Global Safety Physician & Medical Safety Lead

IQVIA; Paris; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking a Global Safety Physician to lead medical safety across clinical development and post-marketing programs. You will oversee safety reviews, governance activities, and regulatory submissions while providing expert consultation to clients and internal teams.

You will build and mentor safety teams, manage budgets, and drive service-line growth, ensuring high-quality deliverables and timely completion of projects across global programs.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of global pharmacovigilance, clinical research, safety reporting, GCP, and regulatory requirements.
• In-depth understanding of clinical development, pharmaceutical research, and medical safety monitoring activities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a complex environment.
• Strong consulting, communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence clients and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including people management, project oversight, financial accountability, and strategic decision-making.
• Medical degree (MD or equivalent) from an accredited institution, with substantial clinical practice experience and/or pharmaceutical physician experience.
• Significant experience in medical safety, pharmacovigilance, or medical monitoring within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, or healthcare industry.
• Current medical licensure (or equivalent professional registration) in the country of practice.

Responsibilities

• Conduct medical review of safety data from trials and post-marketing, including AEs, ADRs, coding, causality, and risk assessments.
• Provide oversight of safety documentation: narratives, reports, risk management plans, regulatory submissions, labeling, protocols, and case report forms.
• Support safety governance activities: DSMBs, Safety Monitoring Committees, pharmacovigilance oversight, and 24-hour medical support.
• Serve as Global Safety Physician, project lead, or medical safety advisor ensuring quality and timely deliveries.
• Present safety findings and provide expert medical consultation to clients and internal teams.
• Lead and develop medical safety teams through people management, planning, mentoring, training, and resource allocation.
• Oversee financial, operational, and quality performance of projects, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to business development: proposals, budgeting, client presentations, strategic planning, service-line growth.
• Represent Medical Safety internally and externally, maintaining key stakeholder relationships and objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement with industry and regulatory developments; undertake special projects as required.
• Provide global medical safety oversight across clinical development and post-marketing programs.

Skills

Global pharmacovigilance knowledge

Clinical safety monitoring

GCP & regulatory understanding

Leadership & people management

Stakeholder management & communication

MD or equivalent medical degree

Medical licensure to practice

Education

MD or equivalent medical degree

Job description

IQVIA is seeking a Global Safety Physician to lead medical safety across clinical development and post-marketing programs. You will oversee safety reviews, governance activities, and regulatory submissions while providing expert consultation to clients and internal teams.

You will build and mentor safety teams, manage budgets, and drive service-line growth, ensuring high-quality deliverables and timely completion of projects across global programs.