Position Title: Swine Health Technical Services Veterinarian
Department: United Animal Health Research & Development
Position Reports To: Joel Spencer, VP – Swine Health Technical Services
Approx. # of People Supervised: 0

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Position Summary:
This role plays a critical role in driving the global success of United Animal Health’s swine health products. As a key member of our team, you will lead the development of innovative swine health solutions while delivering expert technical support to customers, industry leaders, swine production organizations, research collaborators, and the academic community. Your contributions will directly impact the advancement of swine health and reinforce United Animal Health’s position as an industry leader.

Core Competencies:

1. Responsibility & Initiative: Maintains high standards of accountability and performance, delivering timely and effective results.
2. Adaptability: Collaborates with diverse stakeholders, effectively communicating and valuing differing perspectives.
3. Customer Centric: Proactively identifies and addresses the needs of internal and external customers, fostering lasting relationships through tailored solutions.
4. Passion & Perseverance: Approaches work with energy, creativity, dedication, and a positive attitude, particularly in challenging situations.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Service:

• Provide direct customer technical support for company swine health products.
• Provide technical support to global sales, marketing, and research teams on swine health products.
• Provide accurate, credible and current technical information to support the achievement of commercial objectives.
• Support veterinarians, production health teams, consulting veterinarians, and swine producers both domestic and internationally to find creative solutions to end user problems.
• Keep customers, collaborators and United Animal Health management updated on current industry health technology, issues, and trends.
• Provide pathogen diagnostic support and technical guidance.

Research and Product Development:

• Lead and/or participate as a team to conduct discovery, product development, and customer support research trails.
• Creatively work with United Animal Health and collaborative research teams to innovate and develop new swine health solutions.
• Be directly involved in discovery, innovation, and life cycle research to support swine health products.
• Work collaboratively to develop and support cutting-edge technologies that take a systems approach to maintaining swine health and performance.
• Engage in the full product cycle, including development, implementation, and ongoing support for FDA/USDA approved and regulated products.
• Leverage experience in animal pharmaceuticals to drive innovation and ensure the successful commercialization of swine health products.
• Lead and consult on projects focused on product safety and efficacy, develop comprehensive launch data packages, deliver technical training to sales teams, and ensure robust support for post-launch trials.
• Support the sales of United Animal Health swine health products by driving product training, technical presentations, and designing/conducting field trials.

Industry Leadership:

• Attend and present technical information at industry events and scientific conferences to support and build the United Animal Health product lines.
• Build relationships with key universities and contract research organizations.
• Drive swine publications and podcast deliverables to reinforce United Animal Health’s thought leadership in swine health.
• Engage positively with industry decision-makers, influencers, and key academic and scientific leaders in the U.S. and global swine industry to support United Animal Health products.

Additional Responsibilities:

• 30-50% travel to company facilities, research farms, and external research partners.  Travel would be primarily domestic but would also include international travel opportunities.
• Attend industry events and company meetings to stay informed on trends, innovations, and best practices to develop innovative solutions.
• Ability to be creative, innovative, and work collaboratively with a dynamic research and technical team to service swine customers and health teams.

Work Environment:

• Position can work remotely from home office.
• Position will need to routinely work in farms and research environments.
• Willingness to travel as needed to company meetings, research sites, internal and external partners, both domestically and internationally by plane and car.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education / Training:

• DVM degree required from an accredited university.

Relevant Experience:

• 5+ years of production swine health management.

• Experience in technical support or technical sales of swine health products.

Specialized Knowledge:

• Expertise in swine nutrition, health, and commercial production.
• Demonstrated ability to design meaningful field trials.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office for presentation purposes.
• Skilled in managing and statistically analyzing trial data.

Non-Technical Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong collaboration abilities across various functional areas.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and job assignments.
• Strong problem-solving, planning, and leadership skills.
• Effective at motivating and influencing others, both internally and externally.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization and shared services environment.

Licenses / Certifications:

• Valid driver’s license.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work on farms with all production phases of swine.

Safety Requirements:

• Compliance with all company safety procedures and regulations to maintain a safe working environment.

Compensation & Benefits:

At United Animal Health, we recognize that our people are our greatest asset. That’s why we offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support your well-being, career growth, and overall success.

• Salary Range: $114,000 – $214,000 (based on experience)
• Performance – Based Annual Bonus
• Fleet Program Participation for eligible employees
• Comprehensive Benefits Package – click here to explore our full offerings

Join a team that values your expertise, invests in your future, and empowers you to make a lasting impact in the swine health industry!

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