Executive Medical Director, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance at Alkermes, Inc. in Waltham, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Overview:

The Executive Medical Director serves as a senior member of the DSPV leadership team, accountable for the management, mentoring and development of assigned benefit-risk management staff as well as serving as a global safety officer for assigned investigational and/or marketed products. Reporting to the Head of DSPV, the Executive Medical Director will also serve in a visible role in providing safety leadership and advisement in several company-wide forums and initiatives.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated prior career success as a product safety physician and managing/ developing individuals and highly effective teams. This leader will be expected to roll-up their sleeves and help do the work in addition to managing direct reports. Key success factors also include building high trust, accountability and demonstrating a sense of urgency in leading critical projects, showing the capability to work either independently or collaboratively and to be able to effectively communicate with varied stakeholders both verbally and in writing. The individual who assumes this position will interact with multiple levels of management within Alkermes, external stakeholders in the medical community, as well with global regulatory authorities.