Senior Director, DSPV Medical Safety
Company: Insmed Incorporated
Location: Bridgewater
Posted on: July 8, 2025
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Job Description:
Company Description Insmed is a global biopharmaceutical company
on a mission to transform the lives of patients living with serious
and rare diseases. Our most valuable resource is our employees, and
everything we do is motivated by a patients-first mentality. We are
dedicated to growing our team with talented individuals from around
the world who are willing to challenge the status quo, solve
problems, and work collaboratively with a sense of urgency and
compassion. Guided by our core values of collaboration,
accountability, passion, respect, and integrity, we aim to foster
an inclusive, diverse, and flexible work environment, where our
employees are recognized for leaning in and rolling up their
sleeves. If you share our vision and want to work with the most
dedicated people in the biopharma industry, come to Insmed to
accelerate your career. Recognitions Consistently Ranked Science 's
Top Employer Insmed is dedicated to creating a collaborative
environment where our team can thrive. Every day, our employees
turn their passion for science and research into innovative
solutions for patients. That's why we've been named the No. 1
company to work for in the biopharma industry in Science 's Top
Employers survey for four years in a row. A Certified Great Place
to Work® We believe our company is truly special, and our employees
agree. In July 2024, we became Great Place to Work-certified in the
U.S. for the fourth year in a row. We are also honored to have been
listed on the Best Workplaces in Biopharma™, Best Workplaces in New
York™, PEOPLE® Companies That Care, Best Workplaces for Women™,
Best Workplaces for Millennials™, and Best Medium Workplaces™
lists. Overview The Senior Director is the DSPV medical expert for
assigned products and maintains current knowledge of assigned
product portfolio and safety profiles. This individual will provide
the day-to-day direction to the Medical Safety Team to ensure
business needs and priority tasks are efficiently completed on time
and in accordance with all relevant company and regulatory policies
and procedures. In addition, the Senior Director will be
responsible, globally, for implementing the safety and risk
management activities for clinical development; be responsible for
safety surveillance, risk management, and risk communication for
assigned development products; perform medical assessment of
individual adverse event reports generation; and review aggregate
reports and safety documents, including labeling changes. This role
provides DSPV support for internal and external customers. This
position reports to the Executive Director (ED), DSPV and will
provide coverage for the ED, DSPV during his absence.
Responsibilities Leads strategic consultation, and guidance to the
PV scientists on decisions that have significant drug safety
implications, including safety signal detection activities of
monitoring, evaluation, interpretation and appropriate management
and communication of safety information for Insmed's portfolio of
products in development. Responsible for appropriate review of all
safety data from various sources (e.g. pre-clinical, clinical trial
data, post-marketing, literature) throughout the development
process for assigned products and development compounds. Delivers
high quality and timely medical safety deliverables. Provides
content and functional approval, as needed, for all safety
documentation in collaboration with the Executive Safety Committee.
Responsible for conducting safety signal detection activities,
monitoring, evaluation, interpretation and appropriate management
and communication of safety information. Leads the Safety Review
Team(s) for assigned products and development compounds, and
responsible for the management of ongoing and cross functional
assessment of benefit risk profiles and related actions, including
writing and updating of the benefit-risk documents for assigned
products and development compounds. Provides medical expert safety
review input into all critical documents for clinical development
of products (e.g., protocols and amendments, ICFs, IBs, IMPDs,
clinical research reports, INDs, CTAs). Works with the ED of DSPV
to develop the strategy and implementation of safety and
benefit-risk management for assigned products. Delivers key content
of Risk Management documents (RMPs, REMS) of assigned products.
Writes periodic reports for assigned products; provides medical
interpretation, review, and approval for required reports. Shares
DSPV and medical expertise with global counterparts in other
functional areas such as Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs,
Quality Assurance, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Manufacturing, and
Legal. Provides expert safety input to the clinical development
program for assigned products and development compounds Leads the
identification of risks and appropriate risk minimization and
pharmacovigilance measures in compliance with regulatory
requirements. Develops/provides input to product Benefit-Risk
Assessments, Company Core Data Sheet, Investigator's Brochure and
Risk Management Plans (RMPs), and Risk-Evaluation and Mitigation
Strategies (REMS). Ensures, in collaboration with Regulatory
Affairs labeling team, an accurate representation and communication
of the safety profile of assigned products and development
compounds. Prepares responses to inquiries from regulatory
authorities on safety issues for assigned products. Leads the
integrated safety input into all regulatory documents where
required. Performs detailed assessment of safety profiles for Due
Diligence project. Provides Drug Safety input for product recall
issues or Health Hazard Evaluations and “Dear Health Care Provider”
letters. Performs the medical review of all adverse event reports
for seriousness, expectedness and causality. Maintains and
evaluates Medical Safety metrics and quality plan, including
execution of metric reports, creating summaries of metrics,
identifying any possible issues, creating an action plan, and
communicating metrics to appropriate teams and individuals.
Identifies concerns and champions issue resolution. Leads all
aspects of medical safety and pharmacovigilance activities
conducted in partnership with external business partners or
outsource to vendors and contract research organizations (CROs).
Evaluates, monitors, and oversees strategic drug safety company
policies and regulatory requirements on safety data reporting,
collection, surveillance activities, and documentation. Ensures
that safety-related project landmarks are met within required
timelines. Reviews scientific literature and identifies case
reports that meet criteria for entry into the safety database;
identifies relevant safety articles / references involving the
active ingredients of marketed products and products in
development; and builds literature summary sections to be included
in PSURs and other required reports. Ensures audit and inspection
readiness of the function at all times. Job Requirements: M.D. or
D.O. required; MPH (Master of Public Health) is a plus. 2 years of
Clinical Patient Care experience strongly preferred. 8 years of
pharmaceutical industry experience within Drug
Safety/Pharmacovigilance working with both investigational and
marketed products. 5 years of demonstrated experience with medical
case reviews, aggregate reporting, safety surveillance, signal
management, and/or risk management. Ability to review and/or
prepare scientific or regulatory documents from large volumes of
scientific information. Experience presenting drug safety topics
for regulatory authorities or at conventions, meetings, etc. A
background in providing product defense before a national or
international regulatory authority is a plus. Must have excellent
communication skills (verbal and written). Global Pharmacovigilance
experience, including robust knowledge of global PV regulations and
applicable ICH guidelines is strongly desired. Experience in drug
development and clinical trial methodology with rare disease
experience preferred. Experience in preparing clinical safety
assessments and regulatory reports/submissions involving safety
information. Experience leading roles in clinical or safety through
the complete submission process. Experience in presenting clinical
or safety data to major health authorities. Strong leadership
skills including mentoring, motivating, directing, and fostering
collaboration. Experience in leading cross-functional,
multi-cultural teams. Ability to develop and maintain effective
working relationships with subordinates, superiors, and peers.
Strong negotiation and conflict management skills. Drug safety
database knowledge preferred. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat digital literacy. LI-MM1 LI-Remote
Salary Range $283,000 - $339,000 a year Compensation & Benefits At
Insmed, we're committed to investing in every team member's total
well-being, now and in the future. Our benefit programs vary by
country but we offer the following to all Insmed team members,
regardless of geographic location: Flexible approach to how we work
Health benefits and time-off plans Competitive compensation
package, including bonus Equity Awards (Long-Term Incentives)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) For more information on U.S.
benefits click here . Additional Information Insmed Incorporated is
an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on
the basis of physical or mental disability, protected veteran
status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or
local law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual
orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability,
protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic
protected by law. Unsolicited resumes from agencies should not be
forwarded to Insmed. Insmed will not be responsible for any fees
arising from the use of resumes through this source. Insmed will
only pay a fee to agencies if a formal agreement between Insmed and
the agency has been established. The Human Resources department is
responsible for all recruitment activities; please contact us
directly to be considered for a formal agreement. Insmed is
committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable
accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its
services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable
accommodation to participate in the job application or interview
process, please contact us by email at TotalRewards@insmed.com and
let us know the nature of your request and your contact
information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a
case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a
request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this
email address. Applications are accepted for 5 calendar days from
the date posted or until the position is filled.
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