Medical Safety Director
Medical Safety Director
Join Philips as a Medical Safety Director and play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and efficacy of our health technology products. You will lead comprehensive safety evaluations, manage risk, and provide expert guidance throughout the product lifecycle, from development to post‑market surveillance.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the medical safety expert for risk management, health hazard evaluations (HHE), risk‑benefit analyses, and corrective actions.
- Provide critical input to regulatory submissions, including RBAs, CSPs/CSRs and CERs.
- Support New Product Design, clinical studies, and Post‑Marketing Surveillance (PMS) with expert safety insights.
- Evaluate safety data from diverse sources (PMS, literature) to identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Stay current with advancements in safety science and regulatory requirements; share knowledge through training and presentations.
- Support audits and inspections related to safety processes and documentation.
- Contribute to the development and review of safety documents, including risk management plans and safety reports.
Qualifications
- Medical Doctor (M.D.) degree (required).
- With over 15 years experience in the medical field, you bring rich insights and transformative skills, including 5+ years of hands‑on clinical practice in hospital environments.
- You have spent at least a decade spearheading advancements in the medical device or pharmaceutical sectors.
- Expertise in medical device risk management and regulatory affairs, with experience interacting with notified bodies.
- Proven research track record (completed studies, published works).
- Leadership experience, including committee involvement and managing complex organizational structures.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experienced public speaker.
- Proactive, assertive, and a strong team player.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For this office‑based teams, it means working in‑person at least 3 days per week.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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- Discover our rich and exciting history.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.