Executive Director, Global Patient Safety Sciences - Rare Disease (Biotechnology)

Location: Tarrytown, New York, United States; on-site four days per week. Up to 25% travel may be required.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, and commercializes medicines for serious diseases, including rare diseases.

What you will do

• Define the product safety strategy and provide the medical safety opinion for the Rare Disease portfolio across clinical and post-marketing stages.
• Serve as the therapeutic area and product safety subject matter expert for GPS and non-GPS interactions.
• Review complex individual case safety reports, safety signals, emerging safety issues, benefit-risk assessments, and product safety documentation.
• Provide medical oversight for Risk Management Plans, health authority responses, and safety monitoring activities.
• Represent Global Patient Safety at governance forums, data monitoring committees, strategic program teams, and external collaborator meetings.
• Build, coach, and scale the GPS Leads team while driving succession planning and leadership development.

Requirements

• Minimum M.D., PA, PhD, or PharmD degree; board certification or an equivalent relevant clinical specialty is preferred.
• 17+ years of experience in pharmacovigilance or relevant clinical experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• 6+ years of team leadership and people management experience, preferably in a matrixed environment.
• Experience developing product safety profiles, conducting safety assessments and risk evaluations, and supporting decision-making.
• Experience overseeing strategy within a global patient safety organization and managing multiple projects.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and workload-planning skills.

Nice to have

• MBA.
• 1–3 years of international pharmaceutical experience.
• Experience with AI technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace with equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations where required.
• Comprehensive rewards may include annual bonuses, equity awards, retirement benefits, health and wellness programs, insurance, paid time off, and family support benefits.
• Some roles include access to fitness centers and a 401(k) company match.