Executive Director, Global Patient Safety Sciences Delivery

Regeneron; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 285,600 - 475,900; Full time

Job summary

Regeneron is seeking an Executive Director, Global Patient Safety Sciences Delivery based in New Jersey or nearby locations. This leadership role focuses on defining strategies for patient safety operations across therapeutic areas while fostering cross-functional partnerships.

The candidate must possess a relevant advanced degree, have significant experience in pharmacovigilance, and demonstrate strong leadership capabilities. Regeneron offers a generous salary range of $285,600 to $475,900 annually.

Qualifications

• 17+ years of experience in pharmacovigilance or relevant clinical experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• 6+ years of team leadership and people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement strategy for patient safety operations.
• Oversee relevant training programs and ensure quality management.
• Coordinate benefit-risk assessments for periodic safety reports.
• Build and lead a high-performing team.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Project management

Education

M.D., PA, Ph.D. or PharmD Degree

Board Certification or equivalent in relevant clinical specialty

MBA (advantage)

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 an Executive Director, Global Patient Safety Sciences Delivery to lead Patient Safety operations across all Therapeutic Areas.

When & Where

• Work Location: Tarrytown, NY, Warren, NJ, or Cambridge, MA
• Hybrid: 4 days per week onsite
• Travel: As needed

Discover Your Role

• Define the strategy to ensure standardization and consistency in execution of core activities (e.g., signal detection, authoring sections for safety documents) across all products and TA’s through development of common practices, processes, and templates.
• Oversee relevant training programs for GPS Safety Sciences, including a standardized training curriculum, proficiency matrix, and knowledge management repository.
• Enable the Global Capability Center (GCC) to operate more efficiently and scale with the demands of the business.
• Develop innovative approaches to delivering core activities that integrate emerging technologies, including AI.

Operational Delivery Oversight

• Ensure compliance and quality management of Safety Sciences Operations activities, including compliance with all regulations and establishment of SOPs and associated monitoring tools.
• Oversee all aspects of signal detection coordination and signal management process across all TA’s, including Safety Monitoring Team (SMT), Safety Surveillance Plan (SSP) and Signal Evaluation Report (SER).
• Coordinate and support high‑quality, timely, and compliant delivery of benefit‑risk assessment for periodic safety reports (e.g., DSURs, PSURs) and support Safety Sciences Strategy in contributing medical and safety perspective to the GPS portfolio of documents (e.g., ARM, RMP, SMP) where required.
• Set and oversee the framework for aggregate safety data analysis to ensure effective coordination and delivery.

Cross‑Functional Partnership

• Serve as strategic point of contact to enable SS operational delivery in partnership with TAHs and GPS Leads.
• Partner with key Regeneron interfaces (e.g., Clinical, Regulatory, Med Affairs, Biostats & Data Management).

Talent Development & Organizational Leadership

• Build, coach, and scale a high‑performing team, and drive succession planning and talent pipelines.
• Lead talent strategy and leadership development initiatives that strengthen capabilities across the organization.

This Role Requires

• Minimum M.D., PA, Ph.D. or PharmD Degree; Board Certification or equivalent in relevant clinical specialty. MBA is an advantage.
• 17+ years of total experience in PV or relevant clinical experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• 6+ years of leading a team and people‑management experience.
• Preferred experience with oversight of operations within a global patient safety organization.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to assess and optimize safety operations processes, drive consistency, and ensure high‑quality, compliant execution across activities.
• Strong leadership capabilities and presence, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, organizational and workload planning skills along with the ability to manage multiple different projects simultaneously.

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Regeneron will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

Salary Range: $285,600.00 – $475,900.00 (annually).