Associate Director, Drug Safety

Job Summary

We are hiring an Associate Director, Drug Safety to join our Safety team at Iambic Therapeutics. Reporting to the Head of Safety, the Associate Director will oversee outsourced pharmacovigilance activities and contribute to regulatory and safety deliverables. The Associate Director will work collaboratively with Quality, Clinical operations, and Clinical development to set up and execute safety processes. A successful candidate will have flexibility in our dynamic and growing organization.

The Associate Director will have responsibilities across all phases of development for our oral small‑molecule oncology therapies.

We are hiring an Associate Director, Drug Safety to join our Safety team at Iambic Therapeutics. Reporting to the Head of Safety, the Associate Director will oversee outsourced pharmacovigilance activities and contribute to regulatory and safety deliverables. The Associate Director will work collaboratively with Quality, Clinical operations, and Clinical development to set up and execute safety processes. A successful candidate will have flexibility in our dynamic and growing organization.

The position may be based in our San Diego headquarters or remote.

• Provide day‑to‑day oversight of SAE processing activities performed internally and externally.
• Coordinate reconciliation of safety information across clinical databases and business partners.
• Monitor vendor performance through compliance trends and review of operational deliverables. Tracking of actions items, issues, corrective actions.
• Support implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of safety databases as applicable.

• Contribute to aggregate safety reports, safety sections of clinical, safety and regulatory documents as requested.
• Coordinate safety data deliverables for aggregate reports, regulatory submissions, and health authority requests.
• Review individual and aggregate safety data and identify emerging trends.

• Co-author and maintain controlled documents, Safety Management Plans, Safety Data Exchange Agreements, and other documents needed to ensure inspection readiness.
• Support CAPAs, change controls, audits, and regulatory inspections.

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or pharmacy; advanced degree such as PharmD, MSN, MPH, or equivalent preferred.
• At least 10 years of combined experience in pharmacovigilance, drug safety, clinical science, or a related environment with a Bachelor’s degree and 6-8 years with an advanced degree.
• Related experience across both safety science/surveillance and pharmacovigilance operations preferred.
• Strong understanding of MedDRA and WHODrug dictionaries.
• Proficiency in the use of Safety Databases.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and professionalism.
• Written and verbal proficiency with ability to communicate clinical topics succinctly and clearly.
• Ability to train, mentor junior Drug Safety staff, contractors, consultants, and vendor personnel.
• Knowledge of applicable global pharmacovigilance regulations and guidance, including FDA, EMA, ICH, GCP, and GVP requirements.
• Oncology phase I to III experience preferred.

Iambic is a clinical‑stage life‑science and technology company developing novel medicines using its AI‑driven discovery and development platform. Based in San Diego and founded in 2020, Iambic has assembled a world‑class team that unites pioneering AI experts and experienced drug hunters. The Iambic platform has demonstrated delivery of new drug candidates to human clinical trials with unprecedented speed and across multiple target classes and mechanisms of action.

Iambic is advancing a pipeline of potential…