Patient Safety Associate Medical Director
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
September 02, 2026
Full-time
Remote friendly (Boston, MA)
Worldwide
Other
Role: Medical Director for Patient Safety, providing medical safety expertise, pharmacovigilance, and risk management for Vertex's marketed and developmental products. Responsibilities include safety assessment, benefit-risk monitoring, leading safety and risk management processes, signal detection, safety data review from various sources, and participation in clinical trial safety planning and reporting. The role involves cross-functional leadership, safety data analysis, and regulatory report contributions such as DSURs and PSURs. Qualifications: MD, DO, or equivalent with typically 3+ years of safety/pharmacovigilance experience; strong knowledge of medicine, pharmacovigilance regulations, and safety data interpretation. HighValue: focus on pharmacovigilance, safety risk management, safety data analysis, regulatory reporting, and cross-functional safety leadership. Work setup: hybrid or on-site, with some flexibility.