Job Description

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Principal Physician, Patient Safety in India.

This senior medical leadership role is focused on ensuring the highest standards of patient safety across global drug development and post-marketing activities. You will act as a key medical expert within pharmacovigilance operations, providing clinical oversight and scientific leadership across safety evaluation, risk management, and regulatory compliance. The position involves deep engagement with adverse event assessment, signal detection, and benefit-risk analysis across clinical and real-world data. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, sponsors, and regulatory authorities to ensure patient safety is embedded throughout the product lifecycle. In this role, you will also contribute to strategic decision-making, mentoring physicians, and shaping therapeutic area expertise. It is a highly impactful position where medical judgment directly influences patient outcomes and global regulatory decisions.

Accountabilities:

• Provide medical oversight and leadership in pharmacovigilance activities, including adverse event evaluation, case review, and safety signal assessment.
• Review and interpret clinical and safety data, including serious and non-serious cases, literature reports, and clinical trial safety information.
• Contribute to the preparation and medical review of regulatory safety documents such as PBRERs, PSURs, DSURs, HHEs, and signal evaluation reports.
• Ensure accurate medical coding, narrative review, causality assessment, and compliance with global regulatory requirements and internal SOPs.
• Lead or support signal detection, validation, evaluation, and ongoing safety monitoring activities across assigned products.
• Provide medical input for risk management plans, safety surveillance strategies, and regulatory submissions.
• Act as a subject matter expert during audits, inspections, and client or regulatory interactions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data management, regulatory, clinical, and safety operations to ensure end-to-end safety governance.
• Mentor junior physicians and contribute to training, capability building, and knowledge sharing within pharmacovigilance teams.
• Participate in scientific discussions, therapeutic area initiatives, and continuous process improvement efforts.

Requirements:

• Medical degree (MBBS, MD, or equivalent) from a recognized institution with completed clinical training.
• Extensive experience in clinical medicine and/or pharmacovigilance, drug safety, or clinical research environments.
• Strong knowledge of drug safety principles, adverse event reporting, and global regulatory frameworks (ICH GCP, GVP, and related guidelines).
• Experience in medical review of safety cases, including clinical trial and post-marketing data.
• Ability to assess benefit-risk profiles, interpret complex clinical data, and provide sound medical judgment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with stakeholders, regulators, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience in mentoring or guiding junior medical professionals is preferred.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and manage complex, multi-stakeholder safety workflows.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and scientific writing skills.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work on global drug safety and patient protection programs
• High-impact medical leadership role influencing regulatory and clinical decisions
• Exposure to global pharmacovigilance systems and international regulatory standards
• Collaborative, science-driven, and mission-focused work environment
• Career development opportunities within therapeutic area leadership and medical governance
• Continuous learning through exposure to complex clinical and safety datasets
• Inclusive and globally connected remote working structure.

How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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