PV Scientist

Edgewise Therapeutics; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Discretionary bonus

Stock option grants

Stock Purchase Plan

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Edgewise Therapeutics is seeking a Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance Scientist to lead safety assessments across the company asset portfolio. The role reports to the Head of Pharmacovigilance and works with PV MDs to deliver safety signals, risk assessments, and regulatory responses.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in drug safety, strong medical writing skills, and a track record in cross-functional collaboration with clinical development and regulatory affairs.

Qualifications

• Pharmacovigilance professional with 7+ years in medical/scientific/pharmaceutical settings.
• Experience in signal detection and interpretation of medical data.
• Experience in safety data analysis and writing study-related reports (IB, DSUR, PBRER).
• Excellent medical/scientific writing and communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally within safety, clinical development, medical affairs, regulatory.

Responsibilities

• Compile aggregate safety reports (DSUR, PBRER, PSUR) with safety physician input.
• Assemble safety data for clinical overviews and regulatory inquiries.
• Lead signal detection and risk assessment activities.
• Manage literature reviews for marketed and development products.
• Coordinate safety governance meetings with the safety physician.
• Collaborate with PV, clinical ops, regulatory and medical affairs.
• Oversee SAE reconciliation between clinical and safety databases.
• Develop safety tables/listings for interventional/non-interventional trials.
• Draft and maintain PV SOPs and related policies.
• Project-manage and author safety documents with safety physicians.

Skills

PV expertise

Signal detection

Safety data analysis

Medical writing

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

MedDRA coding

Communication skills

PV SOPs

Education

PharmD/PhD

Advanced degree

Job description

Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance Scientist

About Edgewise Therapeutics:

At Edgewise, we are focused on advancing novel, muscle-targeted therapeutics for serious cardiovascular and cardiometabolic conditions with significant unmet need. Leveraging our expertise in muscle biology and small molecule drug development, we are building a cardiovascular pipeline that includes programs for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart failure and other serious cardiovascular diseases.

We’re building a passionate, experienced team committed to tackling complex scientific and clinical challenges and delivering meaningful outcomes for patients. If you’re looking to do work that matters, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Position:

Pharmacovigilance and patient safety are a key part of Edgewise's strategy and are critical to our success. Edgewise Therapeutics executes clinical trials in partnership with Contract Research Organizations (CROs), Academic Research Organizations (AROs), and other service providers. Edgewise believes the ability to manage and collaborate with such entities is a core competency that can determine success or failure of clinical trial activities and indeed, the company.

Reporting to the Head of Pharmacovigilance, the Safety Scientist will be responsible to perform safety assessments for Company’s Asset across all indications. This individual will work with Pharmacovigilance MDs and provide scientific/clinical expertise, strategic input, support for deliverables and activities associated with signal management, safety, and benefit-risk evaluations for Company Asset. The ideal candidate will manage potential safety issues for Company Asset, evaluate data for safety signals, and help draft responses to regulatory inquiries on product safety issues. This role provides an excellent opportunity for close collaboration with colleagues from other functions such as Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, and Medical Affairs.

Essential Job Duties and Functions:

Responsible for compiling aggregate safety reports for Company Asset (e.g. DSUR, PBRER, PSUR) including safety database requests, working with safety physician and ensuring effective planning such that stakeholder input is requested/received for applicable sections of the report to meet regulatory timelines

Responsible for compiling safety information for clinical overviews, responses to regulatory questions, post-marketing safety assessment, risk management plans, labeling justifications, CCSI development, IB updates, label updates as well as written summaries of clinical safety of common technical documents

• Collaborates with the safety physician for signal detection activities, including medical review and benefit-risk assessment of Company Asset
• Manage literature review plan for marketed products and medicinal products under development
• Responsible for ensuring efficient planning and execution of routine and ad-hoc Safety governance meetings in collaboration with the safety physician
• Effectively collaborate with stakeholders outside of PV, including representing PV department in cross-functional clinical programs and registration activities
• Works with CROs and clinical teams to ensure protocol designs enable timely processing and global regulatory compliance for all SAEs from assigned protocols
• Provides oversight of SAE reconciliation activities between the clinical and safety databases in accordance with SOPs
• Collaborates with Clinical Operations, Data Management, CRO and Study Teams in development of the safety-related, table design, and listings for safety data from interventional/non‑interventional trials and safety reporting plans (SRP)
• Lead/Assist in developing, implementing, and supporting policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), tools, etc., pertaining to pharmacovigilance activities when needed
• Responsible for project managing and authoring of safety documents in collaboration with safety physicians

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

• Healthcare professional or advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, RN, RPH, MS, MPH) required.
• Minimum 7+ years relevant medical, scientific/clinical, or pharmaceutical experience, including experience in drug safety data analysis
• Experience in signal detection with demonstrated experience in analysis and interpretation of medical and scientific data
• Experience in safety data analysis and writing study-related aggregate reports (IB, DSUR, PBRER etc.) and safety assessments
• Skilled at clearly communicating the insights as well as the implications and recommendations distilled from the analysis
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment (including Safety, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, and Regulatory), as well as independently.
• Excellent communication, oral and written, including medical / scientific writing
• Knowledge of regulations and guidance (US and global) governing pharmacovigilance practices.
• Sound understanding of PV safety surveillance activities.
• Experience in MedDRA coding and search strategies.
• Strong knowledge/proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and safety database use.
• Knows when and how to speak up and appropriately raise issues to the team and propose solutions to management.
• Personal Qualities
• Independent working style with high self-motivation to attain team goals in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, computer, and oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to facilitate analysis and problem solving through the effective facilitation of groups
• Thoughtful collaborator with the ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Strategic, with an ability to incorporate new data into safety and risk assessments
• Strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to function effectively in a team/matrix environment
• Demonstrated professionalism and adherence to high ethical standards
• Is proactive, a fast-learner, is flexible and adept at working in a fast-paced, changing environment with strong problem solving and analytical skills

Salary range: $135,000-$175,000, title and salary commensurate with experience

Our Benefits: We are proud to offer health benefits, a discretionary bonus plan, stock option grants. a stock purchase plan, a 401(k) with match and paid time off to our team members as part of their compensation plan.

There is no deadline because the employer accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

Edgewise does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies for this position. Please do not send resumes to Edgewise employees or the company location. Edgewise is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.