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Posted Apr 16, 2026

[Hiring] Medical Director Pharmacovigilance, Rare Disease & PDT @Takeda

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This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. is seeking a Medical Director Pharmacovigilance, Rare Disease & PDT with the following duties: • Serve as Global Safety Lead (GSL) and the Company-wide patient safety expert for assigned pharmaceutical/biological/drug device combined products. • Accountable for the safety strategy and major safety deliverables for each assigned product. • Lead GPSE Safety Team (GST) and Safety Management Team (SMT) for assigned compounds and products. • Represent the cross-functional program team as a product safety profile and risk mitigation expert for internal and external stakeholders. • Analyze and interpret safety data from various sources including non-clinical, clinical, post-marketing, and scientific literature for assessment of benefit-risk profile. • Conduct signal detection, monitoring, evaluation, interpretation, and management for assigned compounds and products. • Develop strategy for and lead preparation of responses to safety-related inquiries from regulatory agencies and ethics committees. • Provide medical safety expertise, medical interpretation, review, and authorship of appropriate sections for critical documents. • Provide patient safety input to the clinical development program for assigned products and development compounds. • Collaborate and communicate safety issues with other functional areas such as Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Manufacturing, and Legal. • Ensure up-to-date representation of safety information in Company Core Data Sheet and other labeling documents. • Up to 10% domestic travel to attend internal meetings. • Up to 100% remote work permitted. Qualifications • Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) plus 5 years of related experience. Requirements • Utilize Oracle Empirica for routine signal detection activities and analyze safety data. • Identify trends and detect new or emerging safety signals from various data sources. • Analyze using statistical methodologies (e.g., disproportionality analysis) within Empirica. • Evaluate and develop periodic safety reports including Periodic Benefit Risk Evaluation Reports. • Utilize MedDRA and assign appropriate MedDRA terms to describe adverse events. • Design and implement strategic, operational and personnel development plans for assigned Pharmacovigilance associates. Benefits • Full time position. • Salary range: $222,600 - $381,600 per year.
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