- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Contract · Senior
Senior Scientist, AI Pathologist (w/f/d) – fixed‑term maternity cover at AstraZeneca’s Computational Pathology site in Munich, Germany.
Responsibilities
- Provide pathology expertise for AI and biomarker projects, translating disease biology, tissue morphology and diagnostic criteria into requirements for datasets, annotations and model evaluation.
- Support biomarker discovery and study design, including tissue and image requirements, cohort and sample selection, staining characteristics and relevant pathology subgroups.
- Develop and review annotation and ground‑truth strategies for AI model development, including annotation criteria and pathology review of annotated datasets.
- Evaluate AI model performance from a pathology perspective, identifying relevant patterns, potential failure modes and limitations across tissues, morphology, staining and patient subgroups.
- Ensure pathology and image‑analysis quality, including the biological and clinical interpretation and explainability of model outputs.
Requirements
- Medical degree with formal training and board certification in anatomic/anatomical pathology, or an equivalent recognised qualification, with strong expertise in oncology, histopathology and immunohistochemistry (IHC).
- Veterinary degree may also be considered for candidates with highly relevant experience in human tissue and disease biology.
- Nice to have: Experience with quantitative image analysis and advanced or multiplex imaging, such as multiplex immunofluorescence or multiplex IHC.