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Ocugen Inc
Director, Safety & Pharmacovigilance (PV)
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A Safety Director is responsible for determining and maintaining the strategic direction of their organization's health and safety program and developing a workplace culture where safety is the utmost priority.
$96,501 / year median in Pennsylvania
+14% projected growth
Job Description
Position The Director, Pharmacovigilance & Patient Safety provides medical and operational leadership for safety activities across Ocugen's clinical-stage portfolio of ocular gene therapies. This hands-on role is responsible for safety surveillance, case assessment, signal detection, benefit-risk evaluation, aggregate reporting, vendor oversight, and inspection readiness. The Director works closely with Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Biostatistics, Data Management, Quality Assurance, and external vendors to ensure safety risks are identified, evaluated, communicated, and addressed promptly. Responsibilities Serve as the safety physician for assigned programs, providing medical assessment of adverse events, including seriousness, expectedness, causality, and clinical significance. Personally review and approve SAEs, SUSARs, AESIs, pregnancy cases, and other medically significant safety narratives. Review emerging and cumulative safety data, evaluate potential signals, and recommend appropriate follow-up or risk-mitigation actions. Lead benefit-risk assessments and communicate conclusions and recommendations to cross-functional teams and senior leadership. Provide safety input to protocols, informed consent forms, Investigator Brochures, clinical study reports, and regulatory submissions. Author or medically review DSURs, IND annual reports, Investigator Brochure safety updates, aggregate reports, and health authority responses. Develop and maintain program-specific safety surveillance strategies for ocular gene therapy, including ocular inflammation, procedure-related events, immunogenicity, vector shedding, and long-term follow-up. Direct day-to-day PV activities, ensuring accurate and timely case processing, medical review, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting. Maintain Safety Management Plans, Safety Data Exchange Agreements, PV procedures, and inspection-ready documentation. Lead signal-detection and internal safety-review activities and support