{"id":3720459,"url":"https://alion.io/job/zoetis-veterinary-pathologist","title":"Veterinary Pathologist","company":{"id":7180,"name":"Zoetis","domain":"zoetis.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/zoetis","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":97,"open_postings":24,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.042,"repost_share":0.125,"time_to_fill_p50_days":22,"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"}},"role":"Biotech","role_family":"Biotech","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Kalamazoo, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"GLP","optional":false},{"name":"Gmail","optional":true},{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":true},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","optional":true},{"name":"Outlook","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-03","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T08:46:55Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":3,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":3},"description":"Zoetis Veterinary Medicine Research and Development is seeking a driven, detail-oriented Veterinary Pathologist to join our Global Therapeutics Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In this collaborative, high-impact role, your expertise will help inform the development of safe and effective animal health products.\nWe are seeking an anatomic pathologist with strong knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of common veterinary and laboratory animal species; excellent communication skills; and a passion for translational research. You will provide pathology insights and support in vivo model development across laboratory and domestic animal species, including rodent, canine, feline, equine, bovine, small ruminant, swine, poultry, and commercial fish, and across therapeutic areas such as small molecules, biopharmaceuticals, and biologicals, including vaccines.\nKey Responsibilities\nPathology Leadership & Study Oversight Serve as Project Pathologist for assigned compounds and therapeutic areas, providing scientific leadership for pathology activities across internal and outsourced GLP and non-GLP studies. Conduct and/or oversee gross necropsy and histopathology evaluations, integrating clinical pathology, organ weight, and other relevant study data to ensure comprehensive interpretation of findings. Serve as Study Pathologist, contributing scientist author, and peer review pathologist, as appropriate, to ensure scientific rigor, consistency, and high-quality pathology assessments. Lead pathology data interpretation, risk assessment, and translational relevance evaluations, and deliver recommendations that support informed decision-making and candidate progression throughout development.\nCross-Functional Collaboration Work with toxicologists, target animal safety scientists, clinicians, pharmacokineticists, research scientists, study directors, external study monitors, and project teams to design and interpret in vivo studies and communicate findings. Support the integration of pathology data into regulatory submissions, safety narratives, and agency responses, and promote consistent interpretation across internal and external partners.\nPharmacovigilance Case Assessment Provide expert pathology evaluations for pharmacovigilance activities, including safety-signal assessment and adverse-event investigations, supporting the ongoing monitoring of marketed products and animal health and welfare.\nInnovative Research & Translational Science Apply comparative pathobiology to support target validation, animal-model development, and non-animal alternatives. Contribute to mode-of-action studies and experimental design, bridging preclinical findings with clinical relevance to improve candidate quality.\nRegulatory Strategy & Documentation Author or contribute to regulatory submissions and responses to agency queries, ensuring pathology data are represented accurately and clearly and supporting regulatory approval processes.\nCommunication & Scientific Influence Present findings to project teams, senior leadership, scientific meetings, and regulatory agencies, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights. Contribute scientific strategy and help shape project direction as compounds advance through development.\nMentorship & Oversight Training and guidance veterinary pathology interns and laboratory staff, supporting professional development and maintaining high standards of scientific rigor and ethical conduct.\nTravel Occasional travel may be required to monitor studies, participate in necropsy procedures, or conduct peer reviews at external sites or contract research organizations (CROs).\n\nQualifications & Experience\nDVM/VMD from an accredited veterinary school, or international equivalent, required. MS or PhD in pathology or a related field is highly preferred.\nBoard certification Board certification by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP), the European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ECVP), or an equivalent recognized veterinary pathology board is required.\n3+ years of veterinary pathology experience, ideally in an industry setting (CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology). Diagnostic or comparative pathology experience is a strong asset.\nTechnical & Scientific Skills\nProficiency in gross and microscopic pathology across multiple domestic and laboratory animal species.\nUnderstanding of toxicologic pathogenesis and risk assessment.\nExperience with animal model development and translational research.\nInterest or experience in molecular pathology is desirable; the ability to collaborate with molecular pathology specialists is important, particularly in support of discovery research and internal de-risking frameworks.\nFamiliarity with electronic data-capture pathology systems (e.g., Pristima).\nUnderstanding of regulatory guidance; experience writing regulatory dossiers to support submissions is desired.\nCompetence with digital tools, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, and emerging AI platforms, to support data analysis, communication, and collaboration.\nInterpersonal & Collaboration Skills\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills in English.\nStrong organizational skills and attention to detail.\nAbility to work effectively on multidisciplinary teams.\nCollaborative mindset and enthusiasm for scientific problem-solving.\nLocation & Work Arrangement\nThis role is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with approximately 50% onsite and 50% work-from-home arrangement. Candidates must be able to commute to the Kalamazoo laboratory during onsite days. This is not a fully remote position.\nFull timeRegularColleagueAny unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.\nZoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.\nNotice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn, including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com, please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications.\nZoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at  to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of “@zoetis.com”. In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. 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