New · posted Oct 31
Tango Therapeutics · Biotechnology
Associate Medical Director, Pharmacovigilance
- Boston, MA
- On-site
- Full-time
- Director
The role
The Medical Director/Medical Reviewer, Pharmacovigilance will be responsible to perform medical review and assessment of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) and provide medical oversight. The Medical Reviewer will ensure clinical accuracy, consistency, quality, and compliance with applicable pharmacovigilance requirements.
What you need
What You Bring
- 4+ years of total relevant experience in Pharmacovigilance/Drug Safety, Clinical Research, or a related area. 2–5 years of hands-on ICSR medical review experience is preferred
- MD/DO/Foreign Medical Graduate or equivalent clinical/medical qualification
- Relevant experience in Pharmacovigilance, Drug Safety, Clinical Research
- Hands-on experience in ICSR medical review and case assessment
- Experience reviewing AOSEs or other safety surveillance assessments is preferred
- Good understanding of ICH, GVP, FDA, EMA, and applicable pharmacovigilance requirements
- Working knowledge of WHO drug and MedDRA terminology and coding principles
- Strong clinical assessment, analytical, medical writing, and communication skills
- Ability to independently assess complex clinical cases and make sound medical judgments
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
What you'll do
Perform Medical Review activities
- Review ICSRs from clinical trials, literature, solicited programs, and other sources
- Assess adverse events for seriousness, causality, expectedness/listedness, and clinical significance per regulations and company procedures
- Evaluate case details for medical consistency, including demographics, history, medications, labs, treatment, course, and outcomes
- Review and validate MedDRA coding, diagnoses, events, indications, and relevant medical data
- Assess temporal relationships, de-challenge/rechallenge, alternative etiologies, risk factors, and outcomes, as applicable
- Review, edit, and approve ICSR narratives for accuracy, completeness, concision, and clinical coherence
- Author robust and medically sound company comments for ICSRs, clearly documenting the company's medical assessment, clinical rationale, causality considerations, relevant medical history, alternative etiologies, and overall safety evaluation, as applicable
- Review queries, identify key missing information, and recommend appropriate case follow-up queries
- Ensure proper documentation and escalation of significant safety information
- Review vendor-created AOSEs/AOSE search terms for medical accuracy, completeness, consistency, and appropriateness
- Escalate medically significant cases and potential safety concerns to appropriate stakeholders
- Provide medical guidance to the vendor on findings and recurring quality issues
- Monitor quality and consistency, identifying trends that require training or process improvement
- Provide vendor guidance and feedback to maintain consistent ICSR quality
- Support activities related to creation or maintenance of PV procedures, medical review guidelines, AOSE criteria, training materials, quality metrics and other relevant activities
- Provide medical oversight of vendor-performed ICSR activities
- Review vendor deliverables for quality, accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
- Identify recurring medical review quality issues and share findings with the vendor
- Support vendor training and clarify medical review expectations, as needed
- Contribute to vendor performance monitoring and quality improvement
- Complete other ad hoc activities as assigned
Pay
$194,400 – $291,600 a year
Employer provided$194,400—$291,600 USD
Where you'll work
Boston, MAOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)
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From the posting
About Tango Therapeutics
Tango Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering novel drug targets and delivering the next generation of precision medicine for the treatment of cancer.
Using an approach that starts and ends with patients, Tango leverages the genetic principle of synthetic lethality to discover and develop therapies that take aim at critical targets in cancer.
This includes expanding the universe of precision oncology targets into novel areas such as tumor suppressor gene loss and their contribution to the ability of cancer cells to evade immune cell killing.
The Tango labs and offices are located at 201 Brookline Avenue, in the Fenway area of Boston, Massachusetts.
Equal opportunity, accessibility and legal noticesTango Therapeutics's statements, word for word
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 7% below the US median for Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance roles at this level.
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Director roles in Massachusetts24 roles publishing pay
Director roles in the US69 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $194,400 | — | $291,600 |
| Massachusetts (middle half) | $217,500 | $229,000 | $281,000 |
| All US (middle half) | $213,500 | $260,000 | $281,000 |
This role: Tango Therapeutics's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 31, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
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- Clinical trial conduct10
- Documentation and SOPs6
- Collaboration and leadership6
- GMP and compliance2
- Validation and qualification2
- Quality systems and risk2
- Lab testing and methods1
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- Director4 57%
- Manager2 29%
- Senior & Principal1 14%
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Associate Medical Director, Pharmacovigilance at Tango Therapeutics
Open until filled. $194K–$292K a year, employer provided.