Senior Director, Pharmacovigilance (Post-Marketing)

Sr Director, PV (Post-Marketing) - Western USA- Remote

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We're proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

As a Senior Director, Pharmacovigilance at ICON you will be responsible for the supporting strategy and growth withing ICON's post-marketing t eam while also providing key operational leadership.

What You Will Do:

You will direct pharmacovigilance and drug safety activities, ensuring quality, efficiency, and alignment with business objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Expand and enhance current services with a focus on innovation and introducing fresh perspectives.

• Build strong client relationships to drive customer satisfaction, while maintaining high quality standards across all departmental activities through effective training, oversight, and resolution of quality issues.

• Drive efficiency and productivity to maximize revenue and optimize costs, while supporting new business development and ensuring the profitability of ongoing work through effective management of change orders.

• Developing and implementing comprehensive pharmacovigilance strategies that align with ICON Plc's goals and regulatory requirements.

• Leading and managing pharmacovigilance teams to ensure effective safety monitoring, reporting, and compliance.

• Ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices in pharmacovigilance.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to support safety assessments and risk management activities.

• Staying current with industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging practices to continually improve pharmacovigilance processes and strategies.

• Providing strategic leadership and guidance to enhance the overall safety profile of our products and support business objectives.

• Partnering with Business Development and the rest of the ICON organization, as required, to ensure continued growth of the service area

• Partnering with clients, directly or through the management team, to understand their needs and devise and implement solutions that respond to those needs, anticipating those needs where possible

• Serving as project director for assigned projects and programs, as applicable

• Leading and present at meetings and conferences as required

• Planning and managing resources proactively and in alignment with internal guidelines and contractual obligation to maximize client's satisfaction within the project allocated budget

Your Profile:

You will bring significant pharmacovigilance and drug safety experience, with a track record of building high-performing teams and delivering results.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline or healthcare-related field; advanced degree preferred

• Extensive experience in pharmacovigilance, with a proven track record of managing safety operations and regulatory compliance.

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including experience in managing teams and influencing cross-functional initiatives.

• A strong understanding of the post-marketing pharmacovigilance regulations, safety reporting requirements, and risk management practices.

• Strong grasp of financial drivers (profitability, cost control, margins) and proven ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver projects aligned with sound financial and operational practices, ensuring optimal efficiency.

• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

• Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%)

• Must be based in the Western United States

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What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements

• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.

• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.

• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.

• Life assurance

• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site ( to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We're dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there's every chance you're exactly what we're looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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