Senior Global Product Safety Strategy Lead

Sobi; Basel; On-site; CHF 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Sobi is seeking a Global Product Safety Science Lead to own product-level safety across the lifecycle. The role combines scientific leadership with hands-on execution, driving safety strategy and leading critical safety deliverables within cross-functional teams.

You will chair safety discussions, oversee signal detection and risk management, and ensure safety considerations are integrated into development decisions in line with GVP and global regulations.

Qualifications

• MD/PhD/PharmD or Master’s in Life Sciences/Public Health.
• Extensive pharmacovigilance and safety science experience in pharma/regulatory.
• Strong knowledge of global PV regulations (GVP, ICH E2E).
• Ability to analyze and interpret medical safety data with scientific rigor.
• Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools (Power BI/Spotfire).
• Experience leading cross-functional global product safety teams and safety strategy.
• Experience collaborating with partner companies for global markets.
• Experience presenting medical safety information at health authority meetings.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety strategy and ownership for assigned products across lifecycle.
• Perform and lead signal detection, evaluation, validation and escalation.
• Drive benefit-risk evaluations and risk-management strategies.
• Oversee key safety deliverables (PSURs, DSURs, RMPs) and regulatory responses.
• Translate safety data insights into actionable guidance for development and regulatory interactions.
• Lead clinical safety science interactions with partners and MDT collaboration.
• Chair product-level safety engagements and represent safety in governance councils.
• Mentor safety team members and develop capabilities within Safety Science.

Skills

Safety science

Pharmacovigilance

Signal detection

Data visualization

SQL

Power BI

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MD/PhD/PharmD

Life sciences degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Veeva Vault

Job description

Sobi is seeking a Global Product Safety Science Lead to own product-level safety across the lifecycle. The role combines scientific leadership with hands-on execution, driving safety strategy and leading critical safety deliverables within cross-functional teams.

You will chair safety discussions, oversee signal detection and risk management, and ensure safety considerations are integrated into development decisions in line with GVP and global regulations.