Senior Director, Safety & Pharmacovigilance

Larimar Therapeutics Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Larimar Therapeutics Inc. seeks a Senior Director of Safety & Pharmacovigilance to lead global drug safety across development, commercialization, and post-marketing.

The role drives a scalable, inspection-ready PV system aligned with regulatory requirements and company objectives. The successful candidate will advise executive leadership, oversee safety surveillance, signal management, and vendor performance, and ensure risk mitigation through strong cross-functional collaboration in a growing

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior expert and strategic leader for safety and pharmacovigilance across functions.
• Drive global pharmacovigilance strategy aligned with clinical development and regulatory goals.
• Maintain scalable PV system compliant with global laws and guidance.
• Support safety governance, standards, and inspection readiness.
• Oversee vendor performance and review of case safety reports.
• Lead signal detection, validation, and management with timely escalation.
• Conduct safety and benefit-risk assessments with mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Data Management, Medical, Regulatory.
• Maintain clinical safety database and safety data processes.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, EMA, ICH and international regs.
• Provide content for regulatory submissions and agency interactions.
• Support regulatory inspections and readiness for PV activities.
• Monitor evolving regulatory standards and assess impact on safety strategy.
• Partner with Quality on vendor qualification and audits.
• Provide safety input into development strategies, protocols, and plans.
• Represent Safety & Pharmacovigilance in due diligence and strategic transactions.
• Oversee Safety Data Exchange Agreements and related PV agreements.
• Provide safety input into FDA Advisory Committee preparations.
• Foster proactive risk identification, scientific rigor, regulatory compliance, and patient safety.

Job description

Position Summary

The Senior Director, Safety & Pharmacovigilance will provide strategic and operational leadership for Larimar's global drug safety and pharmacovigilance activities across the product lifecycle, from clinical development through commercialization and post-marketing surveillance.

This role will have overall responsibility for maintaining, and continuously improving a robust, scalable, and inspection-ready pharmacovigilance system that meets applicable global regulatory requirements and supports the company's clinical, regulatory, and commercial objectives.

As the company's senior pharmacovigilance subject matter expert, the Senior Director will provide relevant strategic guidance to executive management and cross-functional teams; oversee safety surveillance, signal detection and evaluation, aggregate safety reporting, safety and pharmacovigilance systems, and pharmacovigilance vendor performance; and ensure appropriate identification, assessment, escalation, and mitigation of emerging safety risks.

The successful candidate will be a highly collaborative strategic leader who can operate effectively in a growing biotech environment, build fit-for-purpose capabilities, and translate complex safety information into clear recommendations and decisions for senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior subject matter expert and strategic leader for safety and pharmacovigilance, executing pharmacovigilance-related and associated tasks in support of multi-disciplinary department activities.
• Execute and refine the company's global pharmacovigilance strategy in alignment with clinical development, regulatory, medical, quality, and commercial objectives.
• Maintain and improve a comprehensive, scalable pharmacovigilance system and safety operating model consistent with applicable global laws, regulations, and industry guidance.
• Support and maintain appropriate safety governance, processes, standards, and procedures to support a compliant, effective, and inspection-ready pharmacovigilance function.
• Provide day to day oversight of pharmacovigilance vendors and perform review and assessment of individual case safety reports, aggregate safety data, and queries.
• Lead signal detection, validation, evaluation, and management activities and ensure timely escalation of significant safety findings.
• Conduct and oversee clinical safety and benefit-risk assessments and recommend appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Partner with Clinical Development, Biostatistics/Statistics, Data Management, Medical, Regulatory, and other functions to ensure integrated evaluation of clinical safety data.
• Ensure appropriate maintenance and oversight of the clinical safety database and associated safety data processes.
• Ensure compliance of the global pharmacovigilance system with applicable FDA, EMA, ICH, and other relevant international regulatory requirements and guidance.
• Provide relevant content for regulatory submissions, agency interactions, and other regulatory activities.
• Support regulatory inspections and ensure ongoing inspection readiness for pharmacovigilance activities, systems, processes, and vendors.
• Monitor evolving regulatory requirements and industry standards and proactively assess their impact on the company's safety strategy and operations.
• Partner with Quality, as appropriate, on vendor qualification, audits, performance management, and issue resolution.
• Provide safety input into clinical development strategy, protocols, informed consent materials, study plans, and other relevant development activities.
• Represent Safety & Pharmacovigilance in corporate due diligence activities, including potential acquisitions, licensing opportunities, partnerships, and other strategic transactions.
• Oversee the development, execution, and maintenance of Safety Data Exchange Agreements and other pharmacovigilance agreements associated with development, licensing, commercialization, and distribution partnerships.
• Provide strategic safety input into preparation for FDA Advisory Committee meetings and other significant regulatory milestones, as applicable.
• Foster a culture of proactive risk identification, scientific rigor, regulatory compliance, and patient safety.
• Perform other duties and strategic initiatives as appropriate to support the company's objectives.