Senior Director Toxicology France

Senior Director Toxicology France Req ID #:  177551 Location: 

Evreux, FR, 27930 Saint Germain Nuelles, FR, 69210 For 70 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about. We are recruiting our new Senior Director of Toxicology, Charles River France to oversee the quality and integrity of in-vivo Toxicology studies conducted at Evreux and Lyon (Saint-Germain-Nuelles). You will report to the Regional General Manager, France and will directly interact with the Director of Toxicology for each site. You will promote, implement and ensure maintenance of efficient processes and procedures to provide high quality standards of study design and reports and client relations within or across Departments/sites. You will interact with other Scientific staff and Directors overseeing similar areas of specialty across sites to contribute to developments and help ensure cohesive cross-site interactions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities : Provides guidance for technical quality by interacting with Operational Managers with impact on the quality, success, and growth within division. Ensures the sites remain on the global CRL alignment track.  Ensures departmental/divisional policies, practices and procedures adhere to regulatory and Animal Welfare guidelines and requirements applicable to the conduct of safety assessment studies. Serves as a key point of contact for scientific interpretation of studies. Provides guidance to Sponsors for development of studies and programs. Interacts extensively with Sponsors  and helps resolving issues during the conduct of Toxicology studies. Contributes at France, Europe and Global levels to strategic planning and development within Safety Assessment. Supports, identifies and contributes to development of novel scientific disciplines along with scientific team, coordinates their marketing by providing information packages and targeting appropriate clients for sales representative.   Serves as key CRL contact for Strategic Client Global Operational and/or Executive Committees. Leads Global Projects. Promotes integration and harmonization of Program activities across Safety Assessment.   Contributes to the financial growth opportunities for CRL through identification of new trends, technologies, and/or capabilities. 

Qualifications : 20 years of experience in conducting toxicological research and/or a strong background in the area of specialization.   Doctorate (PhD), PharmD, DVM, or MD degree or equivalent in Toxicology, Pharmacology, or a related discipline. Experience in non-clinical drug development strategy. Interpersonal skills, communication, flexibility. Strong decision making ability, problem solving and critical thinking Recognized as an expert in the field of toxicology Fluent in English 

About Safety Assessment

Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market.  Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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