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Associate Safety Director m/f/d, Basel-Stadt Job Profil (2YOG38)

• Life Sciences - Clinical & Safety
• Basel-Stadt
• Contracting
• Vollzeit
• ASAP (latest 21.08.2026) - 01.08.2027
• pharmacovigilance, Drug safety, Signal detection, Clinical Operations

We are currently looking for an experienced Associate Safety Director to join a leading global pharmaceutical company in Basel. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring product safety across the entire lifecycle , from early development to post-marketing activities . You will work in a highly collaborative , international environment , contributing to safety strategies , regulatory submissions , and critical benefit-risk assessments . This is an exciting opportunity for a safety expert who thrives in a dynamic setting and enjoys taking ownership in a high-impact role. Start Date: ASAP (Latest 21.08.2026) End Date: 12-month contract Workload: 100% Location: Basel (Hybrid possible) Work model: Contracting Your Tasks:

• Develop and maintain an understanding of the safety profile of their assigned product(s) or therapy areas. Develop and maintain an expert understanding of the safety profile of the assigned product(s) as well as understanding of the relevant strategic context (e.g., disease under study, safety profile of competitors, mechanism of action).
• Responsible for individual and aggregate case reporting activities including ICSR case management (medical review) and aggregate reporting (i.e. DSUR, PBRER).
• Responsible for signal detection and management activities. Contribute to the strategy and review of safety assessments and drug safety reports for signals or issues (incl, product quality) or in response to Regulatory Authority requests.
• Provide expert contribution to the development of the product safety strategy.
• Take independent responsibility for risk management activities including preparation and maintenance of CCDS, labeling document maintenance (including IB), risk communications, RMP.
• Review of clinical protocols, study reports, Investigator's Brochure (IB), informed consent form (ICF) and other related documents to ensure alignment with the safety strategy and ensure the appropriateness of risk management strategies and risk communication.
• Take responsibility for safety science contributions to regulatory authority submissions (Investigational New Drug/IND applications, New Drug Applications/NDAs, Marketing Authorization Applications/MAAs, Variations, Renewals, etc.).
• Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of safety sections of the Company Core Data Sheet and/or Reference Safety Information in the IB.
• Participate in and provide input for Drug Monitoring Committees (iDMC) or internal monitoring committee (IMC) meetings, as applicable.
• In partnership with the SSL, support presentation of important safety issues to the Drug Safety Committee (DSC), Development Review. Committee (DRC) and other internal and external review and governance committees as needed.
• Acts independently to manage safety responsibilities on study teams and in activities supporting clinical safety.
• Take on the responsibility for specialised roles with PCS. These may include, but are not limited to; functional business process owner, subject matter expert. May be expected to support non-molecule projects, due diligence evaluations and other projects as needed.
• Perform specialized roles with PCS. These may include, but are not limited to; functional business process owner, subject matter expert, safety committee

Your Profile:

• A relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g. PHD/MSc in a Life sciences discipline; PharmD or other post-graduate health professional qualifications) would be advantageous.
• 4 or more years of drug development experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry.
• At least 3 years in drug safety/PV or a closely related field.
• IT/Tool Skills good excel/word/powerpoint skills; able to extract data from the Safety Database and apply complex data analysis

Sounds like a great job? Then we look forward to receiving your complete application documents through our online application form. When applying by email, the sender agrees that his or her data will be used in accordance with our data privacy policy. Find more vacancies at: coopers.ch

Job Profil (2YOG38)

• Life Sciences - Clinical & Safety
• Basel-Stadt
• Contracting
• Vollzeit
• ASAP (latest 21.08.2026) - 01.08.2027
• pharmacovigilance, Drug safety, Signal detection, Clinical Operations

Job Benefits

• Coopers Care
• Home Office Möglichkeit
• Moderner Arbeitsplatz

Klingt interessant? Einfach "Jetzt bewerben" klicken, dann melde ich mich. Agnieszka Kawalec Talent Acquisition Consultant +41 41 632 43 54 agnieszka.kawalec@coopers.ch