Scientific Communications Veterinarian (Remote)

About the position

Join our creative, supportive team as a ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet Scientific Communications Veterinarian. Royal Canin's Scientific Communication Veterinarians exemplify the values of 'knowledge and respect' while prioritizing the well-being of cats and dogs. They play a pivotal role in promoting the Royal Canin Veterinary Diet line by serving as expert partners to both internal and external stakeholders. In this role, you'll apply your scientific and educational expertise through veterinary nutrition to support both internal teams and veterinary professionals. Your primary responsibility will be collaborating across departments to enhance and refine scientific educational content across various platforms. As a crucial member of our Scientific Communication team at Royal Canin, you'll play a central role in developing high-quality scientific information on pet nutrition and related technologies to improve the lives of cats and dogs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Royal Canin Marketing to provide scientific support for launching new products and enhancing growth of existing products in the Weight Management and Health Management portfolios, as well as General Nutrition.
• Partner with stakeholders to create or repurpose PowerPoint presentations, point-of-sale documents, and similar materials, ensuring that they are consumer-centric, goal-driven, and effectively use optimal media.
• Take a leading role in curriculum development for the Royal Canin Academy, developing tailored user journeys through existing content and identifying new content needs.
• Take a leading role in learning innovation to further engage both veterinary professional and internal stakeholder education; SME for gamification, workshop development, etc.
• Lead the ongoing evolution of the nutrition onboarding curriculum for new hires in partnership with portfolio leads and nutrition onboarding coordinator.
• Update scientific content in PowerPoint presentations, point-of-sale materials, and related resources to ensure accuracy and relevance.
• Manage and curate scientific information for the Weight Management, Health Management, and General Nutrition categories, including research papers, market data, visual resources, and global Royal Canin assets.
• Work closely with the Regulatory team to ensure timely production of compliant materials.
• Educate new and existing Royal Canin associates on scientific and nutritional topics.
• Develop ongoing expertise through relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), veterinary groups, continuing education, and self-study.
• Partner with in-field and national account associates to stay informed about market trends and business needs, enhancing business acumen.
• Provide escalated nutritional case consultations.
• Collaborate with Mars Veterinary Health, Strategic Accounts, and Digital Sales Support team on project initiatives as required.
• Deliver continuous best-in-class virtual Continuing Education (CE) training sessions for veterinarians personally and through coordination with KOLs.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time and effectively work from home as needed.
• Collaborate with external and internal research partners to advance scientific initiatives and global strategies.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (or equivalent) with an active license in one or more states is required.
• Preference for candidates with board certification in nutrition or small animal internal medicine.
• Minimum of 3 years of general practice experience as a DVM.
• Advanced knowledge of veterinary clinical nutrition.
• Strong scientific communication and presentation skills, including content development and delivery in both in-person and virtual settings.
• Knowledge of Learning Design, Learning Management Systems (LMS), and using social media for educational purposes, and demonstrated experience in curriculum design.
• Experience with the Cornerstone Learning Management system preferred.
• Proficiency in PC skills including MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams, and Zoom.
• Collaborative personality with high emotional intelligence, adept at working cross-functionally and building effective stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Skilled in prioritizing projects and commitments to achieve optimal outcome.
• Capable of quickly learning and adapting to change.
• Comfortable using and learning new technology.

Benefits

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• Eligible employees are automatically enrolled in a 401(k) plan.
• Participation in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents.
• Eligible to take up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave.
• 120 hours of vacation per year.
• Paid sick time for eligible Associates of 100% pay continuation for a maximum of 40 hours per calendar year.
• 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year that include both fixed and flexible holidays.