Senior Director, Postmarketing Safety Operations Lead

The role

The Senior Director, Postmarketing Safety Operations Lead provides strategic and operational leadership for global postmarketing safety operations. This role manages case management operations, external safety-data channels, and vendor performance to support the company's expanding commercial and international footprint.

What you will do

• Lead global postmarketing safety operations supporting Corcept's marketed-product portfolio
• Lead and develop the Case Management Operations and External Engagement functions
• Provide strategic oversight of global outsourced ICSR processing and vendor performance
• Establish effective operational processes across specialty pharmacies, hubs, patient support programs, and other external sources of safety information
• Build strong partnerships with international stakeholders and external service providers
• Drive operational performance through KPIs, quality metrics, governance, and continuous improvement
• Lead development and maintenance of functional SOPs, procedures, and other operational standards
• Partner with Safety Systems to advance technology, automation, data integration, and digital capabilities
• Partner with PV Compliance, Business Operations, and Quality on standards, training, audits, and inspections
• Partner with QPPVs to support effective international PV operations and oversight

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy, nursing, or related discipline
• 14+ years of patient safety/pharmacovigilance experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology
• Significant experience in postmarketing safety
• Strong leadership experience across global postmarketing safety operations, including ICSR case management and external safety-data channels
• Demonstrated experience leading global or geographically distributed teams and managing international vendors and service providers
• Strong understanding of global pharmacovigilance regulations, ICSR requirements, and postmarketing safety practices
• Experience building and scaling operating models, processes, and teams in a growing pharmaceutical or biotechnology organization
• Strong cross-functional leadership and ability to influence across functions, geographies, and external organizations
• Demonstrated strategic thinking, operational excellence, and ability to lead through growth, change, and increasing organizational complexity

Nice to have

• advanced degree

Before you apply

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

About the company

Corcept is focused on the science of cortisol to address diseases. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California.