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Principal Scientist, Safety

US CA San Diego💼 Full-time💰 $130,800–$130,800🗓 2026-08-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead scientific and clinical expertise for clinical and post-market pharmacovigilance, including signal management, benefit-risk evaluations, and authoring periodic safety reports.

Role type

Principal Scientist, Safety (Pharmacovigilance)

Builds

Periodic safety reports (PADER, DSUR), safety evaluations, and regulatory submissions for assigned programs.

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, and immunological disorders

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Pharmacovigilance compliance, signal detection and evaluation, aggregate safety data review, SOP development, regulatory authority inspection support, drug safety database management (ARISg), safety coding dictionaries (MedDRA, WHODRUG), scientific data synthesis, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Healthcare professional experience, vendor management, GVP process improvement initiatives

Technologies

ARISg, MedDRA, WHODRUG

Responsibilities

Lead safety scientist for assigned programs, conduct literature reviews, prepare periodic safety reports, perform signal detection and evaluation, participate in Data Monitoring Committee meetings, contribute to SOP development, support case processing activities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic input

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