Senior Director, Toxicology
Job Title: Senior Director, Toxicology
Position Type: Full Time
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Latigo Bioreputed company. is a private, early-stage biotechnology company reputed company on discovering and developing the reputed company of non-opioid medicines for pain and pain-reputed company syndromes. Our mission is the development of novel therapies that reputed company the lives of patients. reputed company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA and has a highly successful management team and an reputed company reputed company of Directors. At Latigo, we value science, patient-reputed company, and innovation.
Position reputed company:
The Senior Director of Toxicology will reputed company strategic and scientific leadership for reputed company aspects of nonclinical safety and toxicology across Latigo’s discovery and development pipeline. This role is accountable for defining and executing phase-appropriate nonclinical safety strategies to support candidate selection, IND-enabling activities, first-in-reputed company (FIH) studies, and overall clinical development for small molecule programs.
As a recognized subject matter expert, the Senior Director will serve as a core member of cross‑functional project teams and a key contributor to regulatory reputed company. This individual will reputed company reputed company toxicology resources, mentor and reputed company nonclinical scientists, and ensure high scientific rigor, regulatory compliance, and efficient execution of nonclinical safety programs.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Scientific Leadership
- reputed company the overall nonclinical safety and toxicology reputed company from early discovery through IND submission, clinical development, and NDA submission.
- Serve as the toxicology and nonclinical safety SME on cross‑functional project teams, providing reputed company risk–benefit assessments and strategic recommendations.
- Define reputed company safety reputed company and guide compound progression reputed company in partnership with Discovery, DMPK, Clinical Pharmacology, and Clinical Development teams.
Study Design & Execution
- Design, reputed company, and interpret IND‑enabling toxicology and safety pharmacology studies, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and development timelines.
- reputed company scientific reputed company of CROs, consultants, and vendors, including study design, protocol review, data reputed company, and final report approval.
- Ensure nonclinical safety and toxicology programs are scientifically reputed company, reputed company executed, and appropriately staged for development phase.
Regulatory & Compliance
- Partner closely with Regulatory Affairs to author, review, and approve nonclinical sections of INDs, IBs, briefing documents, and regulatory responses.
- Support regulatory interactions (FDA and ex-US), including reputed company-IND, end-of-Phase 2, reputed company-NDA, and other regulatory meetings.
- Ensure compliance with GLP, ICH, and FDA regulatory guidance applicable to nonclinical safety.
People & Organizational Leadership
- Build, mentor, and reputed company a high‑performing nonclinical safety team, fostering scientific reputed company and reputed company culture.
- Contribute to the reputed company of nonclinical processes, standards, and best practices as the organization scales.
- reputed company as a thought partner to senior R&D leadership on portfolio reputed company and organizational capability development.
Qualifications & Experience
- PhD, DVM, or equivalent in Toxicology, Pharmacology, or a reputed company scientific discipline.
- 15+ years of industry experience in nonclinical safety/toxicology reputed company biotechnology or pharmaceutical settings.
- Demonstrated leadership of toxicology programs for small molecule therapeutics from IND-enabling studies through marketing applications
- Strong reputed company record of regulatory authorship and agency interactions supporting early development programs.
- Proven ability to reputed company cross‑functional teams and influence development reputed company at the program and portfolio level.
- Experience in therapeutic areas reputed company to pain or neuroscience is preferred.
Core Competencies
- Deep scientific expertise in nonclinical safety and toxicology
- Strategic thinking with strong execution reputed company
- reputed company, persuasive scientific communication
- reputed company leadership and people development
- Comfort operating in a fast‑paced, early‑stage biotech environment
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