Clinical Laboratory Director & Vice President, Translational and Computational Pathology

Position Summary

Seeking an experienced MD/DO AP/CP Board-Certified Pathologist to serve as Clinical Laboratory Director & VP of Translational & Computational Pathology. This executive leadership role oversees clinical laboratory operations, regulatory compliance, translational oncology, companion diagnostics, digital pathology, and computational pathology initiatives while collaborating with AI/ML, engineering, and research teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Clinical Laboratory Director under CLIA.
• Lead laboratory operations, quality systems, accreditation, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee pathology assay development, validation, and diagnostic testing.
• Support biomarker discovery, translational oncology, and companion diagnostic (CDx) programs.
• Lead digital pathology, whole-slide imaging (WSI), and computational pathology initiatives.
• Collaborate with pharmaceutical, research, AI/ML, and engineering teams.
• Provide scientific and strategic leadership across pathology programs.

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO.
• Board Certified in AP/CP.
• Eligible to serve as a CLIA Clinical Laboratory Director.
• Active medical license (or eligible).
• 5+ years of leadership experience in pathology, diagnostics, pharma, CRO, or academic medical centre.
• Experience with pathology assay development, laboratory operations, and translational medicine/clinical trials.

Preferred

• Translational oncology, biomarker development, and Companion Diagnostics (CDx).
• IHC assay development and validation.
• Digital/computational pathology, AI-assisted pathology, WSI, spatial biology, and multiplex tissue analysis.