Ipsen Pharma (SAS) Posted August 4, 2026

Global Patient Safety Asset Lead, Rare Diseases

Paris, France Full time
Pharmacovigilance Rare Disease

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About this opportunity

Title:

Global Patient Safety Asset Lead, Rare Diseases

Company:

Ipsen Pharma (SAS)

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/   and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram .

Job Description:

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Why Ipsen?

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About the Role

The Global Patient Safety Asset Lead, Rare Diseases is:

Representing Global Patient Safety (GPS) as a member of the Global Asset Team and Clinical Development Team for one or more products, as required and as delegated by the respective GPS TA Leader, and as such be the contact person for relevant safety-related deliverables, issues and questions in relation to this (these) product(s).

Accountable for the conduct of safety surveillance and assessment of integrated safety information, to ensure the timely proposal of changes to the safety profile and appropriate risk management and risk minimization actions, in order to warrant the safe and effective use of Ipsen product in development projects and on the market.

This requires effective medical, technical and scientific expertise in safety data collection, evaluation, medical interpretation and communication. Ideally, requires also experience in leading Safety Teams and Cross functional Global Asset Teams and Clinical Development Teams.

Main Responsibilities

Ensure proactive safety and risk management for all assigned products

Implement proactive safety and risk management strategies, agreed cross-functionally with asset team colleagues for assigned products, integrated with clinical development and life-cycle management plans for milestone decisions

Ensure that clinical development plans/life-cycle management plans adequately address the safety questions and deliver the safety strategy for approval by safety governance

Support safety decision making for benefit-risk assessment

Ensure that all safety-based decisions for benefit-risk assessment are taken in the knowledge of a comprehensive assessment of all available evidence

Provide safety expertise, strategies and leadership to the global filing teams for all components of regulatory submissions, health authority questions, and periodic safety reports (PSURs, PBRERs, DSURs)

Contribute effectively to internal interactions and cross-functional teams

Ensure up-to-date oversight of the emerging safety profile for all TA products

Ensure continuous assessment of all new safety information, in collaboration with the Safety Team and Cross functional Teams

Lead signal detection and signal evaluation activities for assigned products

Provide strong safety representation at internal and external meetings where safety issues are considered, and/or safety decisions are made

Contribute effectively in external interactions, e.g., SMCs/IDMCs; preparation of the medical safety aspects for, and attendance at, regulatory authority meetings; interactions with external advisers or opinion leaders; collaboration with colleagues from partnership companies for co-development or co-marketing etc.

Contribute to the overall success of Global Patient Safety and Ipsen

Provide TA and product-specific training within GPS and more widely within the company and for external vendors as required

Qualifications

MD, with several years of clinical experience exercising medical judgment as a physician

Experience in leading Clinical Development Teams is ideal

Pharmaceutical industry experience in clinical development

Experience in leading Cross functional Global Product Teams, Safety Teams and Clinical Development Teams.

Knowledge of product development processes and experience of cross-functional teamwork

Working knowledge of pharmacovigilance legislations worldwide

Prior experience with NDA/BLA or equivalent regulatory submissions, or experience working in a Regulatory Agency reviewing submission file

Fluent in English, additional European language such as French is preferrable

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Pharmacovigilance
Therapeutic area
Rare Disease
Location
Paris, France
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Pharmacovigilance role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 88 comparable Pharmacovigilance roles across 32 biopharma companies.

88Comparable roles tracked
81Currently active
32Companies hiring similar roles
21Countries represented

Salary context

12 of 88 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Peer group range $142,450 – $360,500 (median $235,375)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 88 comparable roles

United States32
India11
United Kingdom6
France5
Japan4
Poland4

+ 15 more countries

Seniority mix

69 of 88 peers have a known seniority level

Manager19
Senior15
Director15
Associate Director8
Associate6
Executive/VP2
Senior Director2
Principal1
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1

Therapeutic area mix

8 of 88 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Neuroscience3
Oncology3
Rare Disease2

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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