Physician Director, Medical, Translational, and Computational Pathology

Physician Director, Medical, Translational, and Computational Pathology

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people's lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients' needs and have the highest probability of success. We're uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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Position Summary
This role is designed for a highly motivated pathologist who can bridge the gap between traditional pathology and cutting-edge computational approaches to advance tissue-based biomarker discovery and diagnostic development at GSK. You will provide medical and scientific expertise to advance our understanding of disease mechanisms and support the development of innovative therapies. Collaborating across multidisciplinary teams, you will drive the integration of pathology insights and tissue technology into drug development. We value candidates who are passionate about science, committed to patient outcomes, and skilled in fostering collaboration.

Responsibilities
- Provide medical leadership in translational and computational pathology to support drug development programs.

- Collaborate with research, clinical, and regulatory teams to integrate pathology insights into study designs and decision-making.

- Develop and implement strategies for biomarker discovery and validation in clinical development using pathology data, including patient selection, stratification, or pathology-based histologic endpoints.

- Ensure high scientific standards and compliance with medical governance policies and regulations. - Build strong relationships with external experts, academic institutions, and industry partners to advance scientific innovation, particularly for companion diagnostics.
- Mentor and train team members on pathology-related topics to enhance organizational expertise.

Qualifications/Skills

Basic Qualifications:
- Medical degree (MD, DO, or equivalent).

- Board certification in anatomic pathology or equivalent qualification.

- Minimum 3 years' experience post-residency in research, clinical, or industry setting (may include fellowship or post-doc).

Preferred Qualifications:

- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to cultivate transparent and respectful partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to drive positive outcomes.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, collaborate effectively, and communicate clearly in a global matrix environment.

- Strong diagnostic pathology skills with a deep understanding of molecular and cellular biology, including hypothesis generation.

- Advanced training or experience in digital pathology, computational pathology, spatial biology or related fields and/or scholarly research experience (publications, advanced degrees).

- Experience in pharmaceutical or biotech industry, particularly in tissue-based biomarker assay development and its application in drug development including immunohistochemistry (IHC), multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF), in situ hybridization (ISH), spatial 'omics (high-plex proteomics and/or transcriptomics), or genomic signatures in tissue samples.

- Subspecialty surgical pathology expertise (including head and neck pathology, pulmonary pathology, renal pathology, gastrointestinal and/or liver pathology, gynecologic pathology, soft tissue pathology, genitourinary pathology, hematopathology, or dermatopathology).

- Familiarity with regulatory requirements for biomarker validation and clinical trials.

Work Location:
This role is based in the United States or the United Kingdom and offers a hybrid work model, combining on-site and remote work flexibility.

Join us in this impactful role to advance science and improve patient outcomes. Your expertise can make a difference.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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