Top Toxicology Roles Right Now (July 2)

This week’s hiring landscape reflects a continued emphasis on strategic nonclinical safety leadership alongside growing investment in innovative toxicology platforms.

While senior roles dominate, there are also meaningful opportunities for postdoctoral scientists and early-career professionals in NAMs, organoid models, and mechanistic toxicology.

Beyond drug development, organizations continue expanding hiring in product stewardship, chemical risk assessment, environmental health, and regulatory affairs, reinforcing that toxicology expertise is increasingly valued across diverse industries.

Global Hiring Distribution

• 🇺🇸 United States: 23

• 🇨🇦 Canada: 2

• 🇪🇺 Europe: 17

• 🌎 China: 1

• 🌐 US Remote: 3

Key Hiring Trends

• Executive and director-level hiring continues to outpace early-career recruitment.

• Nonclinical safety and translational toxicology remain the dominant areas of demand.

• NAMs, organoids, and mechanistic models continue gaining traction.

• Product stewardship, regulatory affairs, and chemical risk assessment remain strong outside pharmaceutical development.

• Advisor / Senior Advisor, Cardiovascular NAMs – Lilly (🇺🇸 IN)

• Toxicology Research Scientist – Vertex Pharmaceuticals (🇺🇸 MA)

• Senior Scientist II – Non-clinical Safety – Novo Nordisk (🇺🇸 MA)

• Principal/Sr. Principal Scientist – Development – Genentech (🇺🇸 CA)

• Principal Scientist, Toxicologist/Study Director – Merck (🇺🇸 PA)

• Principal Scientist, Preclinical Safety – Novartis (🌐 Remote)

• Principal Scientist - Toxicology – AbCellera (🌐 Remote)

• Associate Director, Toxicology – Latigo Biotherapeutics (🇺🇸 CA)

• Associate Director, Toxicology – GSK (🇺🇸 PA)

• Director, Nonclinical Safety Assessment Expert – Novartis (🇺🇸 Multiple)

• Director, Project Toxicologist – AstraZeneca (🇬🇧 UK)

• AIRx, Sr. Director, Nonclinical Safety Lead – Takeda (🇺🇸 MA)

• Senior Director, Toxicology – Centessa Pharmaceuticals (🇺🇸 MA)

• Distinguished Scientist, Safety Assessment Project Expert – Sanofi (🇺🇸 MA)

• Head of Toxicology Innovation – Sanofi (🇺🇸 MA)

• Global Project Head, Toxicology – Sanofi (🇺🇸 MA)

• Research Scientist II - Toxicology – AbCellera (🇨🇦 Canada)

• Senior Research Scientist - Toxicology – AbCellera (🇨🇦 Canada)

• Postdoc, Organoid Models – Boehringer Ingelheim (🇪🇺 Germany)

• Research Scientist II / Sr. Scientist I – Toxicology – Novartis (🇪🇺 Switzerland)

• Professional, Non-Clinical Safety – Ascendis Pharma (🇪🇺 Denmark)

• Principal Scientist, Toxicologic Pathologist – Novo Nordisk (🇪🇺 Denmark)

• Project Manager, Toxicology – Dr. Falk Pharma (🇪🇺 Germany)

• Director, Preclinical Safety (Toxicology) – Novartis (🌎 China)

💡 Signal

This week’s pharmaceutical hiring reinforces that nonclinical safety leadership remains one of the hottest areas in toxicology. Employers are prioritizing professionals who can integrate translational safety, DMPK, regulatory strategy, and cross-functional program leadership. For scientists earlier in their careers, experience with NAMs, organoids, mechanistic biology, and therapeutic-area expertise continues to provide a competitive advantage.

• Senior Scientific Associate – Toxicology – Charles River (🇺🇸 PA)

• Toxicologue F/H – Aixial Group (🇪🇺 France)

💡 Signal

CROs continue hiring scientists who excel at study execution, GLP compliance, sponsor communication, and scientific project management. These roles remain excellent pathways for building broad technical expertise across multiple therapeutic areas and regulatory frameworks.

• Biocompatibility Specialist – Apex Systems (🇺🇸 MA)

💡 Signal

Medical device hiring may be smaller in volume, but biocompatibility remains a highly specialized and valuable niche. Experience with ISO 10993, biological evaluation, and regulatory submissions continues to distinguish candidates.

• Postdoc – Hepatotoxicity in New Approach Methodologies – US FDA (🇺🇸 AR)

• Senior Scientist – Environmental Working Group (🇺🇸 DC)

• Tenure-Track Investigator – NIH (🇺🇸 NC)

• Chef d’unité toxicologie des contaminants – ANSES (🇪🇺 France)

• Sr. Chemical Risk Assessor – Laboratoire national de santé (🇪🇺 Luxembourg)

💡 Signal

Public-sector organizations continue investing in environmental toxicology, public health, exposure science, and regulatory research. Continued recruitment around NAMs and mechanistic toxicology suggests government agencies remain key drivers of innovation in modern safety assessment.

• Regulatory Affairs Sci. (Chemical Compliance) – Thermo Fisher (🇬🇧 UK)

• Senior Technical Expert Toxicology – Syngenta (🇬🇧 UK)

• Product Stewardship and REACH Expert – EUROAPI (🇪🇺 Hungary)

• Toxicological Risk Expert – Siegfried (🇪🇺 Spain)

• Toxicologist – Nouryon (🇪🇺 Sweden)

💡 Signal

Demand remains strong for toxicologists with expertise in REACH, global chemical regulations, product stewardship, exposure assessment, and chemical risk assessment. Organizations increasingly need scientists who can translate toxicology into practical regulatory and business decisions across international markets.

• Product Policy, Biosecurity Policy Manager – OpenAI (🇺🇸 CA)

• Human Health Risk Assessor – Integral (🌐 Remote)

• Principal Level Toxicologist – Integral (🌐 Remote)

• Head of Toxicology – Deep Origin (🇬🇧 UK)

• Freelancer Toxicologist – ToxoSaaS (🇪🇺 France)

• Head of Toxicology – Deep Origin (🇪🇺 Germany)

💡 Signal

The boundaries of toxicology continue expanding beyond traditional laboratories. Opportunities in AI, computational toxicology, scientific consulting, policy, and client-facing risk assessment illustrate the growing demand for toxicologists who can apply their expertise in emerging industries and technology-driven environments.

• Executive and strategic leadership continue to dominate hiring across pharmaceutical organizations.

• NAMs, organoids, and mechanistic toxicology are increasingly becoming expected rather than niche skills.

• Product stewardship and regulatory toxicology remain among the strongest alternative career paths outside drug development.

• Employers increasingly value professionals who combine scientific expertise, regulatory strategy, business acumen, and cross-functional leadership.

• Toxicology continues expanding into AI, technology, consulting, and policy, broadening career opportunities beyond traditional research roles.

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