Director of Veterinary Relations and Affairs

The Farmer’s Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We’re starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bulk bags of highly-processed mystery pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends healthy, freshly-made dog food directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future. 

To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered over 300 million meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

#LongLiveDogs

The Director of Veterinary Relations and Experience will oversee the strategy, prioritization and development of all projects and interactions (digital, in-person, virtual, etc.)  geared towards a primarily veterinary professional audience. They will ensure that the digital platform interactions and in-person/virtual interactive experiences support one another and deliver flawless, effortless, seamless user experience regardless of how a veterinary professional seeks to interact with us. This, in turn, drives expanded acquisition of veterinary professionals who learn about us, come to trust us, and eventually advocate for us. They have and form deep relationships with professionals, groups and Key Opinion Leaders to continue to drive awareness and our connection to the profession.

• You will lead the teams responsible for the creation, prioritization, development, and execution of all external-facing projects, platforms and goals of the Veterinary Professional Affairs and Relations (VPAR) Team.
• You ensure that all personal/in-person experiences are supported digitally 
• You own evaluation of new platforms and opportunities to expand our presence and abilities, while driving amazing execution of current new endeavors and continual improvement of existing ones
• You will regularly work with numerous cross-functional teams to ensure that we present a uniform face and identity to the veterinary profession, including consistency in messaging and platform/product development.
• You will regularly work with engineering leads for timing and project priority as well as work with creative for sequencing of development priorities

• You have a background in traditional and digital professional interactions (e.g. conferences, CE/webinars, professional digital platforms, veterinary professional marketing and sales, etc.)
• You have an understanding of the current landscape of veterinary medicine and understand the best practices required to reach, engage and influence modern veterinary professionals of all types.
• You are capable of working very cross-functionally,  e.g.. with engineering, marketing, creative, and data teams. 
• You drive the team to best-in-class development of new programs, and aren’t afraid to rethink or challenge traditional thoughts or programs.
• You ideally have 5+ years in the animal health industry, ideally including experience in areas like: veterinary relationship management, marketing, digital development, and professional service organizations. A DVM or equivalent degree is preferred, but not required. 

We support our team members with the flexibility to thrive, professionally and personally. Currently all hybrid team members are asked to be in the office for 2 Gathering Days a week to continue to build a collaborative, lively, and invested environment - a unique in-person culture we are proud of. Gathering Days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, however the office will be open and available for all Monday through Friday. This hybrid policy can be subject to change at company discretion.

• Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
• Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
• 12 week paid parental leave
• Competitive 401k plan with company match
• Flexible PTO and WFH policy
• Discounted fresh food for your pup
• Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

We commit to building a competitive compensation package and company environment for all individuals to thrive. We believe in competitive base compensation rooted in location specific market data and performance along with equity ownership in the company that allows every team member to build their personal wealth as the company grows, just as much as we believe in fostering a culture that supports our team members personally, professionally, and holistically.  For this role the anticipated hiring base compensation range is $190,000 - $200,000 USD.

Annual and the compensation offered will include a robust market competitive package of base and equity. In addition to your base compensation offer you will also receive equity ownership in the company. More information about the value of this equity will be shared at the time of offer. This range is representative of NYC Market Data if you are applying to this role outside of the NYC area the range may change.

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