Global Program Safety Lead – Oncology

Overview

As Global Program Safety Lead – Oncology, you will steward the end-to-end safety strategy for innovative oncology programs, guiding risk assessment and decision-making across development and lifecycle. You will act as the scientific safety lead within global teams, translating data into actionable safety insights and ensuring robust governance. You will drive proactive safety management, coordinate with health authorities, and embed safety considerations into development, labeling, and lifecycle decisions. This role offers scope to shape oncology safety strategy at scale while mentoring colleagues and partnering across functions.

Pay / Benefits

• insurance plans
• retirement plans
• wellbeing resources
• flexible and hybrid working options
• parential leave (14 weeks)
• long-term equity awards

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end safety strategy for assigned programs across development and lifecycle
• Serve as scientific safety leader within global program, clinical, and trial teams
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage safety signals using data from all relevant sources
• Chair and drive Safety Management Teams to ensure timely, robust safety decision-making
• Own and deliver core medical safety documents, ensuring consistency and scientific rigor
• Guide benefit-risk evaluations and safety positioning across regulatory submissions
• Act as primary safety contact for health authority interactions and inquiries
• Partner cross-functionally to embed safety insights into development, labeling, and lifecycle decisions
• Ensure compliant documentation, tracking, and governance of all safety activities
• Mentor and guide colleagues, strengthening medical safety capabilities across the organization

Key requirements

• Medical degree or equivalent required
• 5+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical drug development within a global pharmaceutical organization
• 3+ years of postdoctoral, patient-facing clinical experience
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in drug safety/pharmacovigilance or medical safety roles
• Proven expertise in benefit-risk evaluation and clinical safety assessment across development phases
• Demonstrated experience preparing safety sections of regulatory submissions and periodic safety reports
• Strong track record of leading cross-functional, multicultural teams in a matrix environment
• Fluency in spoken and written English

• Leadership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Clear communication of complex topics
• Pharmacovigilance and medical safety
• Benefit-risk evaluation
• Clinical safety assessment

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