Director, Toxicology

Job description

About the Role The Director, Toxicology Translational Science will serve as a scientific and strategic leader driving team and pipeline development at Tarsus, leveraging expertise in toxicology, safety pharmacology, and translational science to bridge discovery and clinical development from concept through IND-enabling and early clinical studies. Let’s talk about some of the key responsibilities of the role: - Subject Matter Expert in toxicology, safety pharmacology and nonclinical safety assessment across all Tarsus Programs - Establish and maintain strong external partnerships with CROs, academic institutions and key opinion leaders - Define and drive GLP- safety /toxicology strategies across programs to accelerate programs to FIH - Oversee GLP and non-GLP toxicology and safety pharmacology studies at CROs, ensure scientific rigor, data integrity, and regulatory compliance (GLP, animal welfare, and safety), SOPs, and technical study requirements - Review and edit study protocols and reports to ensure scientific rigor, regulatory compliance (GLP, animal welfare, and safety), and high-quality study interpretation - Build out the Toxicology program and Bio-analytics and biomarker ca...