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Boston, Massachusetts

Medical Director

Medical SafetyFull-Time

Listed compensation

$237k-$373k

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Job Description

About the role:

The Medical Safety - M.D., Director is responsible for guiding safety assessments and medical reviews to ensure the safety of pharmaceutical products. This role supports clinical development by providing critical safety insights and guidance, contributing to the overall mission of Takeda.

How You Will Contribute

  • Guide safety assessments and medical reviews
  • Navigate complex regulatory compliance requirements in pharmaceutical safety
  • Apply expert risk management strategies to mitigate potential safety issues
  • Lead safety surveillance initiatives, including data analysis and safety signal detection
  • Provide critical safety insights and guidance to support clinical development
  • Strategically guide and mentor the safety team
  • Facilitate team collaboration to enhance performance and project success

Skills and Qualifications

Possesses deep medical knowledge and expertise, capable of guiding safety assessments and medical reviews

Advanced understanding of regulatory compliance requirements in pharmaceutical safety, able to navigate complex regulatory landscapes

Applies expert risk management strategies to mitigate potential safety issues associated with pharmaceutical products

  • Leads safety surveillance initiatives, adept at data analysis and safety signal detection
  • Supports clinical development by providing critical safety insights and guidance
  • Demonstrates leadership by strategically guiding and mentoring the safety team
  • Skilled in strategic planning with the ability to anticipate and mitigate challenges in pharmaceutical safety
  • Facilitates team collaboration, enhancing team performance and project success
  • Solves complex safety-related problems with innovative and effective solutions
  • Communicates effectively with all levels of management and cross-functional teams
  • Provides mentoring and development opportunities to team members, enhancing their professional growth

As a recognized expert within Takeda globally, you possess in-depth expertise in your discipline and broad knowledge across related areas. You're adept at anticipating internal/external challenges, recommending improvements, and solving unique, far-reaching business problems.

Your role involves working on abstract issues, assessing intangible variables, contributing to global Business/Functional strategy, and serving as the primary contact for contracts and operations, conducting briefings and meetings with top management and customers.

Operating with significant autonomy in a complex environment, you also lead project teams to achieve milestones and objectives.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location

  • Boston, MA
  • U.S. Base Salary Range:
  • $237,200.00 - $372,790.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position.

The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

For information about our benefits, please click here.

EEO Statement

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  • Locations
  • Boston, MA
  • Worker Type
  • Employee
  • Worker Sub-Type
  • Regular
  • Time Type
  • Full time
  • Job Exempt
  • Yes

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Key Responsibilities

The Medical Director is responsible for guiding safety assessments, medical reviews, and safety surveillance initiatives to ensure pharmaceutical product safety. They provide critical insights to support clinical development while strategically mentoring the safety team and navigating complex regulatory requirements.

Requirements

The role requires deep medical knowledge and extensive expertise in pharmaceutical safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership, strategic planning abilities, and the capacity to solve complex safety-related problems in a global environment.

Qualifications

Experience
10+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical safety assessmentMedical reviewProblem solvingCommunication

Medical Safety — Physician Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$294k (539 salary observations; 1,603 listings), vs ~$307k nationally (10,027 salary observations; 63,488 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$305k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $288k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physician market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$237k–$373kPhysician median $295k (middle half $264k–$328k)327 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Massachusetts vs national$294k median in Massachusetts$307k nationally (−4%)539 state / 10,027 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$288k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All physician listings in Massachusetts641 active22,585 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts physician listings (all specialties): 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 13% offer loan repayment641 active listings, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend (all specialties)−4.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Takedasilver tier, 71/100Top Employers work-life index13 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Massachusetts figures use all physicians: too few Massachusetts Medical Safety postings state pay.

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Physician roles listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,329 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$800k≈ 3.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,271/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.