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The MSO will communicate potential and known risks, when appropriate, to TA Portfolio Safety Head, TA Safety Head, Chief Safety Officer (CSO), Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Qualified Person for ...

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The MSO will communicate potential and known risks, when appropriate, to TA Portfolio Safety Head, TA Safety Head, Chief Safety Officer (CSO), Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Qualified Person for ...

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How much do chief safety officer jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 5, 2026, the average yearly pay for chief safety officer in the United States is $114,731.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $67,000.00 and $127,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a chief safety officer?

A chief safety officer (CSO) creates policies and procedures that minimize risk and ensure the safety of a company’s employees. As a CSO, your job duties include enforcing these regulations, overseeing all safety protocol, developing improved safety training, and analyzing what went wrong when accidents happen. This career requires a bachelor’s degree, usually in business administration. Specialty fields may require a specific degree. For example, CSO positions in the health care field may require a medical degree. Additional qualifications include management experience, knowledge of all industry safety protocol, and strong leadership skills. As a chief safety officer, you must also be able to keep sensitive information about employees and your company confidential.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a chief safety officer?

To excel as a Chief Safety Officer, you need a robust background in occupational health and safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance, often supported by a relevant degree and certifications such as CSP or NEBOSH. Familiarity with safety management systems, audit tools, and data analysis platforms is typically required. Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and effective communication are crucial soft skills for influencing organizational culture and driving safety initiatives. These competencies are essential for ensuring regulatory compliance, minimizing workplace hazards, and fostering a culture of safety across the organization.

What are the main challenges chief safety officers face when implementing new safety protocols across an organization?

Chief Safety Officers often encounter resistance to change when introducing new safety protocols, as employees may be accustomed to existing procedures. Gaining buy-in from both leadership and frontline staff requires effective communication, ongoing training, and demonstrating the tangible benefits of new safety measures. Additionally, CSOs must ensure compliance with evolving regulations and coordinate with various departments to maintain consistency in safety standards across all locations. Building a culture of safety takes time and persistent effort, but it is critical for long-term organizational success.

What is the difference between Chief Safety Officer vs Safety Manager?

AspectChief Safety OfficerSafety Manager
CredentialsCertifications like CSP, ASP, or NEBOSH; extensive experience in safety leadershipSimilar certifications; focus on safety protocols and team management
Work EnvironmentStrategic role overseeing safety policies across entire organizationOperational role managing safety programs on-site or departmentally
Industry UsageCommon in large corporations, industrial, and construction sectorsFound in various industries, including manufacturing, construction, and oil & gas
Search & Comparison IntentUnderstanding high-level safety leadership rolesLearning about safety management responsibilities

The Chief Safety Officer and Safety Manager roles both focus on workplace safety but differ mainly in scope and strategic involvement. The Chief Safety Officer holds a senior, organization-wide leadership position, while the Safety Manager handles day-to-day safety operations within specific departments or sites.

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Infographic showing various Chief Safety Officer job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 66% Full Time, 28% Part Time, and 6% Nights. Highlights an 94% In-person, and 6% Hybrid job distribution, with an average salary of $114,731 per year, or $55.2 per hour.

Medical Safety Officer - Solid Tumors Oncology

Johnson & Johnson

Titusville, NJ • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 26 days ago


Johnson & Johnson rating

8.3

Company rating: 8.3 out of 10

Based on 113 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

24th of 86 rated pharmaceutical


Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Product Safety

Job Sub Function:

Product Safety Risk Management MD

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Medical Safety Officer (MSO) is a physician with training or experience in Medical Safety, who reports into the Global Medical Safety (GMS) organization and has accountability for assessing the medical safety of Innovative Medicine products and strategically leading cross-functional matrix teams responsible for product safety and benefit risk oversight.

The MSO will report to the Therapeutic Area (TA) Safety Head and oversee the safety assessment of assigned drugs within the TA that are marketed and/or in clinical development. Collaborating with relevant functions, the MSO will ensure proactive and timely assessments of safety data to characterize the emerging and known safety profiles and benefit risk of their products within the TA. The MSO will communicate potential and known risks, when appropriate, to TA Safety Head, Chief Safety Officer (CSO), Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (QPPV), Senior Management, Health Authorities (HA), prescribers and/or patients. In compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the MSO will also lead, when appropriate, in the design and implementation of risk mitigation strategies to ensure the safe and appropriate use of Innovative Medicine products.

Strategically lead the Safety Management Teams (SMT) for assigned products. SMT responsibilities include safety surveillance (including signal detection) and risk management activities [including Risk Management Plan (RMP) and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)], as well as other activities related to managing the safety profile of assigned products.

Provide medical and scientific expertise as the GMS representative on the Compound Development Team (CDT) and Clinical Teams.

Anticipate safety concerns and influence other relevant functions including Clinical teams to minimize/mitigate patient impact by active participation in the design of the clinical protocols.

Be an active partner and core contributor of safety input to key regulatory or clinical documents including:

o Risk management plans.

o Safety development plan.

o Clinical Trial Protocols.

o Informed Consent Forms (ICF).

o Safety Sections of Investigator's Brochure (IB) and IB addenda.

o Clinical Study Reports (CSR).

o Annual Safety Reports (ASR).

Integrated Safety Summary (ISS) and Summary of Clinical Safety (SCS) for NDA/BLA/MAA filings.

o Periodic Benefit Risk Evaluation Report (PBRER)/Periodic Safety Update Report (PSUR).

o Health authority queries.

o Core Data Sheets (CDS).

Effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) important results of medical safety and benefit/risk management evaluations, when necessary, to the GMS Leadership Team, CMO, and the Medical Safety Council (MSC).

Actively participate and contribute to meetings with Health Authorities and external key opinion leaders.

Provide medical safety leadership on due diligence teams to evaluate Licensing & Acquisition opportunities.

Provide medical oversight to contractors and non-physician staff involved in preparing written safety evaluations for their assigned products. This will include:

o Defining the safety question or issue requiring medical safety assessment.

o Developing the strategy for the safety review and analysis.

o Interpreting results and determining the medical importance of a question or issue.

o Reviewing and approving (i.e., signatory) medical assessment reports (e.g., ad hoc safety reports).

Work across the GMS TAs to align and improve common processes including providing strong leadership and a harmonized approach across clinical teams for safety data collection, assessment, and safety-related processes and issues.

Assist in the creation, review and implementation of new SOPs, Work Instructions, guidelines, documents, and other tools pertaining to safety assessment and risk management.

Lead or actively participate in department-wide initiatives.

Perform delegate responsibilities for other MSOs and/or SMT Chairs

This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive listing of job functions. May perform other duties as

assigned.

Minimum Qualification

Physician (MD or equivalent) with 2-5 years of pharmacovigilance (PV) experience or other relevant experience (e.g., Clinical research, Medical Affairs, clinical) required.

Board Certified/Board Eligible/equivalent preferred.

Medical specialization preferred.

Demonstrated skills in clinical medicine with at least 1 year of clinical practice experience.

Demonstrated knowledge of principles of drug development, pharmacology, clinical trial methodology and design, medical monitoring of trials, assessment of drug risks and benefits, and safety assessment of drugs both on the market and in development and global safety regulations highly preferred.

Ability to influence, negotiate and communicate with both internal and external stakeholders.

Experience with Health Authority presentations is preferred.

Required Technical Knowledge and Skills:

Ability to lead global cross-functional teams effectively and strategically.

Connect, collaborate, and build consensus across relevant functions.

Ability to think strategically, have a global mindset, big picture orientation, Ability to see the context of the entire situation, understand implications to the business.

Ability to critically evaluate safety data from multiple sources (clinical trials, environment, literature, etc.), assess clinical importance and potential strategic impact of the data and present the findings clearly in both written and oral communications.

Experience and knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and Pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements in US, the EU and globally, the conduct of clinical trials and for the appropriate contributions to regulatory filings, PV documents and risk management plans.

Able to plan work to meet deadlines and effectively handle multiple priorities.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including formal presentation skills. Written skills as evidenced by publication and journal articles are also desirable.

Fluent in written and spoken English.

Proficiency in Word and PowerPoint is desired.

Other requirements

Not applicable

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Clinical Operations, Compliance Management, Compliance Risk, Consulting, Design Mindset, Developing Others, Leadership, Medicines and Device Development and Regulation, Operational Excellence, Quality Control (QC), Research Ethics, Risk Management, Safety Investigations, Safety-Oriented, Serious Adverse Event Reporting, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Succession Planning, Surveillance

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$199,000.00 - $343,850.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is: $199,000 - $342,700
The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.
Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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