Medical Director Safety Job Details | Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA
Nestlé
Pharmaceutical Industry
Lausanne - Schweiz
Director
Hybrid
Experteer Overview
In this Medical Director role at Nestlé Research, you will lead safety strategy for clinical development of nutritional solutions and therapeutics across the lifespan. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory-compliant safety assessments and reporting. You’ll engage with KOLs and investigators to align safety with trial design and external governance. Join us to shape end-to-end pharmacovigilance in nutrition, driving safer innovations and impactful patient outcomes.
Compensation / Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Culture of respect, diversity and inclusion
- Dynamic international environment
- Career development opportunities
- Supportive and collaborative culture
- Be a force for good
Responsibilities
- Build and optimize safety assessments and safety management plans for trial design
- Lead inputs to Data Safety Monitoring Boards, DSURs, ASRs, and risk management plans
- Coordinate internal trial safety boards and committees
- Drive safety strategies and ensure regulatory compliance with pharma, medical nutrition, and FSMP frameworks
- Collaborate with clinical development, data management, medical, regulatory affairs, and external providers on case processing
- Engage with KOLs and investigators to align safety with trial designs
- Respond to safety inquiries and support health authority communications for nutritional solutions
- Support end-to-end pharmacovigilance for nutrition therapeutics with signal evaluation and risk management
- Operate within governance frameworks for patient safety and risk management
- Contribute to cross-functional SRMT and signal review forums
Key requirements
- Medical degree (MD or equivalent)
- MD/PhD, preferably with internal medicine/gastroenterology/pediatrics/clinical pharmacology specialization
- ≥5 years' experience in clinical research and safety in development or operations
- Proven leadership in safety management for complex trials and regulatory frameworks in nutrition
- Experience in preparing clinical safety assessments and regulatory submissions
- Strong cross-functional collaboration across matrixed teams
- Excellent ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate complex clinical data
- Effective external engagement with KOLs, agencies, investigators, and safety vendors
Description
In this Medical Director role at Nestlé Research, you will lead safety strategy for clinical development of nutritional solutions and therap…
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