Senior Director Global Patient Safety

Regeneron Ireland; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 144,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Regeneron Ireland is seeking a Senior Director to join the Global Patient Safety team in a hybrid setting. You will lead safety strategy, oversee safety reporting, and coordinate cross-functional efforts across the organization to ensure robust risk management for assigned compounds.

The role requires extensive pharmacovigilance expertise, senior leadership capabilities, and the ability to influence matrix teams and external partners.

Qualifications

• Five-plus years of pharmacovigilance and/or medical experience with a listed degree.
• Ten-plus years' pharmacovigilance/medical experience or equivalent in lieu of a listed degree.
• Ability to influence colleagues across matrix teams, including senior management.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned-compound safety activities: surveillance, signal management, lifecycle safety communications, benefit-risk assessment and regulatory responses.
• Oversee Development Safety Update Reports, Periodic Safety Update Reports, development Risk Management Plans and Risk Management Plans.
• Review Investigator Brochures, protocols and clinical study reports.
• Chair the Safety Management/Monitoring Team and coordinate cross-functional safety efforts.
• Represent safety on Strategic Program Team, Safety Oversight Committee, IDMCs and CRO teams.
• Develop non-compound safety strategies and mechanism-of-action planning; mentor junior safety scientists.

Skills

Pharmacovigilance experience

Medical/clinical safety

Education

Nursing, PharmD, PhD or MD degree

Job description

Build our future together: At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking a Senior Director to join our Global Patient Safety team, supporting our assigned compounds in a hybrid setting. In this role, you will lead safety strategy while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, science-driven organization making a meaningful difference to patients worldwide.

When & where

Multiple locations are being considered for this role (Hybrid)

Discover your role

• Lead assigned-compound safety activities: surveillance, signal management, lifecycle-appropriate safety communication, benefit-risk assessment and regulatory responses.
• Oversee Development Safety Update Reports, Periodic Safety Update Reports, development Risk Management Plans and Risk Management Plans.
• Review Investigator Brochures, protocols and clinical study reports.
• Chair the Safety Management/Monitoring Team as the first safety contact, coordinating internal support and representing Global Patient Safety cross-functionally.
• Represent safety on the Strategic Program Team, Regeneron’s Safety Oversight Committee, Independent Data Monitoring Committees and partner/contract research organisation teams.
• Deputise for the Therapeutic Area Head and develop non-compound safety strategies, including mechanism‑of‑action planning.
• Provide complex Individual Case Safety Report medical‑review expertise and review other compound data sources.
• Develop standard operating procedures, working practices and guides through continuous improvement, cross-functional relationships and junior safety scientist mentoring.
• You influence collaboratively across internal and external matrix teams, including senior management.

This role requires

• Nursing, PharmD, PhD or MD degree.
• Five-plus years’ relevant pharmacovigilance and/or medical experience with a listed degree.
• Ten‑plus years’ relevant pharmacovigilance/medical experience, or equivalent in lieu of PharmD/PhD/MD, including significant drug‑safety reporting and risk‑management experience.
• Alternatively, clinical‑development experience with demonstrated safety achievements, such as integrated safety summary support or clinical study report content responsibility.
• Ability to influence colleagues across matrix teams, including senior management.
• Clinical and/or industry experience in the relevant therapeutic area is a plus.

We are committed to building a workplace with an inclusive culture.

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

Where necessary, we disclose salary ranges for roles in all countries in which we operate. The final offer will be determined within the relevant range based on the country of employment, specific role level, and your skills and experience. In some countries, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) may apply and influence certain elements of pay or benefits.

Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits.

For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the U.S., please visit https://careers.regeneron.com/en/working-at-regeneron/total-rewards/. For other locations, additional information will be provided during the recruitment process.

If you have any questions, please speak with your recruiter.

Please be advised that at Regeneron, we believe we do our best work when we are together. For that reason, many roles are required to be performed on‑site. Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about on‑site expectations for your role and location.

As part of the recruitment process, certain background checks may be conducted in accordance with the laws of the country where the position is based. The purpose of such checks is to verify certain information prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work and educational qualifications.

For jobs in Canada: this posting is for an existing position. Salary Range (annually) €143,900.00 - €240,100.00

Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for over 30 years by physician‑scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to nine FDA‑approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neurology, infectious diseases and rare diseases. Regeneron is also proud of award winning culture of innovation, being recognized as a Great Place to Work in 2021, Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2020, and Forbes JUST companies in 2020, among others.