Patient Safety Physician - Inflammation

Description

The Patient Safety Physician has responsibility for the pharmacovigilance risk management activities for investigational compounds for the Inflammation portfolio on a global level. 
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the company’s success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop or support proactive risk management strategies for assigned investigational compounds.
• Performance Indicators:
  • Timely provision of state-of-the-art documentation (regulatory documents and/or other BI internal documentation as appropriate)
  • Measurement of effectiveness of proposed risk minimization activities if applicable and appropriate
• Plan, manage / perform and monitor all pharmacovigilance activities for assigned drug responsibilities, including:
  • Continuous monitoring and further development of the product safety profile
  • Safety issue management
  • Set-up of safety analyses in clinical trial databases
  • Close collaboration with Global Epidemiology and Medical Affairs on safety-focused clinical and epidemiologic studies
  • Review and medical-scientific input to regulatory documents such as
    • Development Safety Update Reports
    • Clinical Overview Statements

Requirements

• US MD or DO degree or international equivalent from an accredited institution.
• In addition, the following are strongly preferred:
  • Completion of a US residency or ex-US equivalent.
  • Active or inactive US license to practice medicine, or international.
• Total applicable experience (incl. clinical practice, research or relevant industry) of greater than two years.
• Board certification / experience in a relevant medicine subspecialty, would be an asset.
• Leadership potential required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral) required.
• Ability to attend key meetings in person required.
• Highly ethical personality putting patient safety first.
• Self-starter and driving personality, willingness to take on responsibilities.
• Desire for increasing professional growth.
• Sound medical-scientific and clinical knowledge and judgement.
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of medical data and draw medical conclusions.
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory environment.

Compensation Data

Compensation:  This position offers a base salary typically between $200,000 and $316,000.  The position may be eligible for a role specific variable or performance based bonus and or other compensation elements.  For an overview of our benefits please click here.