Otsuka Pharma GmbH
Otsuka Pharma GmbH

Director, Medical Safety Physician Product Lead (m/f/d)

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SALARY
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WORK TYPE
remote
JOB TYPE
fulltime-permanent
INDUSTRY
healthcare
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About the 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.

  • Lead medical safety strategy for assigned products across the full lifecycle (Phase 1–4)

  • 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)

  • Oversee safety profile, benefit-risk evaluation, and signal detection activities

  • Drive and chair Safety Management Team (SMT) meetings

  • Ensure execution of global pharmacovigilance (PV) activities and governance processes

  • Provide safety leadership in cross-functional global teams (e.g. Regulatory, Clinical, Quality)

  • Act as key contact for Health Authorities (e.g. EMA, FDA) on safety matters

  • Lead preparation and review of safety documents (e.g. PSURs, DSURs, Risk Management Plans, SmPC)

  • Ensure scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance of safety-related submissions

  • Support global regulatory filings and safety-related responses (e.g. NDA, MAA)

  • Contribute to clinical trial activities as PV representative

  • Coach and support team members on safety strategy and deliverables

  • Act as subject matter expert for audits, inspections, and process improvements

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