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Associate Director, Clinical Trial Patient Safety

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-25

Core

Manage worldwide surveillance of clinical trial patient safety data, ensuring compliant and timely adverse event monitoring and review for assigned compound studies.

Role type

Senior IC clinical safety operations manager (Associate Director)

Builds

Global clinical safety data review processes and inspection-ready environments

Domain

Pharmaceutical industry, clinical drug development, patient safety

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Clinical safety adverse event surveillance, ICH/FDA/EMA regulatory compliance, strategic planning, talent management, SOP implementation, cross-functional project management, drug development lifecycle knowledge

Preferred skills

Graduate degree in healthcare/life sciences, experience in clinical operations or drug safety operations

Technologies

Document management systems, centralized data review tools

Responsibilities

Manage 5 to 10 people; Establish and monitor workload projections and metrics; Partner with medical monitors for safety review oversight; Implement new regulatory requirements and improve department SOPs; Provide oversight of narrative deliverables and issue management; Align communication channels with clinical, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance counterparts

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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