Vice President and Global Head of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance (DSPV)

Location: Fully remote; can be performed from anywhere. Frequent domestic and international travel of approximately 25% is expected for team meetings and events.

Salary: $365,000–$497,000 annual

Company

hirify.global is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming the lives of patients with serious and rare diseases.

What you will do

• Lead the global Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance organization, including Medical Safety, EMEA QPPV operations, Japan PV operations, and operational excellence and compliance functions.
• Set the multi-year pharmacovigilance strategy and roadmap in alignment with the product pipeline and commercial growth.
• Oversee global safety surveillance, signal detection, risk management, benefit-risk communications, and medical safety deliverables.
• Lead enterprise-wide PV transformation, system modernization, workflow standardization, and adoption of AI/ML and advanced analytics.
• Maintain global regulatory compliance and inspection readiness across FDA, EMA, PMDA, GCP, GVP, GMP, and ICH frameworks.
• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Quality, Legal/Compliance, health authorities, and patient advocacy organizations.

Requirements

• MD with 15+ years of drug development experience in a pharmaceutical or biotech company.
• 10+ years of pharmacovigilance or drug safety leadership experience and at least 5 years as a VP or equivalent with full PV organizational accountability.
• Experience leading a global PV organization, including safety strategy, compliance, operations, team performance, and large-scale organizational transformation.
• FDA and EMA inspection leadership experience, including experience as or supporting an EU/UK QPPV, plus experience with FDA, EMA, and PMDA interactions.
• Experience with BLA, NDA, MAA, or JNDA submissions, PV databases such as ARISg, Oracle Argus, or Veeva Vault Safety, MedDRA coding, and Microsoft Office.
• Strong executive leadership, communication, negotiation, financial management, vendor governance, KPI development, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Specialty Board Certification.
• Advanced degree in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Epidemiology/Public Health, or Regulatory Science.
• Rare disease experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with connection to the hirify.global team and community.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support, wellbeing reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off, fertility and family-forming benefits, caregiver support, and flexible work schedules.
• 401(k) with company match, annual equity awards, ESPP, and company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Learning programs, mentorship, employee resource groups, recognition programs, and opportunities to volunteer.