Toxicology Positions
Director Toxicology – Pharmaceuticals
The Leyden Group associates have been engaged by a large pharmaceutical company, seeking an experienced Toxicologist to replace a recent retiree. The person hired for this role will be a fully independent Project Team Toxicologist, supporting development of drug candidates with oncology, immunology, cardiovascular, endocrine and rare disease targets. This person will not initially have a supervisory role, and reports to a Senior Director of Toxicology.
A doctoral degree and at least five (preferrably ten or more) years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required. The previous experience should include drug development project team participation, proven experience with FDA/global regulatory standards and strong interpersonal, collaborative and written communication skills.
The company embraces a remote culture, but offers a few East and West Coast offices, which are available for in-office use. The company has a strong and diverse pipeline, offering a history of career growth and a good work culture.
Health Sciences Director – Trade Association
Our client is a global trade association, with members in the metal mining, processing and recycling businesses. They seek a North America based health and risk assessment scientist to manage initiatives which assess and protect populations from exposures throughout full product life cycles. Significant parts of the job include government regulatory interaction, research initiative development and science literature monitoring on behalf of member institutions.
They seek a PhD in Toxicology, or an adjacent discipline, and several years of applied toxicology, exposure and risk assessment experience. Specific experience with the health effects of metals is desired. The job is fully remote supported (within North America) and reports to the association’s Executive Director/Head of Regulatory Affairs.
Senior Health Scientist – Consulting
We have been retained by a stable and growing consulting services company to identify an experienced, applied health scientist to join a new public health focused business unit. The person sought will have an advanced degree in a relevant science (toxicology, exposure sciences, risk assessment and/or epidemiology) and not less than five years of broad industrial or government experience. The role will accommodate a person with ten or more years of experience.
The person hired for this role will support the leader of this practice in acquiring and analyzing data pertaining to chemical, contaminant and pollutant exposures, assessment of toxicologic effects and risk/exposure assessment modelling. The practice’s primary customers will be communities affected by emergency chemical incidences and companies affected by public health legislation/policy, and litigation, associated with alleged community or occupational exposures.
A person capable of working in a multi-disciplinary group of health/environmental scientists, with strong communication skills is needed. The company operates from a Denver, Colorado metropolitan office, but will consider an independent person seeking to work remotely, with periodic travel.
Early Career Consulting Toxicologist
The Leyden Group has been engaged by a very successful, health sciences consulting firm to identify early career toxicology and/or risk assessment scientists for the growth of their company. Basic qualifications would include a PhD in Toxicology or a related health science and from 0-3 years of experience. A person with research and/or applied experience in exposure/risk assessment, quantitative methods, public health etc., would be best qualified for this role.
The people hired for these roles will work collaboratively with other health and environmental scientists to assess toxicologic effects of chemicals/materials. The work is often associated with emergency response matters in the chemical, petroleum, shipping, maritime and other sectors. The company also provides chemical product safety assessment and litigation support for cases involving alleged exposures to potentially toxic compounds.
The positions will work from one of three offices in the southern US or Rocky Mountain states. The roles are not initially remote supported. US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.
Senior Director – Regulatory Toxicology
A long time client company in the rare disease pharmaceuticals business has engaged us to identify a very experienced toxicologist for a Senior Director/Director of Toxicology role. At least ten years of regulatory toxicology experience, a doctoral degree and, ideally, DABT certification is needed.
This person will not be in a supervisory role, but will act as the senior most toxicologist in a Pharmacology/Toxicology department of about 20 people. This position reports to the company’s Executive Director of Pharmacology/Toxicology. Expert experience in the filing and defense of global regulatory documents needs to be a core competency. Experience in novel modalities (oligo, gene therapy etc.) is desired.
The company’s offices are located in Northern California, but the company is fully committed to hiriong the best person, regardless of their location (within the U.S.).
Search assignment #1532
Senior Toxicologists – Consulting – FDA Practice
Our client company is an established and respected consulting firm with multiple U.S. offices. Among their areas of practice is an FDA expert group which provides services to medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The company seeks experienced toxicologists to work within this specialty. General requirements include a relevant graduate degree and experience in safety assessment/risk assessment of medical device materials and/or work with pharmaceutical extractables/leachables. Experience must include knowledge of pertinent global regulations.
The company seeks at least one person with the capacity to manage projects and be ‘client facing’ in addition to producing a quality work product. The positions report to the Practice Manager/Principal and can work from one of three US offices, or remotely within the U.S.
Search assignment #1522