Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance Scientist

Scorpion Therapeutics; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance Scientist to lead safety evaluation across clinical development and post-marketing readiness. You will partner cross-functionally to detect, assess, document, and prevent product safety risks, with a focus on oncology/gene-therapy programs.

Responsibilities include SAE review, safety analyses, signal management, regulatory documentation, and collaboration with PV vendors.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in health/life sciences preferred.
• 8+ years in pharmacovigilance/clinical safety with oncology or gene therapy emphasis.
• Experience with safety data management, regulatory submissions, and safety monitoring plans.

Responsibilities

• Review SAE reports for completeness, coding, and narrative quality.
• Author safety analyses and contribute to governance documents (DSURs, ICRs, clinical reports).
• Lead signal management activities including detection, validation, and escalation.
• Review safety data from trials, databases, literature, and nonclinical sources.
• Collaborate with PV vendors/CROs for case processing and documentation.

Skills

Pharmacovigilance

GCP/ICH

Causality assessment

Signal detection

Regulatory documentation

Communication

Project coordination

Safety database Argus

Medical writing

Education

Advanced degree in health/life sciences

PharmD/MPH or related

Tools

Argus

Job description

Position Summary:

The Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance Scientist supports safety evaluation and pharmacovigilance activities for all products across clinical development and, as applicable, post-marketing readiness. Partners cross-functionally to detect, assess, understand, document, and prevent product safety risks.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Perform sponsor review and approval of serious adverse event (SAE) and other individual case safety reports in Argus (completeness, medical consistency, queries, coding, narrative quality, causality, expectedness, reportability, and follow-up).
• Author/contribute to safety topic reviews, signal evaluations, aggregate safety analyses, benefit-risk assessments, and safety summaries for governance and regulatory documents (e.g., Investigator Brochure updates, DSURs, clinical study reports).
• Implement and continuously improve signal management (detection, tracking, validation, prioritization, assessment, escalation, documentation, inspection‑ready records).
• Review safety data from trials, safety/clinical databases, literature, and nonclinical sources to identify emerging concerns and changes in known risks.
• Support protocol development/amendments, safety monitoring plans, and safety sections of study documents.
• Contribute to SAE reconciliation, safety data meetings, Safety Management/Governance Team activities, and Data Monitoring Committee support.
• Maintain Reference Safety Information, expectedness criteria, terms of special interest, and product risk language.
• Collaborate with PV vendors/CROs for quality case processing, query resolution, safety database documentation, compliance, and oversight of delegated PV activities.
• Provide PV input to regulatory responses, inspections readiness, SOPs/work instructions, vendor oversight plans, training, and process improvements.
• Maintain knowledge of global PV regulations, ICH guidance, FDA/EU expectations, oncology safety considerations, MedDRA, and best practices.

Minimum Education:

• Advanced degree in a health/life sciences discipline preferred (e.g., PharmD, MSN/NP, MPH). Bachelor’s may be considered with significant relevant experience.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Typically 8+ years in pharmacovigilance/clinical safety/drug safety science/clinical development (oncology and/or gene‑mediated therapy preferred).
• Strong knowledge of global PV requirements (ICH GCP, ICH E2, FDA IND safety reporting, EU clinical trial safety reporting, Good Pharmacovigilance Practice).
• Hands‑on safety database experience, preferably Argus.
• Ability to review complex safety/clinical data and produce clear written safety assessments.
• Experience supporting protocol/investigator brochure/DSURs/clinical reports/safety monitoring plans/signal assessments and regulatory responses.
• Knowledge of signal detection/management practices.
• Excellent written/verbal communication; strong organizational skills; collaborative, proactive, accountable style.