Associate Director or Director, Global Pathology – Oncology Therapy Area
Are you a passionate Veterinary Anatomic Pathologist with expertise in toxicologic or disease area pathology that wants to help us deliver safe and effective new medicines to patients? This is an exciting opportunity to join a global group of highly skilled pathologists to push the boundaries of science!
AstraZeneca is looking for a dynamic and experienced Veterinary Anatomic Pathologist to support our work in the Oncology disease area at our Gaithersburg, MD or Waltham, MA sites. This role is broad in scope and offers significant potential for professional development.
Global Pathology works closely with Oncology disease area scientists and the Safety Sciences organization, providing integrated support for safety and efficacy pathology to drive the design, selection and successful development of novel treatments for cancer patients. The Global Pathology department works across Sweden, UK and US covering all aspects of pathology for AstraZeneca disease areas. Pathology sits within Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences (CPSS), which contains all non-clinical safety functions supporting the entire AstraZeneca portfolio.
What you’ll do
As a Pathologist in our global CPSS team, you’ll collaborate with discovery safety specialists, toxicologists and disease area scientists, providing expert anatomic pathology support to drug projects across all development stages. You’ll contribute to the design and assessment of investigative safety and efficacy studies, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality pathology data. You’ll also provide pivotal pathology support and develop expertise in groundbreaking novel treatment modalities, including T Cell therapies, immune cell engagers, ADCs, radioimmunoconjugates and PROTACs. While most of your work will be in the Oncology space, you will also have the opportunity to support our global portfolio in the Respiratory & Immunology, Vaccines & Immune Therapies and Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism therapy areas.
CPSS is changing the way pathology and imaging technologies are combined to offer unprecedented insight and impact. You will work closely with our expert team of Imaging & AI scientists with access to state-of-the-art tissue imaging platforms, exploring multi-omics and AI to drive quantitative pathology.
We’ll rely on you to build effective cross-functional networks across Pathology, CPSS and Early Oncology, and with a curious mind seek opportunities for collaboration with the external scientific community.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated pathologist to shine.
Essential Requirements
- Degree in Veterinary Medicine
- Postgraduate pathology qualification (DACVP, DECVP, FRCPath, DJSTP or equivalent)
- A minimum of 3-5 years of experience for Associate Director or 5-10 years for Director in either toxicologic pathology or a cross-species research in a relevant scientific discipline
- Ability to integrate pathology findings with a range of additional endpoints (e.g., clinical pathology, IHC, ISH, mass spectrometry imaging) and provide contextualized interpretation for project teams, governance interactions and regulatory submissions
- Genuine interest in providing broad disease area, discovery and toxicologic pathology support and acting as a pathology representative on multiple drug development projects
- Highly effective written and oral communication skills with the ability to clearly convey complex pathology data to a wide range of stakeholders
Desirable Requirements
- PhD in pathology or a related discipline
- Relevant pharmaceutical experience of providing discovery and toxicologic pathology support and acting as a pathology representative on multiple drug development projects
- Broad cross-species toxicologic pathology expertise with experience of histopathological evaluation and peer review of short- and long-term toxicology studies
- Track record of scientific delivery demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications in high quality scientific journals
- Ability to provide a holistic view of translational safety and pathophysiology from animal to patient
If you are a veterinary anatomic pathologist seeking a new challenge, please get in touch with Kim Maratea (kim.maratea@astrazeneca.com) for an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity.
Join us today and be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives!
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