.
  • Represent safety perspectives in cross-functional team submissions.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career growth and lateral moves, both domestically and internationally.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including high-quality healthcare.
  • At least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.
  • Supportive and future-focused team environment.
Full Job Description

Job title: Global Safety Officer, I&I

Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

Main Responsibilities:

Internal & External Safety Expert:

  • Provide PV and risk management expertise to internal and external customers

  • Safety expert for product

  • Maintain knowledge of product, product environment, and recent literature

  • Maintain PV expertise, and understanding of international safety regulations and guidelines

  • Lead cross functional Safety Management Teams (SMTs) and GPE internal Safety Analysis Teams (SATs)

  • Communicate with and represent PV position within project/product teams, with external partners, key opinion leaders, and Health Authorities, and during internal and external negotiations

  • Provide strategic and proactive safety input into development plans

  • Support due diligence activities and pharmacovigilance agreements

Impact:

  • Ongoing assessment of the safety status of the product

  • Review, preparation, contribution and/or approval of clinical development documents including clinical development plans, SAPs, study protocols, investigator brochures, data monitoring plans, study reports, integrated summary of safety, summary of clinical safety, and labeling

  • Review, preparation, and/or contribution to questions from health authorities, ethics committees, IRBs, external partners

  • Management of product safety alerts

  • Ensuring the GPE position is well articulated to and understood by its internal and external customers

  • Establishment of credibility of GSO function and of GPE

Signal Detection and Assessment:

  • Responsible for signal detection and analysis

  • Collaborate with Center of Excellence for Signal Detection and Data Mining and Safety Epidemiology group

  • Identify and implement proactive safety analysis strategies to further define the safety profile.

  • Lead aggregate safety data review activities and coordinate safety surveillance activities

Risk Assessment/Risk Management/ Benefit-Risk Assessment:

  • Provide proactive risk assessment

  • Co-lead benefit-risk assessment with other relevant functions

  • Develop risk management strategies and plans and monitor effectiveness

  • Collaborate with Center of Excellence for Risk Management and Safety Epidemiology

Submission Activities:

  • Represent safety position in cross functional submission teams

  • Ensure generation, consistency, and quality of safety sections in submission documents

  • Write responses or contributions to health authorities questions

  • Support preparation and conduct of Advisory Committee meetings

Report Writing:

  • Document, coordinate, review and validate Periodic reports, e.g.: RMP update, IND Annual Report, Annual Safety Report/Development Safety Update Report, Periodic Safety Update Report

  • Serve as the medical safety expert to the GPE Periodic Reports group for assigned projects and products.

About You

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Excellent clinical judgment

  • Capability to synthesize and critically analyze data from multiple sources

  • Ability to communicate complex clinical issues and analysis orally and in writing

  • Able to develop and document sound risk assessment

  • Demonstrates initiative and capacity to work under pressure

  • Demonstrates leadership within cross-functional team environment

  • Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills are required

  • Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Formal Education And Experience Required:

  • M.D. Degree or equivalent.

  • For MD, Board Certified/Board eligible, or equivalent, is preferred

  • For M.D., minimum 3 years total experience in international pharmacovigilance, or equivalent relevant industry experience (e.g. clinical development) with relevant clinical experience considered. Exceptionally, candidates may be considered if they have proven excellence in a similar prior position, even if they have less than 3 years international PV experience.

Why Choose Us?

  • Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

  • Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether its through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

  • Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

  • Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks gender-neutral parental leave.

The salary range for this position is:

$178,500.00 - $297,500.00

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the .

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About Sanofi

Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs and vaccines. The company operates in over 170 countries and has a diverse portfolio of products that includes treatments for diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and rare diseases. Sanofi is committed to improving global health and has a strong focus on innovation and sustainability. The company has received numerous awards for its research and development efforts and is recognized as a leader in the pharmaceutical industry.
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$121.6 billion
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Net Income
$12.3 billion
Founded
1990
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+2.5%
Revenue
$37.3 billion
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