Principal Scientist, Veterinary Clinical Pathologist
Merck
Job Description
Principal Scientist (R5), Clinical Pathology, Pathology, Non-clinical Drug Safety, West Point
Our company is a leading global biopharmaceutical company with a long history of using the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. Our success is driven by putting patients first, operating with the highest integrity, and committing fully to our vision to make a difference in the lives of people globally. With our diverse pipeline of vaccines, biologics, small molecules, and novel modalities, we are at the forefront of research to advance the prevention and treatment of diseases such as cardiometabolic, neurologic, immunologic, and infectious diseases as well as cancer.
About Us:
The Nonclinical Drug Safety organization at our Research Laboratories in West Point, Pennsylvania is seeking a veterinary clinical pathologist to join our highly collaborative Clinical Pathology group. This group is consisted of two ACVP-certified veterinary clinical pathologists and eleven laboratory-based scientific staff. You will work alongside an extensive Toxicology and Pathology team in a GLP-compliant facility equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories. Our team supports a diverse and exciting pipeline, supporting a wide variety of early discovery, investigative, and GLP-toxicity studies. Our clinical pathologists provide scientific leadership in study design and execution, as well as complete interpretations and reports for studies throughout drug development. Working collaboratively across the organization, these interpretations will offer a thorough analysis of clinical pathology data, including correlations to toxicokinetic data, antemortem evaluations, and histomorphologic findings for the program.
Key responsibilities for this scientific role include:
Review study protocol designs and make recommendations regarding clinical pathology portions of preclinical studies
Provide well-written, concise Clinical Pathology reports that accurately reflect the data collected and the significance/impact on candidate drug development and safety
Collaborate with Anatomic Pathologists and Toxicology Study Directors in the interpretation and communication of study results and provide the appropriate context of the data and its relevance to clinical development.
Serve as the nonclinical drug safety lead on drug discovery or development teams, overseeing the design and execution of studies, and providing critical regulatory strategy and communications with global regulatory agencies to support the development of drug candidates
Provide scientific leadership to the Clinical Pathology Lab group
Collaborate in novel biomarker development to support the pipeline
Actively engage in the external organizations to influence the regulatory environment for drug development.
Required educations, skills, and experience:
Experience collaborating with diverse cross-functional teams and communicating openly and often with colleagues
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Residency in clinical pathology
ACVP-board certification in clinical pathology
MS or PhD in Toxicology, Pathology, or related discipline preferred but not required
1-4 years of experience as a clinical pathologist in biotech, pharma or at a CRO is a plus, but not required
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Our company has a commitment to the continued professional development of all colleagues through training opportunities, publications, internal and external presentations, access to internal scientific seminars as well as support for external scientific meetings. With our location along the Northeastern US corridor, there are many opportunities to participate in cross-industry workshops, conferences, direct regulatory interactions and other training or networking opportunities. Imagine what you could achieve at our company!
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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
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The salary range for this role is
$206,200.00 - $324,600.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
DomesticVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
No Travel RequiredFlexible Work Arrangements:
Not ApplicableShift:
Not IndicatedValid Driving License:
NoHazardous Material(s):
n/aRequired Skills:
Clinical Data Interpretation, Clinical Judgment, Clinical Pathology, Collaboration, Communication, Detail-Oriented, Drug Development, Ethical Compliance, Experimentation, Histopathology, Infectious Disease, Interpersonal Management, Mentoring Staff, Mentorship, Oral Communications, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Scientific Leadership, Social Collaboration, Teamwork, Toxicity Studies, Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary PathologyPreferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date:
07/7/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID:R352548