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Associate Director, Medical Safety Assessment Physician

4 years
Not Disclosed
10 Nov. 14, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Job Title

Associate Director, Medical Safety Assessment Physician

Location

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Company

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)

Job Type

Full-time


Role Summary

The Associate Director, Medical Safety Assessment Physician (MSA Physician) leads global safety activities for assigned BMS compounds across the development and post-marketing lifecycle. This role is responsible for benefit–risk evaluation, safety strategy, safety signal detection and management, regulatory safety documentation, and cross-functional leadership within Worldwide Patient Safety (WWPS).


Key Responsibilities

1. General Product Safety Leadership

  • Lead safety strategy and benefit–risk activities for assigned products.

  • Chair Safety Management Teams (SMTs).

  • Prepare, review, and oversee aggregate safety documents (DSUR, PBRER, IB, ICF, CSR, etc.) and safety sections in regulatory submissions (CTA, MAA).

  • Lead evaluation and management of safety signals from all data sources (case series, literature, HA data, claims databases).

  • Lead safety labeling activities; provide safety input for regulatory labeling updates.

  • Support EU QPPV and regional PV leads on product-related matters.

  • Provide safety input to scientific publications and presentations.


2. Clinical Development Support

  • Serve as Global Safety Lead for assigned compounds.

  • Provide safety input to clinical plans, protocols, amendments, SAP, CSR, IB, ICF.

  • Lead development of safety risk language and risk management strategy.

  • Oversee integrated safety data reviews and safety sections of global submissions.

  • Support safety strategy discussions for regulatory meetings (Advisory Committee, Scientific Advice, DMC).


3. Post-Marketing Safety

  • Lead medical safety activities for marketed products.

  • Provide benefit–risk assessments for aggregate safety reports and post-marketing submissions.

  • Lead post-marketing safety signal evaluation and produce Safety Topic Reviews/Signal Reports.

  • Support epidemiology, medical affairs, and non-interventional safety studies.

  • Ensure product labeling reflects emerging post-marketing safety profiles.


4. Departmental Responsibilities

  • Lead and support process improvement initiatives.

  • Assist in maintaining state-of-the-art PV processes within BMS R&D and WWPS.

  • Support regulatory inspection readiness.

  • Participate in crisis management and issue resolution.

  • Support team hiring, onboarding, and mentoring.

  • Foster a collaborative, high-performance safety team environment.


5. Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Provide safety input for strategic product differentiation.

  • Deliver safety training to internal teams.

  • Serve as WWPS liaison with Legal, Regulatory, BD, Operations, Marketing, etc.

  • Co-author integrated hazard assessments and safety communications for internal/external stakeholders.


Education & Qualifications

  • Required: MD or equivalent medical degree.

  • Preferred: Postgraduate specialization (Internal Medicine, Immunology, Oncology, or related).

  • Experience in clinical research, observational research, or clinical practice is valued.


Experience Required

  • Minimum 3+ years in Pharmacovigilance or relevant pharma/biomedical field (Medical, Clinical, Regulatory).

  • Experience in drug development, safety assessment, and clinical practice preferred.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Strong understanding of the drug development process.

  • Advanced knowledge of pharmacovigilance principles and safety risk minimization.

  • Ability to leverage observational research and analytical tools to evaluate safety concerns.

  • Deep understanding of global regulatory requirements for safety assessment.

  • Strong scientific reasoning and analytical abilities.

  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects.

  • Strong communication and presentation skills.

  • Ability to work effectively in a complex matrix environment.


Work Environment

BMS follows an occupancy structure:

  • Site-essential

  • Site-by-design

  • Field-based

  • Remote-by-design

Placement depends on the responsibilities of the role.