Patient Safety Science Lead (Pharmacovigilance)

Location: Europe (flexible) — remote or hybrid

Salary: Minimum €68,500 annual salary; final compensation, bonus, and benefits depend on the country of employment and applicable local market framework.

Company

Chiesi is an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group headquartered in Parma, Italy, operating in more than 30 countries with over 8,000 employees.

What you will do

• Lead safety-scientific strategy, surveillance, and risk management activities for assigned development and marketed products.
• Monitor and assess emerging safety profiles using all relevant data sources and support informed benefit–risk decisions.
• Integrate safety input into clinical development plans, protocols, study documents, and regulatory submissions.
• Develop health hazard assessments for quality complaints and manufacturing deviations within the GMP quality process.
• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Safety Operations, partners, and external providers.
• Contribute to safety communications, inspections, audits, regulatory interactions, due diligence, licensing, acquisitions, and scientific innovation.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Life Science, Pharmacy, Medicine, or a related scientific discipline; a relevant PhD is preferred.
• At least 8 years of general patient safety experience and 6 years of safety science experience in a pharmaceutical or CRO organization.
• Experience in post-marketing and clinical development safety, global pharmacovigilance regulations, inspections, and governance.
• Proven leadership of global teams and complex safety portfolios across early and late development and post-approval products.
• Experience with small molecules, biologics, drug/device combination products, and multiple therapeutic areas.
• Strong strategic judgment, crisis leadership, stakeholder influence, communication, analytical, planning, and organizational skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-driven culture focused on sustainable innovation, reliability, transparency, ethical behavior, and patient safety.
• Flexible working arrangements with remote work options.
• Annual performance-based bonus scheme.
• Benefits may include a company car, pension, private medical insurance, wellbeing programs, and flexible benefits.
• Healthcare programs, work-life balance initiatives, development resources, training, relocation support, and tax assistance for foreign colleagues.