What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director Pathology (m/f/d) position at Discovery Life Sciences?
About Discovery Life Sciences:
Discovery Life Sciences is a global market leader in biospecimen solutions and laboratory services, offering an extensive range of products and services to support drug discovery and development. With a network of laboratories and offices across the United States and internationally, we are committed to advancing scientific research and improving health care outcomes. We are dedicated to accelerating the discovery and development of new therapies and diagnostics by providing the highest quality biospecimens, in vitro preclinical products, and cell and gene therapy starting materials, coupled with specialty lab services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead an international team of pathologists
- Maintain and grow our existing network in the global pathology community
- Act as a medical director for the Discovery site in Kassel, Germany.
- Optimize pathology related processes
- Guide / assist our teams in assay development and validation which includes semiquantitative as well as quantitative assays
- Support / consult our project management and business development team as well as our clients
- Evaluation of clinical trial specimens
- Act as a trainer for external pathologists within our post approval services for the interpretation / scoring of novel biomarkers
- Preparation of publications / posters in collaboration with our customers
Position Qualifications (Education, Skills, Experience):
- 100% on site
- Board certification (German board certification preferred)
- Additional training in Cytology
- Experience in hematopathology and/or genomics is a plus
- Experienced in the field of predictive biomarkers with a focus on oncology and immunology
- Excellent knowledge in IHC, mIF, FISH, RNA in situ hybridization to support the assay development team as well as to act as an experienced reader and consultant for customers in clinical trials.
- Experience in digital imaging applications and the evaluation of biomarkers via digital image analysis software
- Excellent English communication skills
- Teamplayer
- Willingness to work in a GCLP environment
Compensation and Benefits:
Discovery Life Sciences is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, skills, and experience.
