Director, Safety Physician

Global Development | Rare Disease & Neurology | UK

You are a medically trained safety leader who wants to move beyond execution and play a defining role in how development programmes are designed, challenged and advanced.

You want to operate at the heart of clinical development, influencing protocols, IBs, ICFs and safety strategies so that programmes progress smoothly, regulators ask fewer questions, and patients are not delayed by avoidable complexity.

We are partnering with an European headquartered, science‑driven biopharmaceutical company with a growing global development portfolio. As the organisation expands its pipeline, it is bringing more strategic safety leadership in‑house to support complex, non‑oncology programmes in rare disease and neurology.

This is a Director‑level role with full ownership of multiple assets across development. You will not be a purely operational pharmacovigilance lead; instead, you will act as the safety thought‑partner to clinical, regulatory, biostatistics and governance teams, shaping risk–benefit strategy from early development through Phase III.

You will own the global safety strategy for multiple development programmes, giving you real authority to influence how assets are designed, assessed and advanced. Rather than reacting late, you will shape safety thinking early, improving study quality, reducing regulatory friction and supporting faster decision‑making.

You will lead signal detection, benefit–risk assessments and safety governance discussions, acting as a trusted medical voice in high‑impact decisions. By anticipating regulatory expectations, you will help submissions progress with fewer questions and delays.

Working at the centre of development, you will represent Safety on cross‑functional teams, partnering closely with clinical and regulatory colleagues to align safety strategy with programme and corporate goals.

You are a medically trained safety physician (MD or MD/PhD) with around 10+ years of industry experience, and a track record of owning safety strategy for development programmes.

You bring experience in rare disease, neurology or other complex non‑oncology indications, along with a strong working knowledge of global PV regulations (EMA, FDA, ICH, CIOMS).

• Ownership of multiple programmes across development stages

If you are a strategic safety physician who wants real influence over how programmes are built, apply now.