Senior Project Toxicologist / Scientific Lead

Zoetis Veterinary Medicine Research and Development (VMRD) is seeking a highly accomplished Sr. Project Toxicologist to join the Toxicology group within Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences in Kalamazoo, MI. This senior scientific role provides technical strategy, regulatory expertise, and project toxicology leadership in toxicology, ensuring the human food safety and user safety of our innovative veterinary medicines and established products.

The responsibilities include :

• Scientific Leadership : Serve as a senior subject matter expert and individual contributor, representing Toxicology on cross-functional project teams. Lead program-level toxicology strategy for product development, ensuring scientific approaches and safety assessments are aligned with global standards from discovery through post-approval.
• Portfolio Impact : Apply cross-program toxicology and risk assessment expertise to anticipate safety challenges and provide project-level safety risk-based assessments. Contribute toxicology input that supports portfolio decision-making across therapeutic areas and development stages, with safety risks clearly articulated and considered in governance reviews, risk / benefit assessments, and senior leadership discussions on program prioritization.
• Regulatory Submissions and Engagement : Prepare and defend technical dossiers and submissions to global health authorities, including establishing key safety thresholds (e.g., PoD, ADI, PDE, MRL, TTC, etc.). Lead interactions with regulators and address complex safety questions through meetings, written responses, and position papers.
• Nonclinical Safety Assessment : Independently design, oversee, and interpret toxicology programs, integrating data into comprehensive safety packages. Ensure compliance with international guidance, with emphasis on human food safety and user safety assessments.
• Mutagenic Impurities Assessment : Lead the evaluation of mutagenic and genotoxic impurities in accordance with global regulatory guidance (e.g., ICH M7, VICH). Design and interpret studies, assess risk, and provide regulatory justifications to ensure compliance and product safety.
• Innovative Approaches & 3Rs : Champion the use of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), next-generation risk assessment tools, and weight-of-evidence frameworks. Apply waiver approaches where scientifically justified and promote 3Rs principles to advance ethical, efficient, and innovative toxicology strategies.
• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration : Partner with Discovery and Computational Toxicology, Pathology, PKPD, Human Food Safety Residue, Microbial Safety, Target Animal Safety, Occupational Toxicology, Chemistry, Environmental Safety, Global Regulatory Affairs, and other disciplines to elucidate toxicology findings of concern for research and development programs.
• External Influence : Represent Zoetis in scientific forums and industry consortia, including VICH and industry associations. Contribute to the development of regulatory guidance, publish peer-reviewed research, and present findings at both internal and external scientific meetings.
• Regulatory Intelligence : Monitor evolving trends in human and veterinary pharmaceutical and chemical regulation, proactively assessing implications for Zoetis' products, testing requirements, and manufacturing.

Travel Requirement : This role involves up to 10% travel for collaborations, regulatory engagements, or conferences as needed.

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Desirable skills, experience, and attributes :

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About Zoetis

At Zoetis , our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues' careers, connection and support. We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.

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