The Role:

Reporting to the Senior Director of Pharmacovigilance (PV) Operations, the Associate Director, PV Operations will provide vendor oversight and review of ICSR processing for assigned investigational products. They will ensure compliance and adherence to Safety processes and SOPs as well as manage and analyze data from the Global Safety Database. This SME will be responsible for PV operations’ role in Phase 1, 2, & 3 clinical studies, inclusive of inspection readiness, reconciliation, SMP maintenance, and site and regulatory authority reporting oversight. They will work in close collaboration with PV physicians and PV scientists on operational safety and case quality issues.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and support the relationship with safety vendor(s) to ensure effectiveness, quality and compliance of all outsourced activities.
• Provide Sponsor oversight of operational safety responsibilities, including the timely and accurate execution of the processes defined within the applicable Safety Management plans.
• Participate in daily management, operational oversight and execution of operational safety tasks for assigned Nuvalent clinical programs.
• Review incoming adverse event reports and communications from vendors to determine action required and ensure prompt review, follow-up, and timely submission of expedited safety reports.
• Oversee case workflow (case receipt through submission) between safety vendor and Nuvalent Pharmacovigilance team.
• Ensure safety case queries are resolved as per defined processes (interfacing with safety physicians, clinical operations team, other cross-functional teams within Nuvalent, and clinical vendors, as required) and facilitate case closure within required timelines.
• Serve as PV operations SME on safety reporting processes according to study protocol.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of SOPs, forms, plans, systems, and guidance documents to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements or guidelines, GVP and industry best practices.
• Serve as resource and contact for other functions within the company for pharmacovigilance
• operational activities.
• Serve as Pharmacovigilance representative for the operational aspects of the SAE reconciliation
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• Responsible for the development of safety management plans for assigned programs, and associated documents to ensure that study-specific and Regulatory Authority reporting requirements are met and that workflow responsibilities between CROs, and Nuvalent are clearly delineated and adhered to

Competencies Include:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated communications expertise with the ability to articulate, influence, and work successfully with internal/external stakeholders and within a matrixed environment.
• Ability to plan and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and still meet high quality and timeliness standards under pressure.
• Demonstrated contribution to strategy and innovation. Contributes to or leads actionable strategies.
• Demonstrated project management and prioritization capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, RN, Pharmacy, Pharm D., or other relevant health-care related fields.
• 8-10 years of progressive drug safety experience in a biotech/pharma company.
• Clinical Development experience.
• Strong knowledge of current and emerging regulatory requirements including EMA GVP Modules, FDA IND and NDA reporting requirements, ICH, CIOMS
• Ability to interpret and follow regulatory guidelines.
• Proven knowledge of Good Documentation Practices and cGXPs.
• Basic knowledge of MedDRA coding.
• Experience in ICSR case-processing and reporting.
• Experience working in and with safety databases.
• Direct experience managing relationships with service providers or external business partners

Additional Information:

Nuvalent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, aiming to provide employees with competitive total rewards packages.

The targeted salary range reflects what Nuvalent reasonably and in good faith expects to offer for this position at the time of posting, but the final salary determination may be within or outside this range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and market factors.  The range will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change.

Nuvalent also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support our employees at each stage of their career, financial, health, and well-being journey, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown), and much more.

The Role:

Reporting to the Senior Director of Pharmacovigilance (PV) Operations, the Associate Director of PV Operations will provide vendor oversight and review of ICSR processing. They will ensure compliance and adherence to Safety processes and SOPs as well as manage and analyze data from the Global Safety Database. This SME will be the primary point of contact for quality oversight of the case processing vendor. They will work in close collaboration with PV physicians, PV scientists, and PV Excellence on operational safety and case quality issues The role will expand and evolve in line with Nuvalent’s expansion as we approach potential market authorization.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and support the relationship with safety vendor(s) to ensure effectiveness, quality and compliance of all outsourced activities.
• Provide Sponsor oversight of operational safety responsibilities, including the timely and accurate execution of the processes defined within the applicable Safety Management plans.
• Monitor performance (metrics, other reports) of the safety vendor and the quality output of the ICSRs; provide appropriate feedback and training.
• Monitor key performance indicators of case processing and present findings to Head of PV and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Participate in daily management, operational oversight and execution of operational safety tasks for assigned Nuvalent clinical programs.
• As needed. review incoming adverse event reports and communications from vendors to determine action required and ensure prompt review, follow-up, and timely submission of expedited safety reports.
• Oversee case workflow (case receipt through submission) between safety vendor and Nuvalent Pharmacovigilance team.
• Ensure safety case queries are resolved as per defined processes (interfacing with safety physicians, clinical operations team, other cross-functional teams within Nuvalent, and clinical vendors, as required) and facilitate case closure within required timelines.
• Serve as PV operations SME on safety reporting processes according to study protocol.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of SOPs, forms, plans, systems, and guidance documents to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements or guidelines, GVP and industry best practices.
• Serve as resource and contact for other functions within the company for pharmacovigilance
• operational activities.
• Serve as Pharmacovigilance representative for the operational aspects of the SAE reconciliation.

Competencies Include:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated communications expertise with the ability to articulate, influence, and work successfully with internal/external stakeholders and within a matrixed environment.
• Ability to plan and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and still meet high quality and timeliness standards under pressure.
• Demonstrated contribution to strategy and innovation. Contributes to or leads actionable strategies.
• Demonstrated project management and prioritization capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, RN, Pharmacy, Pharm D., or other relevant health-care related field.
• 8-10 years of experience in a biotech/pharma company.
• Direct experience managing relationships with service providers or external business partners
• Clinical Development experience.
• Strong knowledge of current and emerging regulatory requirements including EMA GVP Modules, FDA IND and NDA reporting requirements, ICH, CIOMS
• Ability to interpret and follow regulatory guidelines.
• Proven knowledge of Good Documentation Practices and cGXPs.
• Basic knowledge of MedDRA coding.
• Experience in ICSR case-processing and reporting.
• Experience working in and with safety databases.

Additional Information:

Nuvalent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, aiming to provide employees with competitive total rewards packages.

The targeted salary range reflects what Nuvalent reasonably and in good faith expects to offer for this position at the time of posting, but the final salary determination may be within or outside this range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and market factors.  The range will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change.

Nuvalent also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support our employees at each stage of their career, financial, health, and well-being journey, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown), and much more.

The Role:

Reporting to the Senior Medical Director, Pharmacovigilance, the Associate Medical Director, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance is responsible for the medical assessment of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) and other drug safety information. The individual will be responsible for assessing and interpreting safety data from multiple sources, including clinical trials, spontaneous and solicited reports, aggregate, and literature reports. This individual is expected to provide interpretation and summaries of drug safety information and provide input in the generation of safety reports (e.g., DSURs, PSUR and clinical safety assessments). The individual will be an integral part of a group of safety professionals within Nuvalent and will closely collaborate with safety teams in Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and partners. He/she will need to maintain medical knowledge as required by the role, strong and current knowledge of drug safety and pharmacovigilance regulations, pharmacovigilance practices, safety surveillance and risk-management practices.

Responsibilities:

• Provide medical expertise in the assessment of ICSRs
• Contribute to the generation of aggregate safety reports including development safety update reports, periodic benefit risk evaluation reports, and provide medical input in review of new or existing safety documents to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, such as protocols, safety summaries and regulatory reports
• Contribute to signaling and safety surveillance process, including the identification of safety observations, emergent safety concerns and new safety signals, ensure prompt assessment and communication of confirmed safety signals
• Serve as a medical resource for the generation and review clinical trial protocols, informed consent forms (ICFs) and investigator brochures (IBs) and the development of Reference Safety Information
• Contribute to creation or and updates to Risk Management Plans (RMPs) and/or Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and the maintenance of these documents
• Contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures, Working Instructions and other guidance documents
• Provide safety and pharmacovigilance training programs as required
• Collaborate cross functionally (e.g. Reg Affairs, Clin Ops, Clin Science) to ensure pharmacovigilance input
• Support other pharmacovigilance and drug safety responsibilities as assigned

Competencies Include:

• Strong written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment and build effective working relationships across the organization, and with external stakeholders/vendors
• Detail and process orientated, with excellent project management, problem solving, and organization skills.
• Ability to think critically with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated project management and prioritization capabilities

 Qualifications:

• 4+ years’ experience in Drug Safety / Pharmacovigilance in a Biotech / Pharma company
• 8+ years of industry (Biotech / Pharma) experience
• Healthcare degree required / Medical Degree (MD) from recognized medical school preferred.
• Good working knowledge of US and EU drug safety regulations, CIOMS and ICH guidelines
• Demonstrated experience with medical drug safety assessments, drug safety surveillance and monitoring activities
• Proficiency with medical review of ICSRs, including expectedness assessments, causality assessments, narrative review and generation, generation of Analysis of Similar Event and company comment statements, including benefit-risk assessment.
• Experience with safety data collection and interpretation originating from clinical trials and other sources (such as literature, solicited and post-marketing environment)
• Experience with the medical review and preparation of aggregate reports (DSUR, PSUR/PBRER, PADER)
• Experience with preparation of responses to Regulatory Authorities, preferred experience with IND/NDA submissions and negotiations with Regulatory Authorities as part of marketing approval
• Experience with the development and updates to Reference Safety Information, including IB, Company Core Data Sheet (CCDS) and local labels
• Ability to build relationships, collaborate and influence across disciplines within Nuvalent and with outside stakeholders
• Experience with MedDRA coding, Points to Consider, AoSE, and SMQs
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

Additional Information:

Nuvalent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, aiming to provide employees with competitive total rewards packages.

The targeted salary range reflects what Nuvalent reasonably and in good faith expects to offer for this position at the time of posting, but the final salary determination may be within or outside this range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and market factors.  The range will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change.

Nuvalent also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support our employees at each stage of their career, financial, health, and well-being journey, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown), and much more.

The Role:

Reporting to the Head of PV Science, the Associate Director, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Scientist is responsible for assessing and interpreting safety data from multiple sources, including clinical trials, spontaneous and solicited reports, aggregate, and literature reports. This individual is expected to provide interpretation and summaries of drug safety information and provide input in the generation of safety reports (e.g., DSURs, PADERs, PBRERs, and clinical safety assessments). This individual may also support the medical assessment of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) and other drug safety information. The individual will be an integral part of a group of safety professionals within Nuvalent and will closely collaborate with safety teams in Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and partners. He/she will need to maintain medical knowledge as required by the role, strong and current knowledge of drug safety and pharmacovigilance regulations, pharmacovigilance practices, safety surveillance and risk-management practices.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the generation of aggregate safety reports including development safety update reports, periodic benefit risk evaluation reports, and provide medical input in review of new or existing safety documents to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, such as protocols, safety summaries and regulatory reports
• Contribute to signaling and safety surveillance processes, including the identification of safety observations, emergent safety concerns and new safety signals, ensure prompt assessment and communication of confirmed safety signals
• Serve as a medical resource for the generation and review of clinical trial protocols, informed consent forms (ICFs) and investigator brochures (IBs) and the development of Reference Safety Information
• Contribute to creation or and updates to Risk Management Plans (RMPs) and/or Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and the maintenance of these documents
• Contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures, Working Instructions and other guidance documents
• Provide safety and pharmacovigilance training programs as required
• Collaborate cross functionally (e.g., Reg Affairs, Clin Ops, Clin Science) to ensure pharmacovigilance input
• Support the medical assessment of ICSRs as needed
• Support other pharmacovigilance and drug safety responsibilities as assigned

Competencies Include:

• Design global risk management frameworks for Nuvalent’s medicines
• Translate safety data into clinical insights
• Adapt visualization tools for safety surveillance
• Influence multidisciplinary teams to prioritize patient safety.
• Strong ability to build relationships, collaborate and influence across disciplines within Nuvalent and with outside stakeholders

Qualifications:

• 4+ years’ experience in Drug Safety / Pharmacovigilance in a pharmaceutical or biotech company, CRO or regulatory agency
• 7+ years of Pharma / CRO experience. 
• Degree in a medical or healthcare related discipline like MD, PharmD, RN or PhD.
• Excellent knowledge of US and EU drug safety regulations, CIOMS and ICH guidelines
• Experience with medical drug safety assessments, drug safety surveillance and monitoring activities
• Experience with safety data collection and interpretation from clinical trials, literature and post market
• Experience with preparation of responses to Regulatory Authorities and experience with IND/NDA submissions and negotiations with Regulatory Authorities as part of marketing approval
• Experience with the development and updates to Reference Safety Information, IB, Company Core Data Sheet and local labels
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

Additional Information:

Nuvalent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, aiming to provide employees with competitive total rewards packages.

The targeted salary range reflects what Nuvalent reasonably and in good faith expects to offer for this position at the time of posting, but the final salary determination may be within or outside this range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and market factors.  The range will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change.

Nuvalent also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support our employees at each stage of their career, financial, health, and well-being journey, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown), and much more.