Director, Global Medical Safety

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. The Director of Global Medical Safety role is pivotal in driving forward our mission of advancing eye care through development of next generation products. This position is located in Fort Worth, TX.

• Being responsible for safety management of assigned products in clinical development through post-approval lifecycle.
• Developing and updating safety documents with new or changes in product safety information. Ensuring accurate and high-quality outputs.
• Managing overall signal detection, monitoring and evaluation, for clinical studies, post-marketing experience, literature, and other sources. Leading the Safety governance boards related to assigned platforms. Providing medical safety review and approval of pre- and post-market documents (e.g., CER, CSR, etc.) as Clinical / Medical Expert.
• Creating post-market surveillance plans, periodic safety updates, product labeling and related documents, including safety information to support product claims.
• Responding to inquiries from health authorities, health care professionals, and legal on safety issues. Preparing safety data for health authority review boards.
• Providing expert medical and scientific guidance to local affiliates on safety issues and input to the clinical development program for assigned projects/brands.
• Ensuring timely communication of safety information to Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance for applicable product portfolio.
• Preparing and presenting franchise or brand safety issues to Alcon Boards and other meetings.
• Providing guidance on safety topics, initiate and maintain productive cross-functional collaborations internally with R&D colleagues, business partners, and externally.

What you'll bring to Alcon:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; Bach. +10yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 10 Years of Relevant Experience
• Travel Requirements: 10%
• Relocation assistance: Yes

How you can thrive at Alcon:

• Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and finding as work evolves.
• See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities.
• Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off and much more.

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.