Product Safety Head (Sr Director) - Solid Tumors

Location: Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America; additional job posting locations include Horsham, Pennsylvania, and Titusville, New Jersey.

Salary: $196,000–$342,700 base pay per year.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare solutions and pharmaceutical products across medical technology and innovative medicine.

What you will do

• Shape product safety strategy and risk management for assigned pharmaceutical products across development and post-marketing stages.
• Lead and provide medical oversight to Medical Safety Officers and safety analysis scientists.
• Evaluate clinical trial, post-marketing, and literature data to identify emerging and known safety risks.
• Contribute to regulatory documents, aggregate safety reports, labeling committees, risk management plans, and health authority responses.
• Partner with clinical, medical affairs, regulatory, pharmacovigilance, and research leaders on safety commitments and process improvements.
• Support inspections, CAPAs, SOP development, resource planning, and organizational talent development.

Requirements

• Physician (MD or equivalent) with 10 or more years of substantial pharmaceutical industry experience; clinical experience is highly preferred.
• Management experience supervising employees and demonstrated leadership in a global, matrix environment.
• Significant expertise in clinical medicine, pharmacovigilance, post-marketing safety assessment, and oncology products.
• In-depth knowledge of drug development, pharmacology, clinical trial methodology, medical monitoring, benefit-risk assessment, and global regulatory requirements.
• Experience handling complex safety issues, clinical safety data, regulatory interactions, and cross-functional communication.
• Fluent written and spoken English is required.

Nice to have

• Oncology therapeutic area experience.
• Publication and journal article writing experience.
• Experience presenting to technical and lay audiences at public meetings.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Benefits may include health insurance, savings and pension plans, disability coverage, and long-term incentives.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and work, personal, and family time off may be available.
• Emphasis on ethical conduct, patient safety, collaboration, and employee development.