Pharmacovigilance, Associate Director

Are you an experienced Pharmacovigilance professional looking to make a significant impact within a global, research-driven pharmaceutical organisation? We are partnering with a leading international biopharmaceutical company to recruit an Associate Director Pharmacovigilance on a 12-month contract basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a safety science expert to contribute to the development and lifecycle management of innovative medicines while influencing patient safety strategy at a global level.

Working within a highly collaborative safety organisation, you will provide strategic pharmacovigilance leadership across both clinical development and post-marketing activities, supporting benefit-risk decision-making and ensuring the highest standards of patient safety.

As Associate Director Pharmacovigilance, you will play a key role within multidisciplinary global teams, providing expert safety oversight across a diverse product portfolio. Key responsibilities include:

• Providing pharmacovigilance and safety science expertise throughout the product lifecycle, from early development through to marketed products.
• Serving as a core member of product safety and study teams, providing strategic safety input and oversight.
• Leading signal detection, signal evaluation, and signal management activities.
• Conducting benefit-risk assessments and supporting key safety governance decisions.
• Managing post-marketing safety activities and contributing to safety strategy development.
• Authoring, reviewing, and overseeing aggregate safety reports, including: DSURs, PBRERs / PSURs, safety assessment reports, regulatory safety responses.
• Providing oversight of individual and aggregate case reporting activities.
• Supporting development and maintenance of: Company Core Data Sheets (CCDS), Investigator's Brochures (IB), Risk Management Plans (RMPs), REMS documentation, product labelling and safety communications.
• Contributing safety expertise to clinical development programmes and cross-functional project teams.
• Supporting health authority interactions relating to safety and risk management.
• Influencing product safety strategy and contributing to broader clinical development objectives.

We are keen to hear from experienced Pharmacovigilance professionals with a strong background in safety science within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or CRO sector. You will ideally possess:

• PhD, MSc, PharmD, Medical Degree, or other postgraduate qualification in a Life Sciences or healthcare-related discipline.
• Significant pharmacovigilance and drug safety experience.
• Strong expertise in signal detection, signal management, benefit-risk evaluation, and risk management.
• Proven experience authoring and reviewing DSURs, PBRERs, PSURs, and other aggregate reports.
• A thorough understanding of global PV regulations, ICH guidelines, GVP, and GxP requirements.
• Knowledge of the end-to-end clinical trial lifecycle and post-marketing safety processes.
• Experience working within global cross-functional and matrix environments.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret and communicate complex scientific and safety data.
• Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• The ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive safety initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Experience supporting both development and marketed products within a global pharmaceutical environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world-class organisation at the forefront of healthcare innovation, working on cutting-edge therapies and contributing directly to patient safety on a global scale. If you're looking for a high-impact contract role where your safety science expertise will influence key development and post-marketing decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

Before you apply for this position, it is vital that you are in possession of a UK passport or relevant visa to work without restrictions in the UK and must be based in the UK.