Executive Director, Pathology Job

Executive Director, Pathology-VET000270

Description

Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and Canada, is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.


In Merck’s Safety Assessment and Laboratory Animal Resources (SALAR) area we are pursuing new and innovative approaches for drug discovery and development and are passionate about developing Merck’s drug pipeline and its people. As a part of these efforts, we collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to: 1) support the development of novel small molecules, therapeutic proteins and vaccine targets, 2) investigate mechanisms of toxicity to better evaluate drug development candidates and 3) contribute to the collaborative effort of developing novel predictive assays and biomarkers that improve our ability to inform on human risk.

As part of the larger clinical and anatomic pathology organization that reports into the Executive Director of Pathology, we are seeking an innovative leader with experience as a Toxicologic Pathologist and people manager to direct and manage an outstanding group of directors of anatomic pathology who have anatomic pathologists and laboratory scientific staff reporting to them.

As an executive director within the larger pathology group, the incumbent will be responsible for the scientific and strategic guidance of the anatomic pathologists in the U.S.A. and the management of the non-routine pathology laboratories that are responsible for special procedures and immunohistochemistry, morphometric image analysis, pathology computer systems and the transmission electron microscope.

We are seeking an experienced leader who:

- Is an excellent communicator that practices and promotes high ethical standards and integrity, makes rapid and disciplined decisions and has an outstanding track record of driving results, fostering collaboration and building talent.

- Promotes a culture of scientific excellence, effective analytical thinking and innovative problem solving by leading and inspiring a team of managers, toxicologic pathologists and scientific staff to archive maximal scientific and operational effectiveness in supporting Merck’s drug discovery and development efforts.

- Provides thoughtful guidance for the planning and execution of technical and scientific activities and for the discovery, implementation and application of novel cutting-edge scientific approaches that advance the capabilities and effectiveness of the anatomical pathology group.

- Directs themselves and their staff to collaboratively work with stakeholders to develop and implement strategies that maximize scientific and operational effectiveness within SALAR and assure maximal compliance with internal and external expectations and standards including the good laboratory practice (GLP) regulations.

- Passionately promotes career development and actively partners to help others realize their full potential.

- Actively pursues their own career development, publishes their work and expands their leadership and scientific skills, knowledge and influence.

This position also offers the opportunity to lead and actively participate in the drug discovery and development process as non-clinical safety representative to project teams (Compound Leader) and to participate on committees external to Merck that foster the science of veterinary pathology and/or influence regulatory policy to promote more effective and efficient drug development.

The position may include some travel between the sites of West Point, PA and Kenilworth, NJ.

Qualifications

Education:

- Required: D.V.M. (or equivalent) with ACVP or ECVP Board Certification or equivalent

Required Experience:

- Minimum of (10) years Pharmaceutical Industry experience in Anatomic Toxicologic Pathology

- Minimum of (5) years People Manager experience

Preferred Experience:

- Ph.D. or equivalent

- Experience as a Non-Clinical Safety Representative to Drug Discovery and/or Development Project Teams

- Authored regulatory submissions including responses to questions from regulatory agencies

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Job: Veterinary Pathologist, Board Cert

Job Title:Executive Director, Veterinary Pathologist Board Certified

Primary Location: NA-US-PA-West Point

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Number of Openings: 1

Company Trade Name:Merck