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The Program Safety Lead defines and executes the safety strategy for endocrinology pipeline products, ensuring global pharmacovigilance compliance. They oversee signal detection, risk management plans, and provide critical safety input for regulatory submissions and labeling.
Candidates must hold a PharmD degree and possess 6-8 years of industry pharmacovigilance experience, preferably within the Endocrinology therapeutic area. Leadership experience in a matrix organization and proficiency in English are required.
Are you passionate about patient safety and ready to help lead a fast-paced, global pharmacovigilance organization? Ascendis Pharma is seeking an experienced Program Safety Lead to champion safety excellence, drive compliance, and shape strategy across our growing portfolio.
We are a dynamic, global biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Denmark with hubs in Palo Alto, CA and Princeton, NJ. Come join us at Ascendis Pharma, where our core values --- Patients, Science & Passion, drive us to deliver best-in-class therapies that address critical unmet needs.
The role
The role of Program Safety Lead is an associate director level position here at Ascendis and this Lead will report to the Head of Global Medical Safety Science. You will play a pivotal role as the Program Safety Lead and pharmacovigilance expert for the Ascendis’ endocrinology pipeline. As a key member of the Global Patient Safety Organization and cross-functional product teams, you will shape the strategy, set priorities and lead pharmacovigilance activities for assigned products. The Program Safety Lead stewards the product safety profile and drives critical safety-related decisions to support the Ascendis portfolio.
As a member of our global team, you will work with highly skilled and passionate colleagues to advance our exciting product pipeline.
You will:
The estimated salary range for this position is $200-215k DOE. Actual salary determination is dependent on a variety of factors some of which include: experience, qualifications, and geographic location. This position may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus or an incentive compensation plan (eligibility varies based on role and position level), discretionary stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Your professional qualifications
You have a PharmD degree– and are proficient in English at a professional level, both written and spoken.
Furthermore, you have:
As a person, you have/are:
Travel: Ability to travel up to 20% of the time domestically and internationally
Office location: This is a hybrid role operating preferably out of Palo Alto, CA; however, we welcome candidates to apply residing near our Princeton, NJ office.
A note to recruiters:
We do not allow external search party solicitation. Presentation of candidates without written permission from the Ascendis Pharma Inc Human Resources team (specifically from: Talent Acquisition Partner or Human Resources Director) is not allowed. If this occurs your ownership of these candidates will not be acknowledged.
Committed to making a meaningful difference for patients
Ascendis Pharma is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on applying our innovative TransCon technology platform to make a meaningful difference for patients. Guided by our core values of Patients, Science, and Passion, and following our algorithm for product innovation, we apply TransCon to develop new therapies that demonstrate best-in-class potential to address unmet medical needs. Ascendis is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has additional facilities in Europe and the United States. Please visit ascendispharma.com to learn more.
Offices: Tuborg Boulevard 12, Hellerup, Capital Region of Denmark 2900, DK
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