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Sr. Medical Director/Medical Director, Global Safety Officer

Full-time

Alkermes

The Sr. Medical Director/Medical Director, Global Safety Officer (GSO) will work closely with the DSPV leadership team and will provide strategic safety oversight for the assigned investigational and/or marketed products, for the Alkermes Neuroscience portfolio. Reporting to the Head of DSPV, the GSO will serve in a visible role in providing safety advisement in several company-wide forums and initiatives. Demonstrated prior career success as a product safety physician, having led clinical and post-marketing programs as the Safety lead, working in close partnership with cross-functional teams. This individual will be responsible for collaborating and working effectively with key stakeholders and keeping the DSPV leadership informed of evolving safety issues and strategies. 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 in a matrixed environment, and to be able to effectively communicate with varied stakeholders. Why join Team Alkermes? Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and narcolepsy, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various psychiatric and neurological disorders. We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations. In 2024 and 2025, we were certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. and named one of Massachusetts’ Top Places to Work by the Boston Globe, a Best Place to Work in Greater Cincinnati by the Cincinnati Business Courier and recognized as a Best Place to Work in BioPharma by Fortune Magazine. Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.

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