Global Medical Safety Director - Oncology PV Leader

Kite Pharma; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 255,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Kite Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer immunotherapies and CAR T-cell approaches. We seek an experienced Senior Pharmacovigilance Leader to drive global safety strategy, regulatory input, and risk management for multiple products.

You will lead PV activities and collaborate across functions to ensure compliant safety practices. Ideal candidates hold an MD or equivalent with 12+ years in drug safety, strong leadership, and deep knowledge of EU/FDA PV guidelines.

Qualifications

• MD degree or equivalent with board-eligible status.
• 12+ years of drug safety or clinical practice with PV expertise.
• Strong knowledge of EU and FDA PV guidelines and GCP.
• Proven leadership, problem solving, organization, and planning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical strategy and input into regulatory decisions for safety of multiple products.
• Establish global pharmacovigilance direction and leadership for safety.
• Oversee surveillance, aggregate review and risk management planning.
• Collaborate on safety signals, trends, and management of issues.
• Execute process changes per GVP and regulatory guidance.
• Participate in SOP updates, audits, and data analysis activities.
• Communicate pharmacovigilance findings to senior management.
• Provide global medical leadership for product safety activities.
• Offer strategic input to mitigate pharmacovigilance risk.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Pharmacovigilance

Regulatory knowledge

Problem solving

Data analysis

Education

MD Degree or equivalent; board eligible

Board certification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Kite Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer immunotherapies and CAR T-cell approaches. We seek an experienced Senior Pharmacovigilance Leader to drive global safety strategy, regulatory input, and risk management for multiple products.

You will lead PV activities and collaborate across functions to ensure compliant safety practices. Ideal candidates hold an MD or equivalent with 12+ years in drug safety, strong leadership, and deep knowledge of EU/FDA PV guidelines.