Associate Director, Drug Safety

Regulatory Toolkit; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Company-paid healthcare

401K matching

Uncapped vacation

Onsite gym

Job summary

Iambic Therapeutics, a clinical-stage life-science company based in San Diego, seeks an Associate Director, Drug Safety to lead outsourced pharmacovigilance activities and collaborate with Quality, Clinical Operations, and Clinical Development. The role spans all phases of development for oral oncology therapies and requires strong regulatory and safety expertise.

The position may be based in our San Diego headquarters or remote, offering flexibility to support safety processes, safety data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or pharmacy; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years combined pharmacovigilance/drug safety or related experience; 6–8 years with advanced degree.
• Experience across safety science/surveillance and pharmacovigilance operations preferred.
• Strong knowledge of MedDRA and WHODrug; proficiency with safety databases.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to train and mentor junior Drug Safety staff and contractors.
• Knowledge of FDA, EMA, ICH, GCP, and GVP pharmacovigilance regulations.
• Oncology phase I–III experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee case processing and vendor oversight for pharmacovigilance activities.
• Coordinate safety data deliverables for regulatory submissions and health authority requests.
• Contribute to safety science documents and aggregate safety reporting.
• Maintain safety databases, SOPs, and inspection readiness activities.
• Support CAPAs, change controls, audits, and regulatory inspections.

Skills

MedDRA proficiency

WHODrug dictionaries

Safety databases

Interpersonal skills

Written & verbal communication

Staff training

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing or pharmacy

PharmD/MSN/MPH or equivalent preferred

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

We are hiring an Associate Director, Drug Safety to join our Safety team at Iambic Therapeutics. Reporting to the Head of Safety, the Associate Director will oversee outsourced pharmacovigilance activities and contribute to regulatory and safety deliverables. The Associate Director will work collaboratively with Quality, Clinical operations, and Clinical development to set up and execute safety processes. A successful candidate will have flexibility in our dynamic and growing organization. The Associate Director will have responsibilities across all phases of development for our oral small-molecule oncology therapies.

The position may be based in our San Diego headquarters or remote.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Case processing and vendor oversight

• Provide day-to-day oversight of SAE processing activities performed internally and externally.
• Coordinate reconciliation of safety information across clinical databases and business partners.
• Monitor vendor performance through compliance trends and review of operational deliverables. Tracking of actions items, issues, corrective actions.
• Support implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of safety databases as applicable.

Safety Science Support

• Contribute to aggregate safety reports, safety sections of clinical, safety and regulatory documents as requested.
• Coordinate safety data deliverables for aggregate reports, regulatory submissions, and health authority requests.
• Review individual and aggregate safety data and identify emerging trends.

PV Quality, Compliance & Inspection Readiness

• Co-author and maintain controlled documents, Safety Management Plans, Safety Data Exchange Agreements, and other documents needed to ensure inspection readiness.
• Support CAPAs, change controls, audits, and regulatory inspections.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or pharmacy; advanced degree such as PharmD, MSN, MPH, or equivalent preferred.
• At least 10 years of combined experience in pharmacovigilance, drug safety, clinical science, or a related environment with a Bachelor’s degree and 6-8 years with an advanced degree.
• Related experience across both safety science/surveillance and pharmacovigilance operations preferred.
• Strong understanding of MedDRA and WHODrug dictionaries.
• Proficiency in the use of Safety Databases.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and professionalism.
• Written and verbal proficiency with ability to communicate clinical topics succinctly and clearly.
• Ability to train, mentor junior Drug Safety staff, contractors, consultants, and vendor personnel.
• Knowledge of applicable global pharmacovigilance regulations and guidance, including FDA, EMA, ICH, GCP, and GVP requirements.
• Oncology phase I to III experience preferred.

ABOUT IAMBIC THERAPEUTICS

Iambic is a clinical-stage life-science and technology company developing novel medicines using its AI-driven discovery and development platform. Based in San Diego and founded in 2020, Iambic has assembled a world-class team that unites pioneering AI experts and experienced drug hunters. The Iambic platform has demonstrated delivery of new drug candidates to human clinical trials with unprecedented speed and across multiple target classes and mechanisms of action. Iambic is advancing a pipeline of potential best-in-class and first-in-class clinical assets, both internally and in partnership, to address urgent unmet patient need. Learn more about the Iambic team, platform, pipeline, and partnerships at iambic.ai.

MISSION & CORE VALUES

Our mission is to deliver better medicines through innovations in AI-based discovery technologies. The culture and work at Iambic Therapeutics are profoundly strengthened by the diversity of our people and our differences in background, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and life experiences. We are committed to building an inclusive environment where a diverse group of talented humans work together to discover therapeutics and create technologies.

PAY AND BENEFITS

We offer industry leading competitive pay, company paid healthcare, flexible spending accounts, voluntary life insurance, 401K matching, and uncapped vacation to our team. We are in a brand-new state-of-the art facility in beautiful San Diego with an onsite gym, dining, and easy access to great places to live and play.