Principal Scientist, Pathology

RocheSouth San Francisco, CA
$181,200 - $336,400Onsite

About The Position

The successful Translational Safety Principal Pathologist candidate will provide scientific leadership and play an active role in the process of drug development from target assessment through marketed products. Working in a team environment, Translational Safety Project Pathologists participate in and may lead the strategic design, implementation, and data analysis of non-GLP investigative and GLP regulatory studies to ensure the comprehensive, highly integrated safety profiling of Genentech drug candidates.

Requirements

  • A DVM/VMD, or equivalent, and board certification in the American College of Veterinary Pathology or European College of Veterinary Pathology.
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience

Nice To Haves

  • PhD in Integrative Pathobiology, or related discipline, preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide veterinary clinical, technical, and scientific expertise on in-house and CRO-based studies from protocol development through necropsy, clinical pathology, and histopathology evaluations, pathology peer review and final report generation.
  • Collaborate closely with toxicologists and study operations professionals, providing expertise in the development of streamlined, innovative safety assessment programs for Genentech drug candidates.
  • Work independently to leverage literature to develop and optimize best-evidence arguments in support of data interpretation or experimental approaches.
  • Lead or coauthor high quality scientific manuscripts and regulatory documents, and represent Genentech/Roche in meetings with regulatory authorities to influence toxicologic pathology and industry standards in drug development.
  • Collaborate with in vitro systems scientists to characterize and qualify assays for assessment of toxicity.
  • Design and conduct in vitro and/or in vivo investigative and mechanistic studies in collaboration with toxicologists and subject matter experts.
  • Advance applications of digital pathology for greater scientific insights and workflow efficiencies.
  • Participate in the therapeutic area focused Expert Working Groups.
  • Participate in and lead interdisciplinary project teams.
  • Provide functional area mentorship and leadership in Pathology.
  • Perform managerial, administrative, tactical, or strategic roles within Translational Safety, Development Sciences, or gRED, commensurate with experience.

Benefits

  • A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Senior

Education Level

Ph.D. or professional degree

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