Medical Director, Senior Patient Safety Physician

Location: Barcelona, Spain (on-site) / 3 days working at the office and 2 days working from home.

Safety Physician – Patient Safety BioPharma

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. 

Patient Safety at AstraZeneca is now looking for aSafety Physicians to join our Patient Safety BioPharma team.

The positions will be based in Barcelona, Spain. We are offering opportunities at different levels (e.g. Safety Physician or Senior Safety Physician) depending on your expertise and previous experience.

The current positions are within the therapy areas of Respiratory & Immunology and Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism. The core purpose of AstraZeneca Patient Safety is to add value to AstraZeneca products, provide clear science-based guidance for investigators and prescribers to safeguard patients as well as the success of our business. Patient Safety covers the entire clinical life cycle of a drug from first time into man to withdrawal of a product from the market.

What’s in it for you? You will get the opportunity to engage with key internal and external stakeholders to provide scientific leadership and channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives. You will get a broad global exposure to other functions involved in the R&D process within AstraZeneca, as well as an overview of how strategic direction is set within the Clinical function and how decisions are made during drug development. Your work will be integrated with cross-functional teams in Clinical Development using your expertise to put a wide variety of issues into a clinical context to make informed decisions.

You will be responsible for providing medical expertise regarding the safety profile of the product(s) and the disease area while representing the patient and Health Authority perspective. This involves working closely together with global colleagues both from within the Patient Safety Department as well as other groups in AstraZeneca. Your key tasks will include using medical judgment to understand case histories, reviewing safety data in various formats to determine any findings of potential importance, helping identify, communicate and manage safety risks and providing a Patient Safety position in meetings and documents.

Who are you? You who will accept the challenge have a Medical Degree, experience from clinical practice and preferably also experience from pharmaceutical industry R&D work. PhD degree is meriting. You have a broad understanding about Health Authority regulations and Good Clinical Practice Standards and if you have experience from working with safety evaluation and risk management - that’s great! At AstraZeneca you will fit right in if you thrive on team work, networking, communication and the ability to influence both people and science.

This is an exciting opportunity for professional growth in areas of drug development, science, and leadership. If you’re inspired by the possibilities of science to make a difference and ready to discover what you can do – join us.

We would like to know more about you. If you are interested, apply now!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.