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I received my 3080 ftw3 ultra and upon initial inspection I observed a thermal pad that was not seated correctly. It looks like the thermal pad was not lined up correctly prior to assembly. Should I be concerned?

That shouldn't be a concern, that's not a thermal pad that is trying to escape, that's 'thermal putty', which is just kinda smeared on to the chokes/inductors, you can see it in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX1spw5_IX0
 
The chokes/inductors don't really need any cooling anyway, they can tolerate much higher temperatures than they would ever get to, and on many cards have no thermal contact/transfer.