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Director, Global Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance Compliance
The Role
Establishing a US-based Pharmacovigilance (PV) Compliance Director position will strengthen global compliance capabilities, provide essential support across multiple time zones, improve responsiveness to audits and inspections, and ensure consistent compliance oversight for GDS&PV's global development and post-marketing activities.
Responsibilities
Ensure appropriate establishment and execution of all global pharmacovigilance procedures working closely with global colleagues from other departments/regions as applicable.
Support with overseeing and maintaining global pharmacovigilance policies, procedures, and workflows, including development and implementation of SOPs and other controlled documents support with investigational and marketed product safety surveillance.
Work arrangement: This role offers flexibility to work away from the office for 20%–40% of a typical schedule. Employees may use this work schedule in increments of single days or multiple consecutive days, provided it does not exceed 40% within a 60-day period, and is approved by the hiring manager.
Responsibilities
- ✓Act as the lead US for PV audits and inspections, overseeing preparation, conduct, responses, and post-audit/inspection actions:
- ✓Coordinate and support GDS&PV preparation activities for internal audits, partner audits, and health authority inspections.
- ✓Maintain audit and inspection trackers, action lists, and timelines.
- ✓Support scheduling of audit/inspection meetings, interviews, training and readiness activities.
- ✓Coordinate collection, organization, and version control of requested documentation.
- ✓Track and follow up on audit/inspection actions and commitments in collaboration with GDS&PV compliance and process owners and cross-functionally.
- ✓Coordinate and support Quality Events creation, follow-up, and timely closure.
- ✓Support inspection readiness activities (e.g. quarterly internal compliance health checks on key PV processes, evidence repositories, story boards, trackers, lessons learned).
- ✓Manage and oversee the GDS&PV Quality Event process resulted from continuous compliance monitoring and work closely with Global QA to address and document responses and provide feedback to ensure adherence to the internal and external guidance documents, and SOPs.
- ✓Co-representing Global GDS&PV Compliance in relevant end-to-end process execution activities and governance forums. Governance and Oversight
- ✓Work with the other GDS&PV Compliance teams to ensure that safety/PV training is provided to all relevant global internal and external employees and 3rd parties.
- ✓Ensure compliance with regulatory authority guidelines and regulations as well as keeping abreast of pharmacovigilance methods and trends in published literature and global regulations.
- ✓Provide support to the global GDS&PV team with compliance oversight relevant to the regions in compliance with current regional regulations, internal and external guidance documents, and SOPs
Requirements
- ✓Advanced degree in healthcare related field
- ✓Minimum requirement: 12+ years of relevant experience in Pharmacovigilance/Clinical Research
- ✓Significant experience managing and leading processes/projects in own area (e.g. guidance documents as per intl. regulations & reporting requirements; preparation of post-marketing spontaneous and clinical trial safety assessments; regulatory submissions; safety case processing; PV data systems; safety data base systems and the report generation)
- ✓Experience working with FDA/EMA/PMDA/ICH requirements, good clinical practices, pharmaceutical clinical development and PV audits and inspections during clinical through to and beyond post marketing
- ✓Experience training and mentoring team members, and communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders
Proven performance in earlier role/comparable role
For US based candidates, the proposed salary band for this position is as follows:
$197,840.00---$296,760.00
The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as discretionary bonuses and long-term incentives.
When you join Genmab, you’re joining a culture that supports your physical, financial, social, and emotional wellness. Within the first year, regular full-time U.S. employees are eligible for:
- ✓401(k) Plan: 100% match on the first 6% of contributions
- ✓Health Benefits: Two medical plan options (including HDHP with HSA), dental, and vision insurance
- ✓Voluntary Plans: Critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
- ✓Time Off: Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and 12 weeks of discretionary paid parental leave
- ✓Support Resources: Access to child and adult backup care, family support programs, financial wellness tools, and emotional well-being support
- ✓Additional Perks: Commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, and a Lifestyle Spending Account for wellness and personal expenses
Further details on eligibility for compensation and benefits based on role will be provided during the recruitment process
About Genmab
Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose to improve the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For 25 years, its hard-working, innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and harnessed translational, quantitative and data sciences, resulting in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers, antibody-drug conjugates, next-generation immune checkpoint modulators and effector function-enhanced antibodies. By 2030, Genmab’s vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO®) antibody medicines.
Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with international presence across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit Genmab.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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