Director​/Senior Director, Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety (Safety Scientist

Who We Are

Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XENE) is a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drug discovery, clinical development, and commercialization of life-changing therapeutics for patients in need. We are looking for great people who thrive in a respectful, collaborative, inclusive, and productive culture to join the Xenon team.

We are advancing an exciting product pipeline to address indications with high unmet medical need, including epilepsy, depression and pain. Our Phase 3 azetukalner program represents the most advanced, clinically validated potassium channel modulator in late-stage clinical development for multiple indications. In March 2026, we announced positive topline data from our Phase 3 X-TOLE2 study of azetukalner in focal onset seizures (FOS), and we anticipate submitting a New Drug Application to the Food and Drug Administration in the third quarter of 2026.

Our Phase 3 epilepsy program also includes a second FOS study, X-TOLE3, which would support regulatory submissions outside the U.S., and the X-ACKT study in primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, which would support regulatory submissions for an additional epilepsy indication. We also have multiple Phase 3 azetukalner clinical trials underway in major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar depression (BPD), based on topline data from our Phase 2 X-NOVA clinical trial.

In addition, we are proud of our strong heritage in human genetics, deep understanding of ion channel biology, and expertise in novel chemistries to enable potent, selective ion channel targeting. We continue to advance an early-stage pipeline of novel therapeutic candidates, including Phase 1 studies for XEN
1701 (targeting Nav
1.7) and XEN
1120 (targeting Kv7), which are important pain targets. Backed by a strong balance sheet to support our growth plans, we continue to build a fully integrated, premier neuroscience company with strong discovery, clinical development, corporate, and commercial operations.

We are seeking a Director/Senior Director, Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety (Safety Scientist) to join our Pharmacovigilance and Safety team. The successful candidate is responsible for safety surveillance and development of aggregate safety reports in compliance with global drug safety regulations and departmental procedures. As such, the role is part of a team that performs high quality and timely scientific analysis of safety data, applies critical thinking skills and synthesizes data findings into clear, concise, and evidence-based statements.

The successful candidate will be collaborating with safety physicians and risk management team to perform safety surveillance activities through proactive signal detection, ongoing benefit-risk analyses, and safety monitoring/reporting activities for all Xenon’s clinical assets and future marketed products. The successful candidate will author safety documents, reviews safety sections of other documents, for Xenon products throughout the product lifecycle from First-in-Human (FIH) to post-marketing, performs QC, and, when necessary, assists in responding to information requests from Health Authorities for Xenon products, participate in cross-functional Safety Risk Management Team (SRMT) meetings and collaborate with colleagues in Clinical Development, Trial Operations, Clinical Pharmacology, Biostatistics & Programming, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, non-clinical safety lead, QA and Legal departments.

This position reports to the Executive Director, Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety, and will be based out of Boston, MA, USA in our Needham office. We may consider remote locations for exceptional candidates. The level of the position will be commensurate with the candidate’s education and industry experience. For Boston-based candidates, this is a Hybrid position requiring a minimum of two onsite days per week.

• Lead the proactive signal detection activities, support the ongoing benefit-risk analyses, and safety monitoring/reporting activities for Xenon products across all stages of development.
• Lead and manage Aggregate Safety Reports (e.g., IND/NDA…