Ipsen Biopharm Ltd Posted October 26, 2026

Global Senior Safety Physician Neurosciences

London (UK), United Kingdom Full time
Pharmacovigilance Neuroscience Senior
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About this opportunity

Title:

Global Senior Safety Physician Neurosciences

Company:

Ipsen Biopharm Ltd

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:

Are you ready to lead and innovate in a dynamic, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company?

Ipsen is a growing global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care. We aim to make a sustainable difference by significantly improving patients’ health and quality of life, providing effective therapeutic solutions for unmet medical needs through differentiated and innovative medicines in Oncology, Neurosciences, and Rare Diseases.

Why Ipsen?

Patient-Focused: The patient is at the heart of everything we do, and improving their outcomes is the deliverable of every strategy.

Employee Care: We care for our employees, who are the ambassadors making a real difference.

Bold Leadership: We attract and develop bold, agile, entrepreneurial individuals who take full ownership of their decisions.

Growth Opportunities: We offer a wealth of fulfilling challenges and growth opportunities in a fast-moving, game-changing organization.

About the Role

The Global Patient Safety Asset Lead, Neurosciences 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, and integrated with clinical development and life-cycle management plans for milestone decisions.

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

Lead the development and maintenance of the Risk Management Plan, signal plan, benefit-risk framework and associated risk minimisation activities for assigned products, as applicable.

Support safety decision-making for benefit-risk assessment

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

Provide safety expertise, strategies and leadership to global filing teams for all safety components of regulatory submissions, health authority safety 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, cross-functional teams and partners, as applicable under pharmacovigilance agreements.

Lead signal detection and signal evaluation activities for assigned products, including assessment of potential impact on Reference Safety Information and associated regulatory actions.

Collaborate closely with Global Drug Development, Medical Affairs and relevant study teams on the safety of patients participating in clinical studies, including Data Safety Monitoring Boards, additional risk minimisation measures and publication strategy.

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

Work collaboratively with safety scientists and provide TA- and product-specific training within GPS, more widely within the company and for external vendors as required.

Provide relevant product and subject-matter expertise as required for audits and inspections, including preparatory work, interviews with auditors/inspectors, and follow-up on subsequent actions and CAPAs.

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
Senior
Function
Pharmacovigilance
Therapeutic area
Neuroscience
Location
London (UK), United Kingdom
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 34 comparable Senior Pharmacovigilance roles across 19 biopharma companies.

34Comparable roles tracked
32Currently active
19Companies hiring similar roles
13Countries represented

Salary context

6 of 34 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate Director, Clinical Drug Safety · Lilly $117,000/yr – $189,200/yr
Peer group range $153,100 – $331,200 (median $319,550)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 34 comparable roles

United States13
China4
Germany3
Denmark2
Poland2
Australia2

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Seniority mix

34 of 34 peers have a known seniority level

Senior22
Associate Director9
Principal3

Therapeutic area mix

4 of 34 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Neuroscience1
Oncology1
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
Rare Disease1

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